Paper Boats
And Hope
My hope floats
Down trickling streams
On paper boats
With paper dreams
Information
Consisting of
Wishful notions
And undying love
Written words
The dampness smeared
The silence heard
And loneliness feared
In pieces now
A tattered mess
Forsaken vows
And brokeness
Bit by bit
They float away
With hopes they’ll be
Renewed one day
Riding the ripples
Away from me
Wistfully simple
Wished into being
To find me waiting
For its return
My heart is beating
My spirit burns
For the love
Those boats whisked away
For the return of
The love we made
On paper boats
Holding our dreams
Staying the course
That dreaming brings
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Kelli Sheckler-Amsden
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Comments (9)
aww, so sad yet so beautiful. Well done.
Beautiful, wistful and sad. It’s a wonderfully visual poem, Kelli!
agree with Komal! Magic
Your words touch the soul deeply.
This is such a tender and dreamy piece! Paper boats carrying love and hope? Pure poetic magic! Absolutely loved it!
So very lovely⛵💙
😊 👍 For all our sakes, I hope our hopes will be renewed one day too!
Loving this ♦️♦️♦️
The words of a true poet writer. Just perfect.