Too Long Have I Dreamed Poem by Meng Lim Dr

Too long have I dreamed

brown is now what once was a bright green field

oh time how heartless and mindless

my youth it did ravenously did steal-


I have dreamed too long

the deepest winter is written on my greying brow

my voice is muted and broken

past joyful songs I've forgotten to sing now-


age is a weary story-teller

its theme is endless sorrow

old tears are too familiar

each has cast a lingering shadow


only the grace of love will I follow

ere the night slips into oblivious slumber

and takes away the day's splendid glow--

farewell, all is well---there's nothing more to remember


3.30 pm Melbourne time,22nd August 2022