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Wind blows me away

To a dream.

Of honeysuckle, strawberries,

Cookies and cream.

Oh life so sweet, you endear me

But without the cherry on top,

The glass is half-empty.



Where can I find my cherry?

Just one in the vast garden of universe

If everything is ephemeral

Would I have the time

To get there? To find you?

To grow and make memories

Until forever ends.



Or would I just stay?

And get a slice of all the funny cakes?

And take a sip of all

The variety of milkshakes?

Oh life so sweet, you entice me

But together they all are the same.

I need to find my piece of cherry.



Wind blows me away

I wish I’d fall in your arms someday.

So my eyes would see life

In a more different way.

Topped with my cherry, my cherié…

What is sweet can be sweeter,

What is good…can be better.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Don't you think it is so ironic to be in a place where everything happens so smoothly and be with great family and friends whom you know would love you forever and then...there it is-

You'll find that 'somewhere' in you, 'someone' is missing and all the colors that were cheerful and bright would somehow fade into gray.

Don't get me wrong, I am enjoying every moment of it but I guess I was kinda looking forward of having my 'piece of cherry' on top of it all.
~©jerlin 4Feb2005

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last updated 11 October 2010 - 7:12pm
©5 February 2005 - 6:24am — angeljerlin
17 February 2005 - 1:36pm — Patrick Talty (not verified)
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You make your point so well in this wistful piece.

What a great idea, writing a poem with apparent ease and adorning it in language and images connected with all the goodies we've known and craved since early childhood. By the end of the poem you succeed in effortlessly ringing bells of memory in the reader's mind: the joy of many friendships shaded in moments of solitude by the need for something deeper beyond....the personification of the proverbial cherry on the confection alias that someone special who magnifies the joy of life.
Well put and well done!