"Have You Ever Seen The Lamp-Post?"
(a poem for adults)
Have you ever seen the lamp-post
On that old abandoned street
Light the faces of the children
Who are dancing to the beat
Of a song that plays in mem'ries
Of a long forgotten past?
Have you ever seen the lamp-post
Or you movin' way too fast?
Have you ever spilled your fruit punch
On your most expensive shirt
And forgot a moment later
To go digging in the dirt
Where the grass will greet your pants
With stains that never go away?
Have you ever spilled your fruit punch
Just to smell it through the day?
Have you ever watched the clouds drift
Floating slowly through the blue
Like a fun slow motion ocean
You can't wait to hop into
'Cause the shapes are shapes of doughnuts
And the creatures in the zoo?
Have you ever watched the clouds drift
'Cause you had nothing else to do?
Have you ever had a puppy
Who would follow by your side
And would be the shield of laughter
When your guard fell down and cried
With four paws to cuddle to you
And two eyes opened so wide?
Have you ever had a puppy
Who's still with you, though he died?
Have you ever held a whisper
In the center of your palm
Or ran around in circles 'til
The running made you calm
By sending back your bedtime
And op'ning up the sky?
Have you ever held the whisper
Of a tiny firefly?
Have you ever lost a battle
And then smiled just the same?
Was it ever just enough to play
When life was just a game?
Do you wish upon each falling star
That comes into your sight
Or do you waste your bits of magic
By surrend'ring to the night?
Have you ever seen the lamp-post
On that old abandoned street
Light the faces of the children
Dancing blissfully so sweet?
Have you ever seen the lamp-post
Shining still above your head
Advising you "Stop living
as though your inner child's dead"?
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Adding your comment:
not until I was older, but I miss my Prince much. I have a cat that walks with me everywhere though. No leash needed I say "Hissy Kitty KItty" and she's there to go for a walk... or when gardening... trying to steal my goldfish out of the aqua garden 
s... ~genielassie~
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