Catching a glimpse of what's gone away
I haven't seen past yesterday
and I don't know how I'll feel
But you can help make things okay
As long as it is real
Catching a glimpse of what we've done
Turned an emotion to the burning sun
and We found passion, which we'd concealed
Expressed great love and epitomized fun
And what we've had is real
Catching a glimpse of where we've been
Reading notes of what was when
And I can remember making a bet
With a former high school friend
That we'd stay real past the night we met
Catching a glimpse of what is now
We're staying together 'cause we know how
I'm glad that I am winning the deal
I now have more than what my friend and I vowed
For I have love that's real
Catching a glimpse of romantic spots
You reach out and grab my thoughts
Of all the places we can go
We end up going to parking lots
But it is real, though
Catching a glimpse of what's ahead
Commitment is not the thing I'll dread
It's breaking up that'll worry me
And with this love on you I shed
Keep it real and we'll be free
Catching a glimpse of future things
We'll make the best of what life brings
We'll live like riding the wings of a dove
Together we'll be what a sparrow sings
For we'll have real love
I was sitting down at the computer one day, trying to think of a catchy
way to start a poem for my EN 111 class. Something 'catchy.' So, I wrote down
the word "catching." Catching what??? Hmm. Cathing tears? No, too short. I
wanted something more good and pleasant. Something about....awwww...heh...love,
or something. "Catching a glimpse of what's gone away" suddenly came out.
I just kept typing after that, and I managed to make a creative...uh...flow.
This thing goes in kind of a chronological order. The first stanza touches upon
the past, present, and future.
Catching a glimpse of what's gone away (past reflection)
I haven't seen past yesterday (past)
and I don't know how I'll feel (Future)
But you can help make things okay (present)
As long as it is real (present)
The next two stanzas reflect on the past, the next two the present, and the
last two the future. It's not completely in only one tense, but...well, I guess
that's the way it goes....?