Time and Tide

Sometimes, it seems, we wait for our dreams
we wait a bit too long.

Our childish dreams are the fount of schemes
though they maybe waylaid along.

We read of mighty Hercules and Odysseus on the sea
for they rush to sirens song.

We wait, and wait at unopened gates, until our psyche screams
your life must soon be born.

The Great Wall called, but I was too late, it seems
perhaps, I got it wrong?

The grandeur had left in shrouded seams
as we bore and birthed the throng.

The pyramids, the stone, the sand, the Kings, the royal themes
ravaged by man and time forlorn.

So, do not wait, at that gate, follow your childish dreams
for St. Peter waits at another gate when Gabrielle blows his horn!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010


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Date: 12/11/2010 9:43:00 AM
interesting write, I enjoyed it.. looking forward to reading more.. Dana'lynn
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Date: 12/9/2010 10:54:00 AM
... great one ... "dreams dissolve darkness"!!!!!!!! & much more they flow from childlikeness!!!! get afloat with more of these ... cheer! Canny
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Date: 12/9/2010 10:19:00 AM
It is the season to give thanks...I wish to thank you for your support and friendship this past year (2010) Deborah. May you and yours have a wonderful Holiday Season and may the New Year (2011) bring you and yours good health, and may your hearts be overflowing with love and happiness. Love and blessings always, Carol
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Date: 12/8/2010 4:05:00 PM
Nice one..IVe nejoyed a trip with you thanks to your wonderful writes. And thank you so much for my placement in your contest..I struggled with that sucker for 2 weeks..lol.BG
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Date: 12/8/2010 2:48:00 PM
Ahhh....and thank you for placing my poem in your contest.......I didn't deserve a win after all the trouble I put you to!! Don't know why that sestina was such a trial........gads I'm dumber than I thought I was....the more I fixed the more I screwed it up!! I should have scrapped it and started over....but thanks to your patience...I pursued with this monstrosity! Do you have any teeth left? Or did you spit them out trying to help me????? THANKS A BUNCH!!!! LOL !!! you were too kind!!
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Date: 12/8/2010 2:43:00 PM
I am so glad that you were wise enough to follow your dreams....some disappointment may come along within the dream....but it is always better than never following your heart's longing! Lovely and wise advice!!!
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Date: 12/8/2010 2:02:00 PM
Great advice.... to live and live.... wonderful message... always Michae
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Date: 12/8/2010 11:37:00 AM
Hey girl, another good one. And a bible reference too. Charles soup mail
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Date: 12/8/2010 11:14:00 AM
And you DID follow your dreams all the way to Egypt, Deb! I admire that and love the message in your poem. Best wishes, Carolyn
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Date: 12/8/2010 10:05:00 AM
You got so inspired it seems..Ow those childish dreams dear friend and those barriers.How beautiful to be reborn and breath..beautiful poem. .ma :)Hope you are fine sweet lady.
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Date: 12/8/2010 9:51:00 AM
Nursery rhymes and mythic tales still inspire mature minds. Kudos on realizing this profound fact! Yet the artifacts and natural monuments lie in ruins! Ingenuity is incorruptible, but it's natural byproducts corrupt and corrode! Thanks for inspiring my imagination and deepening my dreams! Steve
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Date: 12/8/2010 9:19:00 AM
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