What dreams hath man on a lonely pillow With limbs so weak and hung like limping willow What thoughts request to live as youth regained To once more run with the herds of Serengeti Plain
To leap like Springbok through wooded ground For a heart that beats with a strength of sound To see horizons with limitless glorious sight To once more espy the eagle in its majestic flight
To hear and touch the rushing of cool waters flow To scale the mountains in the crispness of snow He would sail the seas without a thought or care With salt laden breeze caressing through he’s hair
But for him these are times lost in bygone past He fears the breath that will come as inevitable last He would wish to drink the waters of the eternal spring And plead for the immortality to him it could bring
But too many hopes lie broken on shattered rocks He must leave this life to join the lost legions flocks Gently close the eyes, the tired body would thus implore For he shall not awake, nor run, nor dream no more
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Posted: Mar 2010
About this poem:
Maybe melancholic, but a great friend told me that they saw it as live life for what it is today!!.
dreamwolf5264francestown, New Hampshire USAMar 25, 2010
great poem rob!...this kind of describes myself,i convinced myself i'll never grow old,endless energy is what i tell them,i'm immortal....time means nothing to me.
EarlgreyteaLimassol, CyprusMar 25, 2010
"To once more run with the herds of Serengeti Plain; To leap like Springbok through wooded ground" Aaahhh, my native Africa, of course I have to love this poem, great nostalgic way of bringing 'last breath' to us, classy writing Rob...
it's lovely and flowing - like life i guess, fill your life full of wonderful memories, to be remembered before your last breath. i for one shall try, thank you trurorob.
PinkpoetressClarksburg, West Virginia USAMar 25, 2010
Rob, Great poem. Makes me think. I enjoyed this one. Thank You.
So touching so beautiful. To move one from another place and time to where the words are is a great gift.
tomboygirllarnaca, Larnaca CyprusMar 27, 2010
i found your poem very beautiful and gentle,and so sad.. thanks for the share
NeverEndingStoryChesterfield, Derbyshire, England UKMar 27, 2010
Wow! Makes me want to write a list of the things I want to do before I go where I'm going. Fantastic Rob
andrew149Southbourne, nr.Bournemouth, Dorset, England UKMar 27, 2010
Thank you Rob, seems you have touched on the classic here, to my mind, one of the best you have written, I find it not so much sad, but a celebration of life, kindest regards my friend......Andrew.
You really out did your self Rob, a poem all can relate too. But I cant help but think that by the time we are in that condition..we just might welcome the rest..i think I will.Keep um comming..JG
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Great poem. Makes me think. I enjoyed this one. Thank You.
this one is worth the time/wait. great write/great read.
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thanks for the share
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