By Jim Hanson
My present is filled
with my dream of times
when young with no past
I dreamed of the future
now old with no future
I dream of the past.
Though having no choice
I prefer the past
to accept what was
like an old story
when the end was sure
to begin again.
Jim Hanson is a sociologist and retired Senior Researcher at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, living in the St. Louis area. His poetry collections include Endless Journey, 2022 by Spartan Press, Perspectives, 2023 by Resource Publications, and Ruminations, 2023 by Cyberwit Press. Single poems have appeared in some thirty websites and printings.
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