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Poet deVine
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0 posted 2001-12-02 05:40 PM



I believed in Santa Claus
In fairies and Peter Pan
I thought Wiley Coyote was cool
And Mighty Mouse was da man!

I saw magic in a snowflake
In dandelions and fireflies
My heroes were my teachers
Ever scholarly and wise

I walked along the dusty lane
Kicking dirt clods without a care
And now that I am older
I wish I could go back there.

Yesterday was a time of hope
For a future that would be bright
It was a time to dream of love
In darkness of a summer night

Today is not what I dreamed it to be
I feel cheated by life somehow
If I could go back to yesterday
Could I change my here and now?

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1 posted 2001-12-02 05:43 PM


I thought there really were "Supermen"
and Robin Hood was a real man
What a disappointment to find
how diferrent now than then...

Take me back with you,Sharon..
Sandra

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2 posted 2001-12-02 05:52 PM




(sigh) I know just how you feel; I too miss those days of living surrounded by fantasy and being the center of fairytales, though otherwise I wouldn't change a thing! (sigh) Such a wonderful bittersweet expression! (kiss on cheek) I love you, sweet friend! You have suhc a beautiful heart, sweet friend, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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3 posted 2001-12-02 05:57 PM


Love your poem, but just because you are a grown up doesn't mean you must stop believeing, does it?  Joyce
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4 posted 2001-12-02 06:50 PM


Probably, Sharon, but you'd probably lose all the good things that came along with the bad and then you'd just have a whole new bag of good and bad to deal with. Cool poem!
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5 posted 2001-12-02 09:01 PM


Ah, but it’s never too late to dream, to change the course of our tomorrows. Wonderful yesterdays you speak of, may there be wonderful tomorrows too.

If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please?

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6 posted 2001-12-02 09:11 PM


ah... what can i say.. im still a child somewhat.. childhood... (siiiigh).. being an adult really looks like it sucks.
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7 posted 2001-12-02 09:25 PM


I'm not ever going to grow up!  
I still believe in Santa, magic (of course) and I have fairies at the bottom of my garden!  Yup!!  Come look!  
Found out a long time ago...it's never too late to have a happy childhood.  
Now I just want to stay here forever!  
Great write,  hugs, Nancy.

"A dream is a wish your heart makes..."

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8 posted 2001-12-02 09:25 PM


Good one, Sharon.  Sometimes I wish I could go back too, but then if I did I wouldn't be the person I am today.  Whoever that is!  Sorry for the ramble.  

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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9 posted 2001-12-02 09:37 PM


Poet DeVine,
Yes but it would not be you. Wonderful poem.*L*

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10 posted 2001-12-02 11:11 PM


Peter Pan's still real... isn't he?

Poet deVine
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11 posted 2001-12-02 11:20 PM


I do believe in fairies and Peter Pan and Santa....I just stopped believing in love.
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12 posted 2001-12-04 11:33 AM


PoetdeVine~
You can NOT stop believing in love~
It's not illusional ... it just plays hide n' seek~
Believe me ... right now I know whereof I speak~
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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13 posted 2001-12-04 11:38 AM


if things would have turned out
like we dreamed
think of the things
we would have missed

the lessons we would have never learned?

way cool write...dug it

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14 posted 2001-12-04 11:43 AM


Very nice poem!

Glenn Logan

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15 posted 2001-12-04 12:57 PM


like the poem, wonderful nostalgia, but please don't stop dreaming and hoping, believing...perhaps it's time to believe in a true superMan and to let Him enhance your dreams

I'm trying hard to let Him have my dreams, I am, it is hard to let go, though.

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

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16 posted 2001-12-04 03:36 PM


You know I read this and hoped not too many felt this way, for I still like to believe in all of those things!  It is in that belief I stay young, happy, and of course on the same plain as kids and elders which is where I spend a great deal of my time.  To go back to those years, if even in one's mind will in the very least get a smile!  Going back unfortunatley never changes destiny, but what you do here and now is the main thing that counts.  Can you tell I liked this poem and it really made me think?  Well I loved it, but truly do feel sad for anyone who has lost the magic of being a child - it is simply wonderful and I am never giving it up~ LOL  
~*~ Carpe' Diem  ~*~

[This message has been edited by Mysteria (edited 12-04-2001).]

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17 posted 2001-12-04 03:51 PM


I wouldn't go to my past for anything...my hopes and dreams are all in the future. I will stay a child and believe in fantasy because that is the heart and soul of who I am. My heart goes out to you that you feel this way. **big hugs**

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

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18 posted 2001-12-04 11:00 PM


I absolutely loved this! This brought back so many memories.But I don`t think I`ll ever grow up and I`m a fifty year old grandma.

Juanita

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19 posted 2001-12-04 11:06 PM


You're only as old as you feel.    

Thank you all for reading...I'm glad it got some thinkin' going on here!    

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20 posted 2001-12-04 11:11 PM


PDV,
To hear your lament saddens me, yet from this
decay may yet rise the hope of a new generation, we have only to find the words.
Doc

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21 posted 2001-12-04 11:27 PM



I really love this poem - it sure struck something inside of me...I too long for yesterday when hope lived, I have also stopped believing in many things - especially love, and I'm only 22.

But, I do believe in wonder woman - she wrote this poem  

Take care, Sharon!
Melissa~

"Poetry is not an opinion expressed...
it is a song that rises from a bleeding
wound...or a smiling mouth"

~Kahlil Gibran~

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22 posted 2001-12-04 11:48 PM


PDV, this poem really hits the inner core of a soul and your expression here touched my heart more than you'll ever know...
Indeed the 'innocent child' in us does exist it just so happens that sometimes it gets buried in a whole lot of hogwash and we loose sight of it at times....
As for seeing the magic in snowflakes and dandelions dancing on their stems in mid-air and fireflies scrolling secret messages across the midnight sky these images are still alive and gosh I can relate2wanting2go back2that path of yesterday...
I appreciated very much reading your poem and compliment you on great writing PoetFriend...

*~coco~*

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23 posted 2001-12-05 12:17 PM


Did I ever tell you my real name?
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