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martiniat8
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0 posted 2009-07-21 04:56 AM



Chased around the table and back again
back to where I started
and my flashback friend
picks at a wound that had healed

slipped back into those memories
and pictures I dare not stare
nor linger too long
thinking of that girl of 19

ages ago
there aren't many precious memories
from those days
but this one stays

to blow those blue days
away

I stop to look at my driver's license
just to see if my name has changed
closing my eyes
drifting back

to that pale white place
and the steps of the acropolis
A Solitary Adventure
and A Remembrance of Joy...





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Margherita
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1 posted 2009-07-21 06:20 AM


Whatever happened in that place is bound to remain powerfully imprinted in the mind, the site is timeless and timeless is your memory.

Just beautiful!

Nice that you added the picture!

Love,
Margherita

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2 posted 2009-07-21 11:52 PM


I like the poem and the concept of a "flashback friend" - I also thought that the picture at the bottom of the poem had more impact than if it had preceded the poem.  

Well done.  Thank you for sharing.

Alison

brneyedgrly
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3 posted 2009-07-21 11:56 PM



i'm really relating to your poetry

shel


martiniat8
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4 posted 2009-07-22 03:11 AM


Thanks you guys, and Alison that was exactly what i was going for and why i put the picture after the poem.
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