A Dream of Peaceful Days
Where my plethora of worries dissipate, and we can sit in gladness for awhile...
Astounding how the smallest of things can set off such a chain reaction
Before I knew it my life as I'd known it became so subtly
Changed in ways both meaningful and
Discombobulating as I tried to
Effortlessly, excruciatingly, exuberantly
Find a path, now facing forward so
Go on then, take this chance
Heal and reinvent
Imagine worlds
Just beyond reach
Knowing that in consequence
Laughter is the
Medicine most sweet
Never quite entirely full
Onerous winds wait around the edges
Pretend they are not there and maybe someday they won't be
Quest for questions, ponder the possibilities
Rest in the perpetually roiling restlessness
(Secretly wishing for something just a little different)
Tired of the dilapidated structures falling down around my feet
Understanding it's only for a time
Verily, very soon
When there's a space for winding down & contemplating what I'd become
"Xeric" for thriving in lack of water, "Xenial" to host at last
You can visit me in the balmy existence I am dreaming of, and I may finally
Zzzzzz with the ease of a carefree confidant who lends her ear all afternoon
About the Creator
Ellen Stedfeld
Perpetually immersed in drawing, illustration, and creative experiments, at live events and @EllesaurArts.com
Community arts in NYC/Queens -- now sketching NY Comic Con, Oct 8-12th 2025
Love participating in challenges to motivate new work!
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Comments (3)
Excellently written! I love the energy behind the words!
Full of light and courage and hope! Awesome job!
Nicely done! I especially love the quest for questions. It appeals to the reporter in me. The whole poem makes me want to go explore and write! I'll read it next time I get writer's block!