Michael Lee Johnson lived in Canada for ten years during the Vietnam era. Today, he is a poet in the greater Chicagoland area, IL. He has 436-plus YouTube poetry videos. Michael Lee Johnson is an internationally published poet in 47 countries, a song lyricist with several published poetry books, and a nominee for 8 Pushcart Prize awards and 8 Best of the Net nominations. He has over 678 published poems. He is the editor-in-chief of three poetry anthologies, all of which are available on Amazon, and has authored several poetry books and chapbooks. Michael has administered and created 6 Facebook poetry groups. Member of the Illinois State Poetry Society: http://www.illinoispoets.org/ and Poets & Writers: https://www.pw.org/. His poems have been translated into several foreign languages. Awards/Contests: International Award of Excellence 'Citta' Del Galateo-Antonio De Ferrariis XI Edition 2024 Milan, Italy-Poetry. Poem, Michael Lee Johnson, "If I Were Young Again."
Dream On
Wrinkles etch stories on skin,
tears carve rivers through time.
Both are loyal cartographers of the heart,
mapping jubilation and lancination alike,
to the drumbeat of passing days.
Focus on the years.
Here, children burst like crocuses in Illinois soil.
Old folks fade like dusk devoured by the horizon.
Brief footprints on soft earth.
Resurrection, the sun rising anew,
rebirth in every dew-kissed morning.
It is a dream that stitches beginnings,
and endings into a single sky.
Thank you, so kind to publish my poem.
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