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Attribution: Feliciano Guimaraes
Image: Anonymous Walking Shadows
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Come with me, I said
We’ve had it all made
Just you and me
Venture across the country
Foster feelings of fraternal ties
With kins we bade good-bye
Long ago when we sought
To venture forth abroad
To seek our fortune
Which was then the norm
Come with me, I said
You remember the fate
Of those who had cold feet
Not wanting to make a bid
To change their life-style
But to stay on awhile
Which later turned to years
After which they discard the urge
To ever venture out again
Not wanting to try and gain
Come with me, I said
The plans had been laid
Visions of wealth bountiful
Picked at ease plentiful
Stand up and be counted
Garner all the efforts
The strength of purpose
Made up without rehearse
To make a bold stand
All set to implement
Come with me, I said
It just couldn't wait!
Let's pay them a visit!
Written for Keith's Carry On Tuesday #204 with prompt Come with me, I said and Sandy's
One Single Impression #271 with prompt Feel/Feelings and Mary's hosting at Poetry Pantry #149
Image: Anonymous Walking Shadows
Source: Licensed through Wikimedia Commons (here)
Come with me, I said
We’ve had it all made
Just you and me
Venture across the country
Foster feelings of fraternal ties
With kins we bade good-bye
Long ago when we sought
To venture forth abroad
To seek our fortune
Which was then the norm
Come with me, I said
You remember the fate
Of those who had cold feet
Not wanting to make a bid
To change their life-style
But to stay on awhile
Which later turned to years
After which they discard the urge
To ever venture out again
Not wanting to try and gain
Come with me, I said
The plans had been laid
Visions of wealth bountiful
Picked at ease plentiful
Stand up and be counted
Garner all the efforts
The strength of purpose
Made up without rehearse
To make a bold stand
All set to implement
Come with me, I said
It just couldn't wait!
Let's pay them a visit!
Written for Keith's Carry On Tuesday #204 with prompt Come with me, I said and Sandy's
One Single Impression #271 with prompt Feel/Feelings and Mary's hosting at Poetry Pantry #149
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This is wonderful that second stanza got to me because I feel that sometimes I let fear hold me back, not in love but other areas lol
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ReplyDeleteI like the way you've used your title as refrain, the sweep of history you evoke, and then the fun of the surprise ending.
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ReplyDeleteAnd go you shall indeed, completing such a deed
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ReplyDeleteSounds like an invitation not to be passed up, Hank!!
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i am with you...lets go!
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and its always best shared with another...
This is beautiful :) Excellent job.
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ReplyDeleteA lovely poem filled with inspiration, beautiful.
ReplyDeleteCourage is a funny word--your piece really is en-couraging--Lovely Hank!
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ReplyDeleteYou express I think a rite of passage for many at some point in life...go for the dream. Makes me wonder how many don't have that courage. Nicely written.
ReplyDeleteI love this poem, Hank, that speaks of a brave journey forward, then a visit back to old roots at the end. Lovely.
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ReplyDeleteI really like the line foster feelings of fraternal ties with kin we bade goodbye... which, for me was the heart of the poem.
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ReplyDeleteAt the end you reminded me of the time when my work buddy wanted me to venture with him in getting a balloon piloting license. We would sit in lawn chairs with helium balloons attached, enough to get us lifted off the ground. One flight would qualify us for flight.
About twenty years later this was done. I do not know what the purpose of their flight was.
Thank you for using the prompt. I did not get mine written until today so it won't be on the OSI page this time.
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My work buddy and I were aerospace engineers working at NASA, Houston, at the time. This idea was a natural.
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Very interesting Dr Jim! You're one who ventures out on your interests that relates very much with your expertise. Others would like to but are handicapped by lack of knowledge. Great!
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What a brave decision! One for hopeful youth or second childhood. This poem is a delight,
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ReplyDeleteInspirational words - sometimes if we don't take a presenting opportunity - we regret it forever. You were brave enough to take an opportunity.
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When the adventure calls, we can hang back in fear or run from safety! Well done.
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