With Tears That Fall

“You may say that I’m a dreamer”, With such presumption in my youth Beyond school age, yet hardly saged I hoped to use my wits to change the world… I dreamed I would…I dreamed I could… I declared to fight, what seemed so right With eager zeal, I leaned so hard against the wind The breeze just caught my spouted words And tossed them where it would I feared my crystal world would splinter Would shatter without my spin... "Never knowing who to cling to, when the rain set in” But that was then… So naively in my eagerness I hoped to see a world at peace Hoping my dreams would come alive From thoughts I shaped on winsome days Imagining, ….if you please …"It doesn't have to be that way!" But now with logic’s eyes, I do recall, and tears well up....and fall my tears well up ....and fall.... How changeless is a planet Glimmering in search of answers And still not wringing answers from the slightest sound And words I held, with vigorous shape And hopes expressed, my look for guidance… Are uttered now, by younger voices… “I’m dreamin’ again, like I’ve always done, and way down low, I know”… my tears well up.....and fall..... “My words like silent raindrops fell, and echoed in the wells of silence” my tears well up......and fall..... ~ _________________________________________________________________ Inspired by Tracie's Contest: "Sing A Song" Lyrics From John Lenno--“Imagine” Elton John--“Candle in the Wind” Jim Croce--“It Doesn’t Have To Be That Way” Norah Jones--“The Prettiest Thing” Simon and Garfunkle-- “Sound of Silence”