I met within my dreams when time
conceived me so withdrawn
a bird that sang a song I've known
when life was not forgone
then drew my quill and wrote a verse
to resound what she bore
and have her flow throughout my soul
perhaps forevermore
except it seems that I've done wrong
and broke her tender heart
what can I do when I'm abashed
of what I thought was art
and how from then so timidly
I combed my soul to dream
and lastly thought of all my pride
within my silent screams
oh, how I wish that bird would come
and sing for me again
yet I must dwell within that verse
to know I yearn in vain
so beautiful that dainty bird
that bird that I once knew
with broken wings I sought to mend
beyond that dreamy view

Robert E. Anderson
Copyright 2009




“There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing.”~Kahlil Gibran


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