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A thousand flaming, burning words
Float through the air like scarlet birds
To settle as Autumn and burn soft marks
On those who gazed in wonder's hearts
And swear the words, 'Till death do us part'
A thousand launches, a thousand cries
A thousand pilots in the skies
For all the world to see
In young hearts there is a yearning
Is a burning
As they toil through growth and learning
'Some day that will be me!'
And go, the seasons, turning
A dream takes flight on splendid wings
No fantasy of gaudy things
A calling, a destiny, a song till now unheard
To fly away with scorching words
And over all the world to sail
Leaving hearts all touched and broken
Beautifully broken
By the flaming tale
Guess what I want to be when I grow up! :)
Float through the air like scarlet birds
To settle as Autumn and burn soft marks
On those who gazed in wonder's hearts
And swear the words, 'Till death do us part'
A thousand launches, a thousand cries
A thousand pilots in the skies
For all the world to see
In young hearts there is a yearning
Is a burning
As they toil through growth and learning
'Some day that will be me!'
And go, the seasons, turning
A dream takes flight on splendid wings
No fantasy of gaudy things
A calling, a destiny, a song till now unheard
To fly away with scorching words
And over all the world to sail
Leaving hearts all touched and broken
Beautifully broken
By the flaming tale
Guess what I want to be when I grow up! :)
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Permalink Reply by Rob Currin on -
There is something about the line:
"In young hearts there is a yearning" that simply rings so very true. I feel that it is important to stoke that fire for as long as possible.
Thanks for sharing!
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Permalink Reply by Rob Currin on
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Amber-you are the Global Poetry Project's Australian Pioneer! Your work is wonderful! Please continue to contribute and urge some of your school mates to do the same.
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Good on you Erik. I bet your parents are appreciative of all you are doing at home. Perhaps you can build on this and continue to do some of those things, like making your bed. I think you're off to a great start. : )
Reminds me of Shel Silverstein's the giving tree, I also really enjoyed the abrupt imagery that you created.
Fate had condemned us
Delegated us to be
Sheep in wolf's clothing
We were not mighty
For we could not escape
The pack's impending
Shadow
So we had become Fear's marionettes
Oh how clever we had thought we were
We were nothing new
We were not co...
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