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jwesley
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since 2000-04-30
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Spring, Texas

0 posted 2015-02-16 02:53 PM




The Best Of Their Kind

(from Faces of Love)


Learned years ago
when dog-pucky
seemed to be a constant
in my life
that there is no going back.
The emotions of the past,
felt today,
are memories –
not reality.

And memories
they need to stay
because their reality
will never be the same, again.

Yesterday,
as the saying goes,
is set in stone:
but today . . .

now there's
a controllable entity,
one that sets our memories
of the future.

And memories of love
are the best of their kind,
if
kept in their place.

And memories of love
are the best of their kind . . .

so mine, as before,
will always
contain


You.







© wesley james beard, jr.
february 16, 2015


(Please don't assume everything I write is based on my personal life...)



© Copyright 2015 Wesley James Beard, Jr. - All Rights Reserved
jwesley
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563
Spring, Texas
1 posted 2015-02-16 02:55 PM


Thanks Jerry for the inspiration on this --- your piece, "It's Almost Gone"

j.

Margherita
Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236
Eternity
2 posted 2015-02-16 04:34 PM


Very beautiful, dear Jimmy. These memories of love live on within our hearts. Hearts are places where there is no lack of space ... we can carry our sweetest memories in blissful lightness.

Much enjoyed.

Margherita

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
3 posted 2015-02-16 04:42 PM


Memories also have the tendency to rewrite what happened back then. I have had to put a sudden stop to my memories for quite awhile because I found I was over- and under-reaching and THAT is just not who I am. Enjoyed this one.

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

tracie66
Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713
Australia
4 posted 2015-02-17 06:27 AM


Dearest J
This is indeed a beautifully written piece, sad but beautiful just the same - Thanks for sharing my friend xx

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe
                        — W. E. Channing

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