By The Side Of The Road

By the side of the road
Another dream drifts past;
Another fantasy dims,
Its memory fading fast.

Blown by evening breezes,
A lover’s pleading cries
Tumble along the road
Until their story dies.

Hearts given in love
Are abandoned so easily;
Left by the side of the road,
Forgotten and drifting freely.

Each wisp of paper or leaf
Has a story locked inside;
Touched by dying dreams
Now lost along the roadside.

Those who walk by the road,
Collecting what we discard,
Learn to leave the pain behind
To perish within this graveyard.

Lora Frikken ~ 2-15-04