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Fanciful Flight of Frilled Imagination

Sure... an old man in ballet slippers
can make you smile,
but soon, he too must
don overalls and mud boots.
Tabby cats turning cartwheels
and curly-haired dogs
in dotted clown suits
can take your mind to
funny places for awhile,
but eventually the crocodile circuses
and that tattooed frog
plowing apricot fields
must disappear, as forbidden
fruits cannot be glued
back onto trees.
So dream while you can,
go to whimsical isles,
drink coconut wine
and glide over the seas,
tango with lovers,
sing Sinatra songs,
cry with a friend and
jump in mud puddles-
forgive yourself and flout the wind
then begin the new day Hercules strong.

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Charlie Smith Date: 4/6/2016 9:55:00 PM While not as foreboding, sadness still heard. I'm not crying for you, but with you. Still, well written... Login to Reply Dana Young Date: 4/7/2016 8:05:00 AM Thank you Charlie...it does help to put my thoughts in writing. I guess I didn't realize how much sadness was coming through in my poems. I am strong and will get through it all, but thank you so much for your compassionate words!

J. Tudor Date: 4/6/2016 8:30:00 PM While I read your words with great pleasure, I have come to sense perhaps a profound loss, a reminiscent longing, or a deep loneliness that burdens one with a heavy soul that lumbers through a days worth of living...or perhaps I simply think too much. I am good at that! Lovely piece, and I wish you well, as always. J. Login to Reply J. Tudor Date: 4/6/2016 9:52:00 PM I am very sorry Dana, I was hoping with all my heart that I was wrong. I do hope you will continue to post, as it is good for the soul to exhale our minds of it's collected contents, especially in matters such as this. I will always have an appreciative eye, or ear if you will, and will continue to look forward to your voice. J. Dana Young Date: 4/6/2016 9:10:00 PM You are so right J... I am going through a profound loss and have a very heavy heart and soul...you are very insightful and I am sure my poetry does reflect that!!