Second Chance

As the never world awaits me, 
The lord darkness, his cloak now draped.
Haunting images that appear in dreams,
Invade the subconscious, till again I wake 

Complative thoughts well before the dawn,
I walk the morning shore,
How many have stood on these same sands,
Reflecting the echoes of those no more.

And still the waves they pound the shore,
Relentless in their quest,
As they crash on the rocks with deafly roar,
White tipped and foaming zest.

Dawn breaks with gilded cotton clouds,
Waiting like courtiers to their king.
Gathering round the sovereign sun,
Bestowing his warmth on everything.

Would that life compare to the shore,
All worries get washed away.
Cares thrown to the four winds,
As on my knees I pray

© N A Windle 2009

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009



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Date: 3/19/2021 10:49:00 AM
f found your poetry by chance. It's beautiful and brings tears.
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Date: 3/15/2021 5:53:00 AM
Hi Nicholas, Congratulations on anthology publication with this deep and reflective work Howard
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Date: 2/4/2021 9:01:00 PM
Particularly loved the closing stanza ~ lovely to find your poem published in the 2020 PS Anthology
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Date: 6/20/2020 11:46:00 PM
Dawn breaks with gilded cotton clouds, Waiting like courtiers to their king....... superb......gilded cotton clouds// superb imagery.....excellent poem shared
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Date: 10/9/2015 9:34:00 PM
Another terrific poem today. Thank you for sharing.
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Date: 10/9/2015 8:28:00 AM
Very nice imagery how the winds of nature speak to us
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Date: 10/8/2015 9:37:00 PM
This poem is very apt. The dream worlds are the real worlds and this physical world is illusion. People don't seem to realize this. Super poem. Colin
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Date: 10/8/2015 9:34:00 PM
I'm impressed.
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Date: 10/8/2015 4:19:00 PM
Excellent poem.
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Date: 4/4/2015 7:34:00 PM
Nicholas, Dropped by to say hi and congratulate you on having your poem selected by Soup's Administration. This is a wonderful poem to have featured on the homepage. ~Always & Forever~ LINDA
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Date: 5/28/2009 5:45:00 AM
So many things can bring us close to the almighty ... but nothing speaks like nature ... love the sensibility here. Good write, my friend.
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