Braden

Son, you worshipped me
Before you grew
To see my godhood disappear.

The great Oz himself
Could not deceive you,
Though he tried.

"You can't un-ring a bell,"
Your grandpa says,
And he is right.

What I wouldn't do
To take back wasted years,
Chasing fame and books,
Spending time on work,
Chasing empty dreams,
While you were waiting.

One day I looked up
From worthless work;
I saw you standing tall,
Emerging beard and
Deepened voice,
And in your eyes,
A hint of longing
For a past that should
Have been.

Jenny Gordon
Beautiful and bittersweet, acknowledging reality mayhap, yet love seems to stand and proffer the precious moments just ahead, so sweetly.

Don
Some things must be said, hard as they may be. I think sometimes we must acknowledge the failings of the past to break ground for better futures. What's that old Norwegian saying? "Too soon old and too late smart!"

PrEmJi PrEmJi
lovely write...

carol
you cant live in what should of its what you do now