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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas 
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Old Photographs Looking back through old photographs I see you as I never have, memories so long gone they’re almost forgotten. My heart skips a few, my body warms, I wipe once dry eyes, smile at me, foolish me, so in love with you these many years; yet, almost forgetting the reasons why, until I looked back through old photographs, and cried. © wesley james beard, jr. august 2010 |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
It is amazing Jimmy, what an old photograph can bring back into our hearts with a flash of memory. Good to find you here today. Hugs n peace ~D |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Love this.I have been doing the same and had forgotten what I had looked like. Some old photographs surprise me. latarrival/jo |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I know what you mean I've done that recently myself nice to read you again, friend |
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Amaryllis Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306Mi now |
Oh so touching.. no sugarcoating, just.. emotion.. I feel it too.. ~Amaryllis |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
How deep the imprints upon ones heart go... |
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easy1 Senior Member
since 2010-05-22
Posts 1209Southeastern USA |
Love the "foolish me" double entendre - it takes real love and respect to joke like that... Old photo revisits can be intense, that's why, I guess, we keep them for long spur-of-the-moment intervals. |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Those pictures you write of are wonderful keepsakes, and yes they stir emotions of a time and place so long ago. For me it is a reminder of how quickly the years are passing, and how truly precious each and every day is. Love all the feelings your poem evokes. Hugs for you, jwesley~ |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
I just finished scanning and processing about 2000 slides, all taken by my father-in-law (deceased several years now) between 1952 and 1990, and it was quite an emotional experience, especially the last 35 years worth (since I became a member of his family). And I have yet to convert them all to jpegs, put them on DVD's and send them to the family. I still have all my family's photos (no slides) to digitize and process and I think that's going to be harder still, emotionally. So much history, lots before my time, so many memories, during my time - one cannot view that much past without touching his soul. As usual, thanks for the comments guys. j. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Dear Jimmy, it's a rewarding task ... to see where and how we were and to realize that in the present we are the sum of all of these past moments that still evoke so much emotion. Very nice. Love, Margherita |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Well written an beautifully expressed, Jimmy. Thanks for sharing your treasured memories. Ida |
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