Poetry
Writing
Hope | Love | Relationships
The Vagaries of Serendipity | Poem
By Ammie-Marie Littke
On Tuesday, December 26, 2023 @ 6:30 pm
The Vagaries of Serendipity | © 2023 Ammie-Marie Littke
Foolish of me to imagine
A vision of roaming, flowering pastures
The unwavering might of wild tall grasses
Long shadows of sparrows tempering honeybees
Songs of an ethereal breeze against desolate trees
Vanishing memory of footsteps amongst fallen leaves
Amidst the swiftness of a trickling cerulean creek
As two lovers embrace by an enduring stream
Where you and I will always meet
There, in my sweetest dreams…
ABOUT THIS WORK
Being in a love can feel like a bout of hysteria. Your days are full of lamenting fantasies. Your nights are full of lustful temptations. Like an endless honeymoon, close is never close enough.
Then, there comes a time when those feelings fade in the comfort of stability. Sometimes, you lose sight of those passionate days of your youth. Sometimes, you let go of the dreams you once had and the hopes you believed would be the same in your future.
You forget that "close enough" was once, simply, enough.
As the days turn into years and then, turn into decades, if you're fortunate enough... time changes the very fabric of our being.
What you once desired becomes a dream of the past... What you once believed becomes a fool's errand...
The person you once were bids adieu to the person you have become... and all you're left with is the memory of what was.
Hey! I'm Ammie-Marie.
