Bare Foot Dreams

Bare Foot Dreams

the park…
wandering aimlessly
over cushioned grass
and scrunching sand
I walked barefoot
touching the earth
feeling its
contours…

yesterday-thoughts
drifted
in on scent of ocean
breezes
soft & gentle
thoughts
bejeweled
with
half-forgotten tears…
tears tasting
of dewberry love
bittersweet aftertaste
laced with
pangs of sorrow…



yesterday-thoughts
intruding
on wilting dreams
fading visions
brittle as bleached
love letters
that seemed to belong
to another heart…


bay on my right
mountains on my left
the garish shades
and hard edges
of humanity
in between…
I drifted
wandering
with no thought
to direction
or destination…

today-thoughts soothed
by what I choose
to see
…dreams dance
to the tune of memories
I choose not to ignore…
breathing whispers
echoes of bliss
that eclipse
dragging pain
of unforgotten
yesterdays…


harmonies
merge
intensifying
the song
I choose to carry
in my soul
memories that lift me
beyond
the doubts
pain
and death
of sunrises
passed…
I walked barefoot
touching the earth
feeling its
contours…
at one
with myself….
Sharonlee©
28-Jul-11