Illusive Dreams

Carol Davidson 1954 (Virginia)



With reality morphing into fractured vision
of ideas lost in shifting dimensions,
I ride the broadening back of indecision
down pathways endlessly changing direction
to trip over my elusive dreams.

About this poem

Perhaps this is about my emotional instability during stressful times in my life, of which there have been many. But no matter how anxious or confused I become, God always leads me back to the path He has set out for me. I find my joy, my ultimate hope in Him.

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Written on 2006

Submitted by CarolDavidson on April 25, 2023

Modified by CarolDavidson on April 26, 2023

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Scheme ABAAC
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 201
Words 34
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5

Carol Davidson

Carol Davidson is a retired southern Christian woman, now living in the mountains of Northeast Alabama. Carol's life experience includes infertility, disappointment, marriage to an addict and adulterer, abuse and divorce, blessing and loss, desperation and salvation. A woman alone in the world except for three sisters, their children and grandchildren, Carol embraces life with hope in Christ Jesus, as she approaches 70. She expresses herself in poetry, prose, paint and other various artistic forms. Primarily self taught, except for the sewing skill that she gained as a young girl from her mother, Carol worked in architectural and mechanical design for 40 years. She inherited the 'mechanical gene' from her mother who installed electrical systems in military airplanes in WWII, and showed her four daughters that there was nothing they couldn't do. Still, Carol has learned through life events, that all you can do is all you can do, and the rest is in God's hands. more…

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