In youths confines,
belief tethers life
to caution
Wind breathes greatness,
but futility at grasping it
stretching wings over
possibilities
feels daunting
Everything feels lost
but arms stretch outward
towards the Beacon
The world sleeps
but knowledge wanders
towards the future
Youth is not a shackle
Author notes
Carpe diem.
A contest entry
- Fifteen Minute Quickie Contest (more or less) WILL CLOSE AT 9pm TEXAS TIME! by Cherokee.
450 points, ended April 10, 2007, 4 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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I just used this phrase recently. Yeah. This was really good. Great job Nate.
~James
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Ironic that youth comes into play in both our pieces.
This is wonderful, your style has really refined itself lately.
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CARPE DIEM for life! YEAH!
(sorry, I just felt the need to be a cheerleader, I suppose I'm having a mid-life crisis....a tad early on in life, but...)
But, back to your poems, awesome job of creating separate thoughts in each line, and then still managing to create an overall thought that just....(excuse the lame term) to FLOW.
Good luck in the contest by the way.
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true.... wonderful write!! you are so skilled at being creative and still getting your point across very well b
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