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Growing" Old
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Growing" Old |
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angelbear Member
since 2001-05-22
Posts 139North East, USA |
Salty air of forgotten years, the dangerous reprieve from teenage tears. Driving the day, looking for boys, salvation found in the strangest of joys. Nights so warm my shyness fades. Lights so bright, future masquerades. The boardwalk beckons, we ride the rides. We realize not how soon youth subsides. Friends for life, or so it seems. Will time barricade our door-less dreams? Sausage and peppers can’t make us fat, we never believe we will long for that! College comes and leaves some scars; women from Venus, Men from Mars. Lust, love and marriage mingle, of course, with a few new babies and one quick divorce. The air, when salty, now seems somewhat chilled. Our children tire us, being oh so "strong willed". To walk the boardwalk is a dreadful chore, as children see rides and beg for "one more". Yet would I return to idle refrain, a life where I longed to dance in the rain, a life without children to take up my day, a life we can call up with nothing to say? My friend forever, no I could not go, nor could you, from all we now know. Drives down my new drag to the A&P is not the whole of what’s become of me. Through the years of change, one truth is told there is more than regret to what we once called old. With the arms of love wrapped around family, I have wrestled with "then" and won "now" as the key. I can't control |
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Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Funny how sometimes we want what was, and on final examination, "now" looks pretty darn good doens't it. I liked your poem muchly! ~*~ Remember to tell someone today that you love them ~*~ |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
Yes, now IS the key. Well done. Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write. Philip Sidney (1554-1586) Loving in Truth |
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Logan Senior Member
since 2001-05-28
Posts 1641Arkansas |
Ahh, angelbear, very nice indeed, and the key to being old is to not be old, just enjoying the NOW. Speaking from bearly over the sixty mark, I enjoyed this very much..gentle smile |
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2dalimit Member Elite
since 2000-02-08
Posts 2228Mississippi coast |
...Through the years of change, one truth is told there is more than regret to what we once called old. With the arms of love wrapped around family, I have wrestled with "then" and won "now" as the key... True words. Liked it very much. Melton |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Very good writing. You now have the key to do anything! All writing comes |
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Mabel A. Dilley Senior Member
since 2001-03-17
Posts 859Seattle, WA, USA |
"I am not that which I have been." Nor can I be from someplace I've never been. Today, i seek tomorrow. "I am not now that which I have been." [This message has been edited by Julian Lester (edited 06-03-2001).] |
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angelbear Member
since 2001-05-22
Posts 139North East, USA |
Somehow I lost my posting of this poem. Just wanted to thank you all for your replies and comments about this. It is so hard, but so important, to live for the now!  I can't control |
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