I have a wish
For this life on Earth
By being able to matter
Make a difference
To set my footprints
In the places I’m walking
I go through a life
Sometimes being shiny
Other times filled with aches
I dainty try to belie
By denying blind to be
Anything else than bleeding inside
I must however careen
That my heart’s often too tender
And most of the time anxious too
Anxious to be a failure
To be broken instead of happy
And being unable to forgive my own flaws
When all this is said
I must avow that times do change
That sometimes my heart will cling to
The daffodil on the mountain ridge
Instead of the dark in the dale
And it’s times like these I make the prettiest footprints
Sometimes I would also wish
It was easier for me to set my footprints
Next to the footprints of someone else
So our traces together
Will shape patterns differently than apart
By being strong together
Author notes
For a contest. A picture and some words.
i.) http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/ss135/NoseRingGirl/DSCN1092.jpg
Credit: Megan McMahon
Words: 1) ache~ avow~ belie~blind~ broken~
careen~ cling~ daffodil~dainty~dark
I hope that I'd used the word correct (there's at least half of them I hadn't heard before - surely because English isn't my native language).
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Comments
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I enjoyed reading this. The imagery was very good. Good use of the words. Your use of the english language is very impressive for a second language. My mother is from germany and she has lived in the states for years and she still has a stumble or two once in a while. You should be proud.
My favorite four lines were
"That sometimes my heart will cling to
The daffodil on the mountain ridge
Instead of the dark in the dale
And it’s times like these I make the prettiest footprints"
Thank you for sharing. You took my breath for a moment.
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