I see
renewal, reinvention
replacement
all around
the world is not the same
but not bad either…
Then, I look inward
to search
for hopes of
peace, serenity
they have been buried
sensibly
-but a part of me
lives
to mourn extinction
of dreams
Extinction

I think extinguishing dreams can be a dangerous thing actually.
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Yes. Unless it is replaced by something else.
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I know this feeling. Great response to the prompt.
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Thank you so much, Caitlin! Glad you could relate to it.
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Old dreams make way fr new dreams Reena — as long as we nurture the ongoing sense of wonder required to dream.
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Agree. Thank you, Rob!
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Good point – dreams can go extinct as well. May some of them survive.
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Thanks for the wishes 🙂
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I love ‘extinction of dreams’- beautiful Reena!
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Thank you, Linda! A part of us always dies with dreams.
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A sombre realism of dreams extinguished.
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Thank you!
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Pleasure
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A wistful quadrille, Reena, but also hopeful.
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Thank you, Kim!
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