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Life Fled As I Sought Yet Another Day, Verses Born From the Illusion of Immortality, 1977 Part One

Life Fled As I Sought Yet Another Day, ( verses born from the illusion of immortality, 1977) Part One As I went beyond that black veil, Having trod this earth and seen hell, I look back while daring to say, " Life fled as I sought yet another day." Yes, youth was fine in days of dust, Love its great bounty sought, a must, Little thought of the later pay " Life fled as I sought yet another day." World was a ride, its glory great, Of its sweetest pleasures I ate, I that went about my own way, " Life fled as I sought yet another day." I a warrior born by birth, A child of heart, a child of earth, A lone vagabond as they say " Life fled as I sought yet another day." A true joy, my shadow and I, Wanderer beneath heavenly sky, Hellbent to do just as I may, " Life fled as I sought yet another day." O' sweet future lay at my feet, As I sought coming death to cheat, Fate cried, " No more can you stay" " Life fled as I sought yet another day." As I went beyond that black veil, Having trod this earth and seen hell, I look back while daring to say, " Life fled as I sought yet another day." Robert J. Lindley, March 5th, 1977 Rhyme, ( To live, love and dream, a life ) Presented 1-13-2021 Note: deleted

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Quoth Theraven

Date: 1/14/2021 11:49:00 AM

Robert, This poem from '77 captures life & times in fine detail. They say the devil is in the details. 'A true joy, my shadow and I, Wanderer beneath heavenly sky,' ~~ 'O' sweet future lay at my feet, As I sought coming death to cheat,' Your poem carries a sword, and a pen, and a heart. -Richard

Robert Lindley
Date: 1/15/2021 7:45:00 PM

Thank you my friend. My friend, I have not exposed even a tenth of one percent of it in my poems. I must have had a guardian angel. Now I look back a see I lived through some crazy, scary and very wild times! God bless..

Tania Kitchin

Date: 1/14/2021 5:15:00 AM

Well done Robert, we all felt invincible in our youth and probably tempted fate, enjoyed it!

Robert Lindley
Date: 1/15/2021 7:43:00 PM

Thank you my friend. I tempted fate a few hundreds times its seems to me. I am truly very lucky to be alive. Youth is oft reckless and even blind to dangers. I lived through some scary dark times and did finally manage to stop my long streak of attempting to cheat death.. God bless..

Tom Cunningham

Date: 1/14/2021 3:10:00 AM

Brilliant verse Robert, from the day we're born life flees from us, we have to live every second we're here, there is no second chance. I hope you and your family are well. Tom

Robert Lindley
Date: 1/15/2021 7:40:00 PM

Thank you my friend. So true , I in those days certainly felt ten feet tall and bulletproof. This dark world taught me many times that I was neither. God bless....

Akkina Downing

Date: 1/13/2021 9:05:00 PM

Great poem, Robert, sounds like you’ve traveled the world and lived through it all.

Robert Lindley
Date: 1/15/2021 7:38:00 PM

Thank you my friend. I have been about a bit. Certainly lived a wild young life and endured much. Wrote a lot of ancient poems about it all. I guess as therapy for the dark times that always seem to come. God bless..

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 1/13/2021 8:32:00 PM

“Life fled as I sought yet another day”- what a fantastic theme. I am glad you named it the perfect title. This is what stood out to me.

Robert Lindley
Date: 1/15/2021 7:37:00 PM

Thank you my friend. I did a lot of soul-searching in my youth. Seems in my lucid times I knew my wild ways were not a true path. Yet youth cries for excitement and the allure of beautiful women were( and always are) exciting. God bless...