Writer's Academy

Legacy of dreams

While loafing about in my padded chair,
I often flip through the pages of a book.
I love reading and get lost in the
vast world of myriad characters and protagonists.

I cry with them; I laugh with them.
My heart empathizes with their joy and pain.
I often forget my own identity and
drown in a make-believe world of dreams.

I sway in the turbulent sea of emotions,
sometimes with happiness; at times with sorrow.
I try in vain to grab the fleeting images
of my favorite characters; their legacy goes on.

12 lines
free verse