Elusive Desires
You can touch the sea
but you cannot hold it
You can feel love
but you cannot contain it
You can have freedom
but you cannot own it
It is the way of mankind
to desire the things
that cannot be possessed
to control nature and people alike
craving ultimate power
wanting to play god
In the end we must acknowledge
that we are limited beings
Man cannot rule the universe
he can barely manage his own affairs
We need to take a step back
To look inside and accept things
as they are meant to be
Ann Christine Tabaka
is a nominee for the 2017 Pushcart Prize in Poetry.
She placed Third in
Vita Brevis Best Poem Contest both January & February 2018. She was
selected as Poet of the Month for January 2018 and interviewed by Kingdoms in
the Wild. She lives in Delaware, USA. She loves gardening and
cooking. Chris lives with her husband and two cats. Her most recent
credits are Page& Spine, West Texas Literary Review, Oddball Magazine, The
Paragon Journal, The Literary Hatchet, The Stray Branch, Trigger Fish Critical
Review, Foliate Oak Review, Bindweed Magazine, The Metaworker, Raven,
RavensPerch, Anapest Journal, Mused, Apricity Magazine, The Write Launch, The
Stray Branch, Scryptic Magazine, Ann Arbor Review, The McKinley Review.
*(a complete list of
publications is available upon request)
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