Yearnings Poem by Jacquie StewartHeimann

Yearnings



The agonies of responsibility
Weigh heavy in our hearts
And fill our souls, our dreams
With sadness, anguish and woe
We wish, we yearn
To release the pain
To drift back to childhood
To experience again
Youth's peaceful slumber
The dreams of innocence
Alas, the futility
The side effects of life
We bear the burdens
Children aren't meant to share
To protect their dreams
But, still we wish...
We yearn...

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