A Few of my Favorite Things

For my creative writing class I had to submit several polished poems. Here are my best three. I've posted a couple of them before, but they've been revised.

"All That is Gold"

Dreary days try to steal your fire, Dreamer

Cling to the beginning’s exhilaration

All that is gold is not all that glitters

Each moment the same, what seems like forever

The blurring seconds lose their animation

Dreary days try to steal your fire, Dreamer

You search in vain for your lost treasure

But nothing renews the fascination

All that is gold is not all that glitters

Hunt for the answer and become a seeker

You long for a little stimulation

Dreary days try to steal your fire, Dreamer

Take no heed of their ignorant yammer

They have lost all sense of expectation

All that is gold is not all that glitters

Don’t you dare listen to the disbeliever

Pursue your innate innovation

Dreary days try to steal your fire, Dreamer

All that is gold is not all that glitters

"Explore"

Brave-hearted seeker

Pass between the clashing rocks

Dare the vast green expanse,

To cross by sail and oar

           

Exploit the countercurrent,

Believe that the hidden might be

The legend gushing from Hades

Into the mysterious sea

Draw a map of thought into

The azure blue depths

That underwater river track

To probe the precious power

Charge the rushing water

Break free of the ebbing tide

Penetrate to the crucial details

Forever be anxious to discover

"Autumn Leaves"

Like ripening apples

That fade from green

To red, you anxiously rustle.

Twisting and trembling with

Excitement. Impatient to break free and

Dance away into the cloudy sky.

I was like you once

Eager to let go and be

Off on my own. But don’t long

Forever. Treasure what you already have

For you can never return to

What you left behind