I Still Dream

By: Thomas Christensen

Still I Dream

What life takes and gives

Is what dreams make

The so-called bucket list

Or the things-to-do 

On a note pad a list of wishes

Is what I am talking about

You know, the get-a-round-to-it stuff

But life won’t let me

Have everything I dreamt of as a child

Because cornucopia of goals and wishes

I will never obtain

As I am much older, I know that

Only a few of the dreams and wishes will be accomplished 

And the others I will have to relinquish

But I can still dream

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Thomas and his wife have lived in Mishawaka for over 34 years. He earned a BS degree from Purdue.  Thomas is a poet, writes short stories, wood carver and wood worker.  Several of his poems have been published in Word Play Anthology I (2017), Word Play Anthology II (2018), on-line at Shari Wagner’s (Indiana Poet Laureate 2016 – 2017) web site, Through The Sycamores (Issues: September and October 2017), and at Mojave Heart Review (Issues 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13). He has been writing poetry for over 50 years.  Thomas often does poetry readings at The Poetry Den, South Bend, and at Word Play Open Mic, Elkhart.