© Barbara Grace Lake
What do you dream, how do you dream
Vignettes of persons passing by?
Astride grey horses snorting fire?
Across the sun, behind the moon
They’re going on. I want to go.
Vignettes of persons passing by?
Astride grey horses snorting fire?
Across the sun, behind the moon
They’re going on. I want to go.
My mother riding docile white
Beside my cousins Brenda, Bets
How gracefully they sit their mounts
Dense fogs are rising, I can’t see
They’re going on. They tell me no.
Beside my cousins Brenda, Bets
How gracefully they sit their mounts
Dense fogs are rising, I can’t see
They’re going on. They tell me no.
They visit only in my dreams
As faces riding ghostly steeds
Dissolving as I try to see
They left a gift, a fragrant breath
They have gone on. Their time had come.
As faces riding ghostly steeds
Dissolving as I try to see
They left a gift, a fragrant breath
They have gone on. Their time had come.
On other nights, events are played
Each actor melts into the clouds
But just as these have parts still here
My role’s to live and love and give
It isn’t time to fly away,
Each actor melts into the clouds
But just as these have parts still here
My role’s to live and love and give
It isn’t time to fly away,
September 23, 2019 at 5:08 am
Beautiful Barbara
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September 23, 2019 at 5:48 am
And then they are gone. This is beautifully balanced with both sadness and the delight of remembering. Well written.
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September 23, 2019 at 7:32 pm
Barbara, a stunning write from your repertoire of life’s moments, past and present. Exceptional.
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September 23, 2019 at 9:44 pm
Lance, my good friend, you never fail to inspire and support. Thank you.
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October 3, 2019 at 6:49 am
Beautiful piece:)
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October 3, 2019 at 2:24 pm
Thank you so much. I appreciate you.
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October 7, 2019 at 1:42 am
Beautiful!
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October 11, 2019 at 9:50 am
beautiful:)
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October 11, 2019 at 6:21 pm
Thank you so very much.
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October 13, 2019 at 4:33 pm
Beautiful poem:)
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October 13, 2019 at 5:17 pm
Thank you so very much. I appreciate that you have read and truly like this work.
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October 21, 2019 at 1:43 pm
Very nice. Take care and thank you for visiting and following my blog.
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