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lead me
by Charlie Morgan go ahead of me geese,
remind the weather
that i'm an old warrior
with not much fight left.
listening to the fish swim
this morning, i cried.
a lonely, selfish cry.
i sent a mending wail to the trees.
as the leaves and wind
are drying my tears
and i gather-up
my dimly lit dreams of tomorrows,
the water's other side beckons
me to wander across
and spend my last days
and like rodin, i'm thinking about it.
04/27/2006
Posted on 04/27/2006
Copyright © 2025 Charlie Morgan
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 04/28/06 at 03:32 AM Very poignant read - touches these aging bones. May spring revive you. |
| Posted by Anne Engelen on 04/28/06 at 01:15 PM Sounds like you could use some excitement! No way you can make me believe that you're counting down the days already. Although, you got me worried for a sec. Good write! |
| Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 04/28/06 at 02:07 PM This, a haunting mesmer that pulls me into itself deeply and easily, —and brings wails to my leaves. Beautiful poem from beautiful writer. |
| Posted by Mary Ellen Smith on 04/29/06 at 11:40 PM I see this as a natural progression in ones thoughts and feelings about getting older..(not that we are there yet) lol...but we all walk along a path that is everchanging...and this is so eloquent in its approach to that. |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 05/02/06 at 12:16 AM Then in that contemplation, trust Rodin again, "nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely." |
| Posted by Jim Benz on 05/03/06 at 05:55 PM this is a killer poem chaz, so to speak I guess, and rodin's thinker is the perfect image for it. I know this feeling all to well, but it's spring, and I'll let spring lead me, for awhile anyway, but even in so doing, I'll still think this is just a killer of a poem and beautifully done. |
| Posted by Jane E Pearce on 05/05/06 at 01:30 AM Yes, yes, Charlie-it says it all for all of us somedays.Excellent embodiment of thoughts every intelligent thinking person has as the days and years roll by. Perfectly normal and I thank you for sharing. Jane |
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