Dreams

Awoken with a smile from youthful dreams

"All that is gone now," my conscious screams

Never again shall I madly fall in love

Scribbling his name on a piece of paper

In reverie, smile highlighted on my face.

I threw my anchor down long time ago

And settled in a steady and secure lagoon

The storms of the young heart

Are no more to be seen

As the hair greys and the dreams fade.

I’ve got everything one can hope for and more

And all this seems to be the nature’s way

To show the autumn is on its way

And things are as they are

And they are here to stay.

It came suddenly, this wakefulness

That the youthful time is gone

Now I can only stand and behold

My offspring to start living the dreams

That’s theirs and theirs alone.

As if the juices of life were drained

As if my body no longer wants to strain

But seeks respite in the nest instead

And the next phase awaits
When I am not here but dead.