“That’s him!” I shouted, as he was fast walking out of the terminal. Unfortunately the train kept on rolling and I couldn’t get off. I grabbed my radio and practically yelled into it, “Joe, you’ve got to stop him! He has the case and he’s walking out of the terminal!” Joe stood at the entryway of the train station. As soon as he saw the man with the case, he approached him.
“Well that was a close call. She’ll get off at the next stop so we’d better be quick.” Joe motioned for the other man to get into his car and the case secured in the trunk. Joe felt badly for the woman, but he needed the money, the tired excuse for many betrayals.
Needing a refund, Sara hovered over her selected bag of fudge—peppermint sticks from the Christmas cage not her choice, but saw her reflection in the counter’s mirror. “I’ll take these instead.”
Life may be delicious like a box of chocolates, or a dangerous adventure like climbing Mount Everest. These choices Joe made every day. He stopped on the road to watch a flock of geese crossing, and thought a goose’s life was simple, no choices to make, just paddle on, find food, and keep their children in line, which they do very well. Joe never had children so he thought it an easy task. Joe lived life as it came, lucky to be wealthy, able to pursue any dream. He wondered as he watched the geese, if they ever felt lonely.
“Dial it down!” Judy’s dad was irate. Judy was also mad in the confrontation, and at the end of her rope. The school protest she led was for the entire community, not just the kids at school. Her dad, the principal, was getting out of hand, denying access to the school after hours. There was no other venue for the high school age students to congregate, except in gang centered areas.
For today’s prompt I would like to challenge you to write a poem based on a dream or a tidbit of a dream. If you can’t remember a dream, use your imagination to pen a poem about dreams. Another option is to use one of the lines from one of the above poems as a springboard. There is no form or length requirement. Let’s create a dream song or poem, an anthem from the beat of our hearts. What message would you like to send out into the world?
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Skipping rocks on pristine water, wading in to retrieve a branch, learning to swim in an ice cold stream, puddles to splash in, all memories of childhood that evoke different memories.
The Bag Lady 
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