A Distant Life
I hear tell of other lives
Born from reincarnation
You might ask is it real?
Or someone’s imagination
Be it a life in the future
Or in the past
Of fame and fortune
Maybe bold and brash
Perhaps a farmer
Herding sheep into a pen
Or an artist
A poet in 1810
A member of the human race
Or nature’s kin
A tall Oak tree
Even a playful dolphin
And who would I be
If it were my choice
In any life I live
Be it a silent or vocal voice
To each, the past and future
I am both at the same time
One looking forward, the other back
A distant life that’s mine
The life I’d live
Would be of my last
Where I’m the combined result
Of my future and past
Copyright © Dance Of The Poet's Pen 2015
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