Our teenage dreams,
once vibrant
fragrant
flowers
are now buried
deep
into the barren
ground
as we helplessly
flounder
with the heavy mantle
of responsibility
Image credit: krokky.deviantart.com
Our teenage dreams,
once vibrant
fragrant
flowers
are now buried
deep
into the barren
ground
as we helplessly
flounder
with the heavy mantle
of responsibility
Image credit: krokky.deviantart.com
Very true and wonderfully stated.
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Thank you awesome one!
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Whenever I hear a song from my youth. I remember being carefree, dancing with friends. I then wonder, why we have to grow up. I think we need to recapture that as often as possible!
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I try to recapture that as often as possible indeed – it’s an absolute necessity!
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I’m 35 and continue to avoid responsibilities.
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Ha! Some responsibilities are unavoidable but I like to try to keep to a balance 😉
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Very beautiful!
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Thank you, that’s too kind 🙂
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Beautifully expressed.. I love your style..
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Thank you, it’s a great compliment 🙂
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Perfect reflection. Though I hope my teenage dreams are still alive in a more mature and reasoned form…
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Oh gosh, same!
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Some of those teen aspirations are still with me, usually at conflict with the responsibilities of being an adult. Sigh. It was beautiful, Nathalie!
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Same, same, and same Rob! It’s a difficult balancing act but it’s important to keep trying for that balance, no matter how challenging it might be 🙂
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I have worked very hard to keep those dreams alive and occasionally get called selfish for holding onto them. But what is the purpose of life if one does not hold onto their dreams. And I think I am doing a reasonable job starting to make some of them come true
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Yes, same thing here… the “selfishness” tag is unavoidable, but it’s usually thrown about by people with no imagination and no real inspiration…
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So true… All that on behalf of adulthood… Growing up is a way of making It through social restrictions, somehow… Sending Love and best wishes, dear Nathalie, happy new year ahead, Aquileana 💛🌟😀
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Happy New Year to you too Aquileana! I hope it’s a wonderful one for you 😊 ❤️
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Have a wonderful 2016. Great poem. Really rate this.
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Thank you, I’m humbled 🙂
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Responsibility and lost opportunity
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Yes. That’s it exactly.
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God yes! Well said Nat.
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Yeah, “growing up” is fucking awful, isn’t it? 😉
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