With poetic mind

Copyright © March 28, 2002 by Richard J. Sereday Jr.
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With poetic mind I do live,
if only for a moment
in this present time.

With poetic mind I do dream 
of what our future just might bring,
as visions of it flash before my eyes.

With poetic mind the past I do recall
and in it lessons learned and
battles and prizes lost and won.

With poetic mind my hands do feel
and extract the beauty sometimes unseen
by less inspired eyes.

With poetic mind my heart does love
all that can be loved
as my power overwhelms.

With poetic mind my tears do flow
for the sadness of our world,
surrounded as we are.

A simpler life could be had
without poetic mind,
but the rainbows beauty 
to me would never be revealed.

So bear this cross, I do with pride,
it’s something that I can not hide.