Jimmie Arrington Poems

Like a baby in a bassinet
Quietly dreaming away,
An old man lies without regret
Reflecting on yesterday.
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The lights shine on the ground.
The smell of food is strong.
The crowd is cheering all around.
The Anthem's the opening song.
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Where have all the poets gone,
Those who dreamt while awake?
They who wrote of the dewy dawn
On the shore of a woodland lake.
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Tonight I have the summer breeze.
I have the full moon low and bright.
I have a hundred swaying trees.
I have a million dots of starlight.
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Lying in my bed, late at night
And progressively drifting,
I feel a tingle of delight
Inside my toes and shifting.
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I'm old enough to know,
I'm young enough to care,
I'm wrong enough to woe,
I'm right enough to swear.
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Sitting still in my rocking chair
And lost in my own thoughts,
My mind was full but page was bare,
My words were tied all in knots.
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I think about you often
But I never speak your name.
I remember you back when
You and I were quite the same.
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Across the desert the wind flies,
The scorching sun beats down.
The flowers wilt and the grass dies,
The leaves and weeds turn brown.
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I see the world around me now,
I see only what my eyes allow.
The lines and colors are blurry
As the world spins in a hurry.
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