Your poems are coming along really well, Eli! Midnight Voyage is very nice. It gives me a very historical feeling. I also feel like I'm in that moment, ya know what I mean? And that last line... ahhh. <3 Outstanding work!
Day after day, it is much the same. It has been like this for ages now. Just last week I thought I thought it all was beautiful and now the silence is enveloping. Daddy’s sick and we don’t know what to do We’re far away from anyone to help us here. They told us that we’d go west and be rich with gold. We’ve been a hundred miles already, and only have twenty to go.
Still, the last is by far the hardest.
All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them. -- Walt Disney
What I miss most of all Is the stillness of a hot summer day, The cool, sugary taste of strawberry lemonade in my mouth, white framed sunglasses That make me look just like a movie star As I lounge by the pool. But I am no movie star. I just married rich. I’d be nothing if not for my husband But sooner or later I should like to make a name on my own.
I suppose if I do, Everyone will just say that my husband gave it to me And that I didn’t earn everything I’d worked for. I suppose I am more fortunate than most but I have dreams just like everyone And I will never go back to Minnesota in the winter. That August day was a day like any other. The sun felt warm against my skin As I stared out into the canyon, At the beauty of the city below.
I’d only seen her once before, More beautiful than I thought anyone to be. Her husband out of town, so she had some friends And that hairdresser who always seems to be hanging around.
And now, with her face all over the news, It will never be the same.
If I had known, I would have had her over for a drink.
All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them. -- Walt Disney
Once a girl, always a girl although I am a woman in the technical sense being called one has always made me nervous. they say I should be married And build something of my own. But all I can think of is that I want mother to read me stories as I fall asleep and to once more be an age where I didn’t have a care in the world where I thought adults knew everything.
All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them. -- Walt Disney
It was after five cups of coffee That I finally felt awake again And when I thought That maybe I didn’t want to.
I was still getting used to Truman on the radio— I only vaguely remember Coolidge, and Hoover we just forget.
Tatiana’s boyfriend didn’t make it back So I don’t feel I can talk to her about how wonderful it is that you are you coming home to me.
I glanced at my reflection in the mirror and saw my teeth were yellow from drinking all of that coffee. and now I’m starting to shake. Look at me, I’ve gone into a fit But it’s better knowing that you will hold me again.
All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them. -- Walt Disney
It's been awhile since I commented on your thread, but I've been reading along with your poems and have loved every single one of them. I especially love your latest poem - you have a knack for blending history and poetry together.
Outside, the sky is gray. I hear thunder in the distance and I realize it’s been ages since the sun’s been out. I don’t know if I can take this city much anymore because it seems like there’s a murder every other day. I walk through the streets of a city I used to love and now it all seems empty. I’ve spent much of my time until now wishing I was older and now all I can think Is that I want to be a child again. When you loved me And before I knew what you were capable of.
All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them. -- Walt Disney
In our modern times I have been thinking about a song from Hamilton And how fleeting time truly is. Now is something that slips from our fingers only as soon as we get a chance to grasp it. One day they will study us, Our fashions, Our music Or movies. They’ll have throwback nights at the club And our technology in museums. And someone will call to you When they want to know what now was like. This is our time And our chance to write a chapter In the story of the world.
All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them. -- Walt Disney
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