Someone Said

Someone Said If wishes were horses beggars would ride. You told me this when I was a child in Need of some want. A desire never shared with a Friend I’m not sure what you meant. Your meaning went Sailing with the horse riding beggars. Right now I feel as though I’m riding Behind them. Like a lost child trapped in A grown-up body, unsure of what Bridge was crossed or Over what Troubled past the Water raged. I cannot relinquish my fear, Will my past to be different, Ease the confusion of the scars Your words left on my Mind. John G. Lawless 2/27/2014 //written for a “word acrostic” poem contest, Poetrysoup//