Dreams

A mind at peace with all below she is beauty such so ever bright Smile to win the hearts that glow a wonder to the sight

Lucy Hamilton Princess of Ireland.

Another life I dream of now

thoughts of others nay-ere to wed

Where love has waited on the bow

shown in beauty of all she said

 

I watched as she descended stairs

and dreamed the world was none but gay

With her my life had lost the cares

where we would dance the night away

 

The witted banter of close friends

then came the music swaying crowds

As dreams of love that never ends

on high the heaven’s streaming clouds

 

From marbled hall and wooded glade

of noble thoughts I was endowed

For love of her my heart had stayed

a life un-wavered and un-bowed

To he whom ever loved so true

we bless the winds of salvation

Red tresses flow in green eyed hue

oh this wonder of creation

Author's Note

Oh who can say what they would do if the winds had only blown them to distant shores. I wrote this of the dreams of another life not lived. I do not believe we are only able to love one person in life. I think there are thousands whom we might fall in love with if the time and place were right. It is the fates that leads us to our destiny. And this is just a thought on how life could be different if the winds had blown the opposite direction.

Reviews

[Geralyn Miller]

You, my dear, are a hopeless romantic; and I love it! It seems you like women as well as love them, this is a very desirable trait in the male of the species, and all too rare.
I believe you are correct, actually, I know you are correct, you can love more than one person. (Hopefully, not at the same time. LOL)

[Seashell]

I agree with you here
Fate plays her card cruelly sometimes
Great poem
Thanks for share :-) x

[Tate Morgan]

Babs I am happy with my own life and have joys to abound. So hope you do as well thank you

[Angel]

If circumstances had been different...
Things happen the way they happen...but if they had happened just a bit differently,
who knows?
Yeah, I think about these things, too...
Brilliant poem, Tate!

[Tate Morgan]

Well I am content with my fate as is I guess i have lived a exciting life and ended where I fell last. So I pick myself up dust off and climb back on Thanks

[SpeedyHobbit Armstrong]

What a beautiful and sweet poem! These lines are a great way to encapsulate a perfect moment in time and make it last forever- you could look back on this in 10 years and still appreciate the bliss of that instant in your life

[Tate Morgan]

They were meant to capture a moment and nothing more A moment when i might change my fate Yet I didnt thank you

[TPK Stories]

Love comes in many forms. We love people in different ways for different reasons.

[Tate Morgan]

Thanks star We all wonder what if dont we

[TPK Stories]

we wouldn't be human if we didn't..........

[wordwarrior]

Just gorgeous Tate! I adore the imagery in this. I think your Author notes are very true too! Certain happenings in our lives make us choose one direction and had we chosen another, life would be very different.
Great poem and very thought provoking.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you we all wonder what if I think .I am glad to be where i am now

[wordwarrior]

That's the main thing Tate!

[Jvl narasimharao]

The theme is interesting.But for social restrictions, monogamy is unnatural for human beings.There are times when even married people may fall into somebody else-it may not be love but it may be attraction, infatuation or lust.Your poem is full of images and wonderful rhyme and rhythm

[Tate Morgan]

I am lucky to be able to get along well in monogamy But many of my friends were not so lucky That said I do still think of others I have known at times and wonder what if

[Jvl narasimharao]

My fate is similar to yours.I am an orthodox Hindu and I am totally against extra marital happiness.But all are not like you or me.You and I are talking about other ordinary, common human beings who follow the situations and their instinctive impulses

[Tate Morgan]

I curb my own instincts for the betterment of my family and myself as hopefully we all can when necessary

[Rita L. Sev]

I agree Tate - there are certainly many wonderful people out there, and the potential for love is there... if the fates allow. Your poem speaks beautifully of this potential... a sweet dream not realized, but warm just the same. Your author's note reminded me of an old John Denver song, in which he says "I'd no more love just one kind of woman than drink only one kind of wine..." :)

[Tate Morgan]

Thanks rita I guess we all hold these desires inside and rarely allow ourselves to see them

[Leigh]

This is quite fatalistic, where ifs buts and maybes can be used to remodel a past sequence of events and this particularly applies to love and relationships, it is hard to tell what we are supposed to be doing at any one moment in time...I think. There are so many crossroads along the way, each day we get the chance to turn left, right or straight on, to change our future path. It also seems that our lot hangs in the balance by such slender threads. I like this for its thought provoking effect and the way you are grateful for what happened to you, even the near misses, sorry Misses. Great going my friend, one of your best.

[Tate Morgan]

Leigh thank you I always toss about these threads and wonder

[Leigh]

Me too, nice to catch up with you at last

[Tate Morgan]

lol well I do come and go trying to reign in a few things as i have too many irons in the fire

[Leigh]

Me too, life can be so time consuming :-)

[OBWhiteHawk]

Very sweet and loving poem, lucky lady.

[Tate Morgan]

thank you so much

[Baby Ricochet]

Circumstance plays a big role in hooking up. Good poem Tate

[Tate Morgan]

Oh yeah it does lol Well try as i might have at the time one can only be in one place at a time. Oh well I have had a good time and nobody can say I havent lived life to the fullest