full of hope on that fresh cement sidewalk homeward bound
stopping briefly at the local corner store
its the spring of 1969 and i can buy
chips for a quarter and chocolate for a dime
wax tubes filled with sugary pink water
giggling friends and exciting dreams
they are real aren’t they? the childhood dreams of our hearts
friendships bloom innocent untainted by reality of status
and have or have not realities
landmarks such as schools, shops, hospitals and homes are new, shiny painted
hardworking families immigrant freshness
the world is your oyster
go find the pearl!!!!!!
so we walk, skip and walk and somehow
we tire and our paths diverge as often happens in life
and i walk away far from this place where my dreams had their birthing
down another street
and i find i’m happy, fulfilled
yet first friends are now strangers
long gone from my life and this place
of our destinies entwined..,
i return another springtime
to see the sad decay of this place
and feel the lost hope
and life that has faded in every surrounding
many are gone now forever
never will i know if they dreamed a dream big enough
i miss you my old friends
maybe thinking i should have tried harder
to walk the pathways with you and others i loved
just to make dreams come true….
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About Iris Woytowich
Iris lives in the Canadian prairies and has always loved to write poetry. She writes with a style that is both modern, yet reflecting the everlasting sameness of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Iris is married with two lovely school aged children, and has been privileged to remain at home during the course of their upbringing. Prior to this, she worked in long term health care. She has attended university where she enjoyed English studies as well as attained a certificate in Health Care Administration. Iris has a lifelong love of the arts where she has participated in dance, visual art, and of course poetry. She enjoys travelling, and also just seeing Christ revealed in everyday situations and occurrences.
iriswo@gmail.com
www.mynucerity.com/freshglow
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