Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SHEAF OF MEMORIES, by AVIS TURNER FRENCH


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SHEAF OF MEMORIES, by                    
First Line: I longed to free my heart from broken hopes of olden years
Last Line: Though they were part of yesteryears, they helped to make today.
Subject(s): Dreams; Memory; Youth; Nightmares


I longed to free my heart from broken hopes of olden years
And tender dreams of youth which knew the touch of bitter tears,
For they had lain too long within my heart, they lingered there
As dead leaves cling upon grey boughs when they are cold and bare.

One day when I was brave I opened wide an inner door
And trod again the sacred ground where I had gone before.
I gathered saddened love into a sheaf, and cast away
With doubt and blame and all that made the griefs of yesterday,

Then sought a lofty hilltop where the winds were clean and high
And watched the sunlight fade, like dreams, across the western sky.
I waited for the stars to bring new hope and peace to me,
But all the while my heart was sad and lonely as could be,

For I had hidden deep within myself, and never knew,
That wistful memories of old should mingle with the new.
Until like songs they drifted back into my heart to stay:
Though they were part of yesteryears, they helped to make today.





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