The paradise I knew
Lost now to years,
When youth yet be
A part of me,
And had no boundaries
As far as you could see…
‘Twas paradise alive
For life to thrive
On courage sound,
Would so derive
Felicity that loomed
Thru fate want found…
Alas would end
Such reveries of youth,
The while did suffer
Fantasies falter,
As mature felt reality
Eventually alter
The paradise I knew,
Or so I’d dreamed!
Poetry on a canapé 