Restless (Mrs. George's Favorite Poem)

 

by Dorothy Bettencourt Elfstrom

 

Like a sea gull I ever am restless

As I travel the voyage of life;

My dreams are the wings that transport me

Away from the cares and the strife

 

Of the routinous things that grow boresome. (5)

My soul craves adventure - romance!

I thrill to the sound of great music;

My feet long to march and to dance.

 

Sometimes when the world bears down

Like a cage with iron bars, (10)

I gaze at the blue sky above me

and find freedom among the stars,

 

Or in the sweet song of the robin,

Or the waves of the onrushing sea;

somehow I feel kin to the ocean, (15)

It, too, seems restless like me.

 

My heart seeks the hearts of others,

My mind, greater knowledge of things;

And I'm thankful that I was born restless

With the thundering urge of wings. (20)