"The Poet's Corner..."

Love's Dreams

Edwin Leibfreed

Some meet love's dreams when kissed by death,

And some again in youth,

But all have felt the quickening breath

Of love's undying truth.

But, oh the longing for the one

Who may not ever know

The dreams arising one-by-one

From out of the long ago!

Some love again who loved before

In very tender rhyme;

The dreams of some come never more

Till out the reach of time.

Some taste the bitterness of fate

In every cup they drink;

And some reach happiness too late

To mend the broken link.

And some grow old and fade away

And mingle with the dust;

And some believe a better day

Will come for those who trust.

And some love on and never know

Another's broken heart; 

And some have dreams of long ago

Till these again depart.

And some forget who loved and cared,

And never suffer pain;

While others cherish unimpaired

The love that dreams again.

But oh the longing for the one

Who may not ever know

The dreams arising one-by-one

From out the long ago!