My someday list
by Elouise
My someday list
Of dreams come true
Spreads heavy with its weight
Of years across my life
So many yet so few
What now I wonder wistfully,
Is this what yet remains —
The scattered remnants here and there
Of life and love and mountains scaled
Now fading from my view?
Someday is now my yesterday
Of dreams no longer bright –
The muddled brilliant afterglow
Of memories tucked away in scraps
Sweet pangs of love and life and death
© Elouise Renich Fraser, 12 January 2017
Response to WordPress Daily Prompt: Someday
Telling the Truth 
A beautiful response to ‘someday”. Your words are filled with the wisdom and lessons of knowing and acceptance. Kudos Elouise, lovely indeed. ❤
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Thank you, Kim. 🙂
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This was a beautiful piece! Very nostalgic, yet not quite sad. Thanks for sharing!
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You’re welcome! So glad you enjoyed it.
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I might, if reading this as a personal message, take it as a kick up the bahookie, to get on with my plans.
On the other hand, we don’t really know, do we, what is actually important, and what is mere object assessment on this heavy planet. We have only rare glimpses, of what really matters, of the difference our life has made to others and to the world at large. Sometimes, I think that would be more clear to us, to give us heart and hope. At other times, I reflect that if we smile and carry on, that is the best we can do. 😀 xx
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Spot on, Fran! If you’d told me what I would be looking at in my rearview mirror at this age, I would have laughed (or been horrified). Still, there’s a lovely sweet sadness in looking back and seeing that overall, this journey has been more than I ever dreamed I would experience. And yes, in the end we don’t have a clue or a say in how our lives impact others, much less this world. Thanks for your thoughtful comment.
Love and hugs,
Elouise
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“The scattered remnants here and there
Of life and love and mountains scaled”
but also bad choices I have made-
is my ledger in the black?
sometimes when looking back
I see shortcomings I wish I could erase.
Too late now – I await God’s judgement.
Your post made me look back and not everything was on the plus side.
So be it.
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Hi, Waldo. Thanks for reading and commenting. I don’t see God’s judgment as an adding (or subtracting) of debits and credits to see which is more weighty. The outcomes of our lives go far beyond what we remember or know we did or did not do.
With you, I look back and wish I could erase things I’ve said and done. But I cannot. For me, many tough times and failures led to growth and, hopefully, another layer of maturity and humility. Also, my memories include both difficult and joyful moments experienced in “life and love and mountains scaled.” You’re correct: everything is not on the plus side. Yet the wisdom and experience of the minus side, when we listen to it, grow, and become more compassionate toward others (not just toward ourselves) is in the end a great blessing. Despite our regrets and desire to do things over again.
In the end, it’s good that God is our judge–and that we are not!
Love and hugs,
Elouise
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