Love Poem: Golden Haired Child

Golden Haired Child

Oh golden haired child    who ran the field

where daisies bloomed   beneath the open sky

beside the lakes   the clouded reflections yield

the times of yesterday   which did pass  us by

 

Somewhere lost to us     among the meadows song

there our freedom from       the cities roam

where the lady bugs    and dragon flies fly on

lost to us this place   where the heart is home

 

Seeds of dandelion   do ballet upon the breeze

where the deer and fawn    search a lily meal

in that summer    that ran into the autumn leaves

and to that place     would now I gladly steal 

 

And lay to memory   a time what pleasant spent

before a cavern dark   crept upon the sun

and the rays of light    into the darkness went

and wandered we       to the place undesired come

 

Where with heavy heart    walked a road of pitch

laid the light to rest    within the finer times

where happiness         was rolled into a muddy ditch

a waltz of drudgery        enslaved our lives outlines

 

Had never I known joy    until your face I saw

untouched and untainted   no untrust you  knew

perfect in your innocence   not yet having flaw

before you would learn    the evil that men do 

 

But the chains of man      are difficult to break

since we were children   told we had no choice

the internal struggles       mind and heart we make

then remember we     its truth we need to voice

 

Through the walls of brick   forth its waters burst

broke down the dam       that mankind has erected

quenched the parched land   where everywhere is thirst

to accept this offer      which formerly  I  rejected

 

Now my heart has settled    into this open room

like a slow dance        where I hold you fast  

where love comes softly    like a bride and groom

in inner chamber   is sealed the loves that last

 

And cleave it did    to soften hardened heart

to consider   our lives   upon the silver strand

and its benevolence  of instruction did impart

a force eternal    just like a guiding hand

 

source ..the golden haired child 


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