bright hopes
What lofty hopes, past generations hold..,
They look behind to their past untold,
And see their mistakes and regrets…fully bold,
Written in the annals of history…marks of time,
A story to be read…someday whether in jest
Or with reflection, no one knows.
And so with mixed feelings and fears,
They look ahead at what will be another game fair,
Either to be bested by chance, luck, fate or another seer,
Putting all they have in generations, already born,
Sacrifice, sweat, toil…upholding the adamic curse,
If only to correct the past…their past in the future.
Hence, the man looks on…, onwards,
Hoping someday to see his offspring thrive towards
What perharps will be his ticket to that destiny
Ignored for want of the pleasures that take us backwards,
Till we are shadows of who we truly are,
Shadows of what Adam truly was after the fall.
And so he waits…,all day, all night,
Rolling in misery-filled sleep, wracked with nightmares,
Of a not too distant past of errors and mistakes,
Waiting till his toil yields dividends and sets him free,
Free to look at what is the man within and remark,
I am no failure; not even a mistake.
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