Should I Dream For Another Thousand Years

Should I dream for another thousand years
Dare this soul to its former self denounce
Times that I succumbed to shallow fears
Or a shadow tiger about to pounce
Through the darkling-cast mists of ancient years.

Should I dream, a paradise to reside
Wherein Cupid's arrows so daftly fly
Life and love joining with life to confide
Secrets of earth, beauty of new Spring sky
Time's wicked decay and the reason why.

Should I dream, eternity is my path
A sojourn through this maze, a gentle walk
Seek virgin stream for a renewal bath
Gaze at bright-lit night sky and deign to talk
About youth, folly and my once raging wrath.

Should I dream, my vanity is a scar
Its remedy a mere walk in the park
An early morn trek, one not too, too far
A realization, but one not too stark
As to leave catastrophe's door ajar.

Should I dream for another thousand years
Dare this soul to its former self denounce
Times that I succumbed to shallow fears
Or a shadow tiger about to pounce
Through the darkling-cast mists of ancient years.

Robert J. Lindley, 2-06-2021
Rhyme, ( Within The Human Soul Rests A Shadow )
Tribute given inspiration gained by my reading
this morn, Alfred Tennyson's truly magnificent poem,
"Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal".


Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2021