Ronnie McGinn's Poetry Page

Every week we receive poems that deal with all the facets of human experience such as life, love, loss, joy, sorrow, hope, disappointment - all those elements faced by people in human relationships and daily events.

Some are purely nature poems: butterflies, sunsets, birds, etc. Some are beautiful and tranquil, all are welcome.

This week we received a poem from Laura Gaffney, unfortunately Laura gave us no information about herself, but nonetheless her poem makes soul searching reading.

A Rhythm

Do you remember when we were young?
And the radio would play a random song
And our tired legs would jump up from
the seat,
Our soul got a rhythm that danced in our feet.

The music gave you a feeling
That you were free
Like a lamb in the meadow
Like a fish in the sea.

How I wish I was back in that day
When music would take
All our worries away,
If I had known back then
What I know now,
Oh how I would have cried
To know that I'd be sitting in
A seat
With a wheel on either side.

© Laura Gaffney