LD Sledge Announces New Blog

 

New Blog, www.spotofsledge.blogspot.com.

 

Poem, The Great Pretender, inspired by Mike Fine

 

The Great Pretender

 Prefer I to press to these keys

To imbed on my own memory and cyber world

The imaginary cankers that I seem to cherish

And hold dear

When I know they are only phantoms of old dead dreams

Long drempt, long past in memory

Of lives lied in the dim half world of shadow

Somewhere back in the days of maybe regret and too little joy’

And now I know what is important,

For it is joy that I can make for myself

It is the day I can fill with laughter and crystal dreams of now

Of bells that ring like little birdsong

And fragrance on the breeze

And the tug of a fish on my line

The touch of her gentle fingers on my body

The breath of her on my ear

And there is more for I can look and see dimension

And form and the floor beneath my feet that stays

Level and firm so I don’t sink to my chin in doubt

Yes to know I know, to know I am me

To know I am pretending

A pretend that I am pretending

Oh what fun.

Fill my pretended lungs and let out a laugh

At how silly I am to try to not know

And to know that I am really having fun

Pretending to pretend,

 always.

And forever

Amen

--
L D Sledge