"The years swirled on and older now, between" revised

"The years swirled on and older now, between" revised

A Poem by Ngoc M. Nguyen
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A life unlived and devoid of romantic love causes regrets, but in the end hope and promise remain.

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The years swirled on and older now, between

my birth and the dead, burnt embers of age,

I ached and longed for a god-like machine

to create strength and a restored image.

A wasted youth gone in too brief an hour

(regrets, regrets...so much melancholy!):

that I neither lived nor loved with power

so anguished me...damn, damn my own folly!

All that remained was faith in my setting sun

that by turns shall rise and give me rebirth:

my spring-time lost and my life's youth undone

by Providence will know a reborn mirth!

      So, belovéd, extend me not your pity:

      for my hope rests in God's eternity.






© 2015 Ngoc M. Nguyen


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Added on January 28, 2015
Last Updated on August 15, 2015
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Ngoc M. Nguyen
Ngoc M. Nguyen

Newport News, VA



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