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Daydream MAG

July 16, 2008
By Anonymous

I wonder
will our children
have your brown skin
or my blue eyes?

On our first date, will you
open doors for me, or
ask if it’s impolite to kiss?

How will you propose?
Will you spell the question
in sand at our lake, or
utter it, grinning,
as our families watch on?

On our wedding day,
will tears sting your eyes
as you watch me, a white blur,
down the aisle?
Will you whisper your love
as we lie, entwined
in our shared bed?

When we’re wrinkled and old,
will you still take my hand
and say
you knew I was the one
since that day we danced?

All this, while I
watch you from the back row,
your head bent over your desk,
we’d not yet met,
and I wondered.



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on Jun. 18 2010 at 11:17 am
Daydreamer14 PLATINUM, Norman, Oklahoma
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Favorite Quote:
"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." - John Lennon

Great poem! Simple, but it captured a lot of feeling. I love how I can relate to it also:)

on Jun. 4 2010 at 9:55 pm
jesseay09 SILVER, Palm Bay, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
Be who you are and say what you feel.... Because those that matter... don't mind... And those that mind... don't matter.

This is dope !!!

on May. 27 2010 at 5:25 pm
mpacheco15 BRONZE, Montclair, New Jersey
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I liked how she organized it by making it like a daydream. Completely zig-zag about with a connection though.  I love this poem!

on May. 27 2010 at 4:46 pm
olympian-queen, Charleston, South Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
Yesterday is history. Tommorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift that's why they call it the present.

just one thing to say: try switching the (children) stanza  so that the order would be better. so you would go from date--to propose--to wedding--to kids---to old. unless you want them to have kids before everything else happens...your descision i am just suggesting.

on May. 24 2010 at 8:35 pm
Alcanno DIAMOND, Mexia, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
"If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is
made up of."

-- Bruce Lee

Wow....I love this - it captures the feeling of hopeful love really well. Would you read my poem "Not for Me" please?

on May. 8 2010 at 11:45 pm
sammie1997 GOLD, Winslow, Maine
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Favorite Quote:
never say goodbye
because goodbye means leaving
and leaving means forgetting
-petter pan

i love it! :)

on May. 5 2010 at 7:50 pm
Jilybeanrb SILVER, Prentiss, Mississippi
6 articles 0 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Margo was not a miracle. She was not an adventure. She was not a fine and precious thing. She was a girl." ~Paper Towns

You captured those special moments very well <3

leona1127 GOLD said...
on May. 5 2010 at 10:50 am
leona1127 GOLD, Bellevue, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
"Try not to react on first emotions it's not Zen like" -L. divine

I love love love it! SO cute and sweet and very well writen

on Mar. 22 2010 at 11:59 am
neonskies3423 BRONZE, Barrington, Rhode Island
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this is uber cute. i love it.

i<333 phoebe said...
on Mar. 22 2010 at 9:55 am
hey me too

on Mar. 22 2010 at 9:51 am
.love.it.all. BRONZE, Easton, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams"

-Dr. Seuss.

love love love!!

on Mar. 7 2010 at 4:12 pm
yeah... i do that :)

philine SILVER said...
on Feb. 28 2010 at 5:41 pm
philine SILVER, Riverside, California
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i love this one! really very good!

on Feb. 28 2010 at 11:48 am
EndrewAdler BRONZE, North Bay, Other
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Amazing... Very good meaning.

on Feb. 6 2010 at 6:50 pm
mandymac BRONZE, Naples, Florida
2 articles 2 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

i definitely relate to this, and i'm sure a lot of people do. i love the light tone, it's just like a day dream :)

on Jan. 15 2010 at 1:03 pm
PurpleMelody GOLD, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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This is a really good poem , just about any girl can relate to it. I love how real it is :D

Duckie430 said...
on Jan. 15 2010 at 12:00 pm
Duckie430, Riverside, Rhode Island
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Favorite Quote:
“The secret to life is being who you are and being happy with who you are.”
"Whatever does not kill you only makes you stronger."

this is really cute. i like it.

on Jan. 15 2010 at 8:40 am
ThunderLovestheRain SILVER, Brookhaven, Mississippi
9 articles 0 photos 26 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Don't fret when it rains on your parade...just learn to dance in it."

"Be yourself...everyone else is already taken."

"Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes."

I love this....good job =)

on Dec. 6 2009 at 5:02 pm
abooga.looga SILVER, Covina, California
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this is too cute.

megg<3 said...
on Dec. 2 2009 at 4:49 pm
megg<3, New Albany, Indiana
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Favorite Quote:
life isn't measured by how many breaths we take, but by the moments that take your breath away

i absolutely adore this poem,

amazing and beautiful!