Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Before I Go

 
How I long to run freely with the wind at my back
 
Climb that mountain until the peak bears my track
 
 Slumber in a field with warm sunshine on my face
 
Every star in the night sky, my fingers would trace
 
Swim in the ocean upon those never ending waves
 
Explore a wilderness filled with caverns and caves
 
Tread along a beach plucking shells from the sand
 
Find the end of a rainbow in the palm of my hand
 
Dance in the rain while all the wild flowers grow
 
Yell my loudest in a canyon and wait for the echo
 
Carefree as a child chasing after yellow butterflies
 
Find that "once in a blue moon" and a pink sunrise
 
See a place on planet earth since before time began
 
Before I go my dream will become reality, my plan
 
©S. Austin Vincoski

My Box

 
Monsters couldn't phase me
 
Thunderstorms never did
 
I will hide inside my box
 
Like when I was just a kid
 
I have my tattered blanket
 
And old white grungy bear
 
You think this is ridiculous
 
But, I really don't give a care
 
If the wind howls at night
 
I think I like that the best
 
Curled up inside of my box
 
I will build a blanket nest
 
At times I don't like people
 
So straight to my box I go
 
It's quiet and it's safe there
 
And no one will ever know
 
Life can be very mean to me
 
But, I have a place I can cry
 
My box is always waiting
 
And yesterday's tears are dry
 
My home away from home
 
Is my little box on this earth
 
You think it's only cardboard
 
You'll never know it's worth
 
They come in everyones size
 
And best of all there free too
 
So if you need a box like me
 
There's one out there for you
 
©S. Austin Vincoski