moonbeams
i search the stars in darkened skies
and watch the world through moonbeams.
‘tis solemn thoughts come over me
of days and years of long gone dreams.
dreams no longer shared with you
nor wasted on what might have been
just put into their proper place,
no more to be, no where or when
for long ago in days of youth
when our lives were free and gay
just living by the here and now
we let our fancy lead the way
but fancy doesn’t last too long
soon the time had passed us by
forever leaving all our dreams
as moonbeams hanging from the sky
dee garner
© december 6, 2005
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Written December 6th, 2005
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Beautiful.
I wonder how many times I've said that
about one of your poems.
Because your poems,
specially the backgrounds lol
are magnificient!
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Absolutely Beautiful
Outstanding beautiful poem of dreams. --Ellis -
Dreams are a very important part of my life--I cherish my waking and sleeping times equally. I took the "moonbeams hanging from the sky" to be memories that are kept in the mind. I liked your poem a lot. Thanks for sharing it!
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This is beautiful. The background complements this very well, I simply love it. If I may make a suggestion, oh nevermind, I totally forgot what it was, probably better that way. Lovely poem!
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Ahhh.. a very good interpretation of my poem, Taranandji. This is just about exactly what I mean in the poem. Dreams are wonderful... but so is life if we let it be.
It's sort of a sad/happy poem for me. I wouldn't trade those dreams for nothing, and I wouldn't trade my life for a different kind of one, either. Dreams sometimes become reality, but whether or not they do is not as important as making life a satisfactory reality.
Thanks for reading and your great comment
Dee
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I thought this was a really beautiful poem but it struck me as very sad. Yes, things certainly change as we grow older but so many things in us grow ~ Our understanding, our compassion and our ability to truly love without judgment. I wouldn't exchange these things for mere dreams. this poem made me thoughtful. Thankyou for sharing this.
Love Tara
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Dear Dee,
Nice metaphor: moonbeams - dreams, the one as ephemeral as the other. The dreams which seemed so real yesterday are but the fading memories of today. Very nicely expressed. Applause.
Love and hugs, XXX Hugh. -
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Wonderful, I felt the emotion, it was real and true.I like the fact that you used 'moonbeams' for how you expressed it. -
This is a nice realistic view on dreams that are so dear and beautiful to us one day,but they'll be forgotten the other day.(However,not completely.)I like this poem very much mom.
A very beautiful background.
Shahrzad
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Thanks, Cayanide Milkshake, for reading and commenting on my poem. It's much appreciated I'll be checking out some of your work, too
Dee
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Thank you, TheDrip (cool name ) for reading and commenting on this. I'm assuming that 'whimsy' means you like it?
I do appreciate you taking the time to check out some of my poetry
Dee
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Ooo sparkly too
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Aww, so pretty! I liked reading it, very thoughtful. x
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Dig it
This was whimsy
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