When the emptiness of time steals in... <br />Perhaps you've been sitting too long, doing nothing, <br />Except parading back through streets of dreams. <br />Dreams that did not come true, or were ignored. <br />Because bigger dreams would be answered if you just wished or prayed long and hard enough. <br /> <br />One must be careful, knocking on doors <br />Of the past, that cannot be opened for/to any <br />Positive quest... <br />Best move on traveling the roads of today. <br />You might stumble, but so what...hills are there <br />To trudge up with all your strength, being sure not to look back. <br /> <br />The gardens of yesterday are beautiful in books of treasured memories. <br />We forget the work it took to make it so. <br />One must be careful, living too long in the past, <br />Allowing someone else to steal the possibility away <br />Of the promised happiness of today. <br /> <br />One must be careful, steadfast. <br />Watch the little creatures of nature, worth having, <br />Is worth stretching for, always looking ahead! <br /> <br />Dorothy Alves Holmes <br />A Poet Who Loves To Sing <br /> <br />Published February 08,2013 <br />Repost<br /><br />Dorothy (Alves) Holmes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/one-must-be-careful/
