Poems From Inside Me

Three Page Poem

Three Page Poem

Recently I was far away from these prairie lands

But both places were formed by God’s hands

Even the Hawaiian desert sands

And what they call the Drumheller bad lands

Many places on this planet Earth

I have travelled since my winter birth

Some say to live here in the cold has to be a curse

But I believe for me any other place is worse

I love the cold and the long long summer days

I love the north in so many ways

Though I’ve snorkeled in tropical island bays

I love Edmonton in so many ways

To begin with my love is here

Though rarely is she ever near

I still call her each day and hold her image dear

In the only place where my goals are clear

In Edmonton I can drink plain water from the sink

Or skate on it at a nearby rink

And slide around on the ice and let myself think

Of the words I will form with sweat and ink

As a baby it was early in the year

And though I was delicate I had naught to fear

All the purposes of the world seemed so clear

As I smiled and gurgled with my parents near

Time went on and early winter gave way to spring

And I loved to laugh and run and sing

Each day a new joy would happily bring

The possibility that I would one day live like a king

Even at fifteen in the summer of my life

I worked hard and dreamed of a baby and a wife

Though soon I would be in the midst of strife

As I marched to the tune of a military fife

At eighteen still in my tender days

I was caught up in the socialism craze

And somehow my mind gave out in many ways

Leaving me hospitalized and in a haze

Before I found the help I needed so bad

I lost a close friend whose name was Brad

And it seemed to take the meaning out of all I had

As each day I fought and yelled with my poor dad

My lifetime is now given way to fall

And finally I have learned enough to say I don’t know it all

And I now hear the trumpet call

That one day soon it will be the end of all

Life is good but I have my fears

When my father dies I will shed many tears

And I am joyful totally that my niece

Came into this world and gave my soul a new lease

I wait now in my writing den

For the snow to return once again

Trying to somehow make magic with my pen

Hoping one day soon I will find love again

Leif Gregersen

October 16, 2014

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