My newest poem: "Dreams"

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Dreams are for the young
Which I no longer am
I approach the end
Knowing my time is past

So why is it they haunt me?
I cannot turn away
There is no switch for on/off
No way to make them gone

But still
The baby avocado
Grows upon my kitchen
Window sill


© MLC

[Inchworm]

1. Read it

must compile

:*

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Have fun compiling, my dear Inchworm...

:hug:

[Inchworm]

5. dude..

that is all...

:*

[Inchworm]

16. Stop picking on the youngn's

and remember babies love their mommies.

I love you Ms Peggy and you know that

:hug::*

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. I know you do...

And you can say anything you want to me, anytime you want to...

:hug:

[akbacchus_BC]

2. Dear CaliforniaPeggy, the poem is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear akbacchus_BC...

I am glad you liked it!

Thank you, sweetie...

:hug:

[akbacchus_BC]

9. Dear CP, I really liked it. Do you think you can write one for the

older folks on here? Hmmm, along the lines we can dream too?

You are so sweet

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. I intended this one for the older folks...

Since I am old too...

I really felt down when I wrote it. I'm not sure I could do a positive one...

Maybe someday.

When/if I'm in a better mood...

Thank you, sweetie... :hug:

[Shine]

6. ....merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily....Life is but a dream.

:hug:
very sweet, Peggy. Thanks for sharing.
:loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear Shine!

Funny thing, I wasn't in a sweet mood when I wrote it...

I was really feeling my age, and how much time I have left and all that...

And then I spotted the plant.

A dream from which there is no waking...

Thanks, sweetie!

:loveya:

:hug:

[bluesbassman]

7. They haunt me still.

Wish I had an avocado.

Excellent poem Peggy, thanks for sharing.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. My dear bluesbassman...

I am so glad my poem brought you out of hiding...

So glad you like it, too...

Thank you, sweetie...

My pleasure to share, always...

:hug:

[bluesbassman]

13. I prefer the term "lying low".

Howevever, your poetry desrves comment, so there 'tis.:loveya:

[Haole Girl]

11. Oh Peggy...

:hug:

Good night & thank you for sharing your poems with us.

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. My dear Haole Girl...

Good night!

It's my pleasure to share, always...

Thank you...

:hug:

[Skip Intro]

15. Makes me sad.

Something once enjoyed becoming something to dread.

Seems not necessary, no need for such a situation.

Would but that we could embrace each new day, with no fear of some dreadful end.

Just as a child, or a sapling, embraces a sun drenched morning without a thought of tomorrow...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. My dear Skip Intro...

I'm sorry it made you sad. I was sad when I wrote it...

But I did feel hopeful when I looked at my plant...for that is my avocado in my kitchen window sill...

I do find, as I get older, that the end of my life is on my mind more than it used to be.

Today, I decided to express it in this poem...

:hug:

[Skip Intro]

19. Well...

I kind of felt that sadness coming through, and I can relate - sometimes it seems the months pass like days, but I'm glad the vision of the new plant rejuvenated you. I hate to think of anyone spending any of his or her time here worried about when it might end, mainly because I hate to think of myself being that way. And I think no age beyond fascination and wonder. So far...

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. I'm not worried about dying, per se...

I just wish I had more time to do the things I've discovered I want to do...

I agree too...every age has its wonder and fascination...

:hug:

[LeftyFingerPop]

20. I always enjoy your poems, Peg

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. My dear LeftyFingerPop...

I'm so glad you do...

It makes me feel as though I have accomplished something worthwhile...

:hug:

Thank you, sweetie...

[Dystopian]

23. Sweet Peggy....

Nearing the end, yet knowing life goes on.
That's exactly how I feel....
You expressed my feelings beautifully...
I've been dreaming and living in the past as of late...
I understand only too well.
Thank you for sharing...
I am taking your words as my own...:hug:


peace~

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. My dear Dystopian...

Ah, your kind words warm my heart!

Some days I fear I live in the past too much, too deeply...

But when it results in work like this one...well...

Thank you for sharing, too!

:hug:

[Strong Atheist]

25. Recommended.

What is with people?

x(

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. My dear Strong Atheist...

Ah, no worries!

The recs are meaningless here, anyhow...

And the poem is a bit of a downer...

Thank you for your recommendation, sweetie...:hug:

I really appreciate your coming by...

[Strong Atheist]

27. You are welcome!

:hug:

I would do the unrecommend different, so that when it got to or below "0", it would look just like a thread that had not been recommended at all.

Edited to add:

The recs are meaningless here, anyhow...

...but it is not nice!

What is WITH people?

x(

[cwydro]

28. Sorry to hear you were feeling down, Peg.

But sometimes that is when the muse whispers to us most.:hi:


edit to add that I recced..

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. My dear cwydro...

Ah, sweetie...

You understand.

You truly do!

I love what you've written here: But sometimes that is when the muse whispers to us most.

Thank you, sweetie...

:hug:

[cwydro]

45. Awww

:blush:

You are very welcome.

[Blue Diadem]

29. I like it CP.

I rec'd it too. Your poem touched my heart CP. I have occasionally had those same thoughts and feelings.

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. My dear Blue Diadem...

I'm honored that my poem spoke for you as well as to you...

Thank you, sweetie...

:hug:

[BuelahWitch]

30. This is what I get from it:

No matter what age you are, you are still "young" if you allow yourself to dream. :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. My dear BeulahWitch!

That's a good way to see it...

Thank you, sweetie!

:hug:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

31. I once wrote a poem about one of my girlfriends, who was a witch...

...I found out she was a witch one day because we were driving to the beach and I looked over at her and she smiled at me and I immediately turned into a motel.

:spank:

:evilgrin:

[Strong Atheist]

32. !

:toast:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. My dear Amerigo Vespucci!

You DID?

Wow...

She had some amazing powers!

I hope you enjoyed your turn...:evilgrin:


:rofl:

[Parche]

37. My Dear CaliforniaPeggy

As always.....awesome!!!

:hi: :hug: :hug: :loveya:


Battle joined; Casualties: Yes; Resolution: Victory, of a sort A painful step from the crib of destiny. On another day, a friend perhaps instead of a deadly peril. Part of the saga of CaliforniaPeggy

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. My dear Parche!

Aw...

Thank you, sweetie!

:loveya: :hug:

[LeftyFingerPop]

38. Peggy, you are a poet, and you can...

call yourself a poet, forever. :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

41. My dear LeftyFingerPop...

I plan on doing that very thing, sweetie...

Thank you...

:hug:

[UndertheOcean]

40. Beautiful .

[CaliforniaPeggy]

42. My dear UndertheOcean...

I'm so glad you think so!

Thank you, sweetie...

:hug:

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

43. That is haunting Peggy

but very beautiful.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

46. My dear theNotoriousP.I.G.!

Aw, thanks, sweetie...

I was in a funky mood, you could say!

:hug:

[av8rdave]

44. Great job!

That's one of those poems that just sort of gets into your head and sticks there.

Thanks!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

47. My dear av8rdave!

Aw...

I'm glad this resonated for you!

Thanks, sweetie...

:hug: