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To bring some joy to earth
Lighting bottle rockets from
a bedroom window
We launched our dreams into the sky
In those twilight hours of childhood
we could do no wrong
Nothing was impossible to us
What heights did we hope to reach
As our rockets lifted upward
Popped and fell to earth
But we were young and new
and undaunted
Bulging at the seams full tilt
with wild dreams
Hoping to crack
the vaulted canopy of heaven
To bring some joy
to earth
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What a brilliant strategy:
What a brilliant strategy: turning an enchanting childhood memory into a metaphor for unsinkable hope and an inspiring dream for humanity as a whole.
You accomplished so much, artistically, emotionally and philosophically, in this delicately woven treasure.
"But we were young and new
and undaunted
Bulging at the seams full tilt
with wild dreams
Hoping to crack
the vaulted canopy of heaven"
Have to read that again: just too good to enjoy once and move on.
hope, always keep hope
As gloomy as the world may seem at times in the way it’s going, Hope is an important thing.
Beautiful! I love the
Beautiful! I love the analogiesand ideas. The wide eyed innocence and hope!
Don't let any one shake your dream stars from your eyes, lest your soul Come away with them! -SS
"Well, it's love, but not as we know it."
Keep it like a treasure
In the course of life there are many things we discard. Hope should never be one of them.