For Dear Life
written by: Alan David Gould
Like dreams
Vestiges of unreachable remembrances
twirling opaquely in spirit glass
The shadow of something unknowable
in a gleam of insufficient light
My life
Half-remembered thoughts of love and sorrow
Laying in a subterranean corridor
Unseeing the sight, unhearing the sound
Unremembering the essence of something once found
I walk and sing, eat, drink, and laugh
Never having done any of these things
Dreaming my life as it streams by
on oxidized film
Never knowing if its children are mine
though I hold on to them for dear life.
Alan David Gould is a lifelong musician, composer, writer, photographer, chef, painter—and poet! Gould is a graduate of Bates College and attended Oxford University and the University of Miami. He has traveled extensively in the US and Europe and also lived for 2 years in the Marshall Islands. He's the author of "The Brilliance of Miles," a singular anthology of poetry spanning 40 years. Gould has written 3 other books, "An Instructional Guide for Musicians," "A La Al" and "Stories of My First 50 Years," all available on Amazon and his website. He is also in the active process of publishing original orchestra and chamber work for film and performance, and tackling the remix and mastering of an extensive singer/songwriter catalog. Gould currently resides in Sarasota, Florida with his wife Sally and their wonder dog Piper.
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