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0 posted 2019-05-01 12:25 PM







Chasing Yesterday
By Paul Wilson

Chasing yesterday on the winds of tomorrow
Trying to return to the past looking for you
Memories of you haunting my mind all the time
Clouds gather on my journey looking for a clue

Wasted my youth on things I’d rather not repeat
Wanting the easy way out the piper we must pay
Illusions delusions conclusions made in haste
Dreams of tomorrow caught in web of time today

Chasing yesterday… remembering time we lost
Winds of tomorrow erase pathway thru sky
Destination shrouded in mystery of time
What we did in the past we can never deny

You left this world we know in the prime of your life
It was a cloudy rainy day the kind you love
Tears of sorrow washed away by your tears of joy
Falling from my heart and from the heavens above

Fleeting vision caught in dream a chance encounter
Walk with me thru the memory of yesterday
Soar thru the heavens and stars of eternity
Heart to heart we are joined forever and a day

Another day of chasing yesterday alone
Memories of you on the winds of tomorrow
Turn back the hands of time to happier days
To happy memories we shared from long ago

Who am I to tempt the hands of fate chasing time
Looking for yesterday and memories we shared
Let the hands of time reverse their movement today
You always said I was the only one who cared

If I had but one wish in life to make I would
Wish to spend the rest of eternity with you
Till then I will spend my life chasing yesterday
Searching for the life and memories shared with you


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1 posted 2019-05-03 10:58 PM


Feeling your sorrow, Paul that only a poet can express.

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2 posted 2019-05-03 11:11 PM


Ida...This is only a fictional situation. My mind seems to border on what might could be but for now it's just a what if. Thanks for caring and for your input...Paul

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3 posted 2019-06-10 12:55 PM


Excellent tribute to this hypothetical person. I especially liked “destination shrouded in mystery of time”
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4 posted 2019-06-11 07:17 PM


Kaile...Thank you for taking time to read and reply. I really appreciate it...Paul

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5 posted 2019-07-01 01:43 PM


Poet Paul, A haunting song of melancholy indeed.

Sky~

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Paul Wilson
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6 posted 2019-07-02 12:38 PM


Sky...Thank you for taking time to read and reply. Glad you liked these ramblings from a crazy old man...Paul

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7 posted 2019-08-02 10:29 PM


Feelings of sadness and longing haunt us as we age but then there are moments of remmembered joy and laughter.

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8 posted 2019-08-03 12:38 PM


Been there, done that, got the shirt! Well written Paul.
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9 posted 2019-08-03 05:28 PM


Marchmadness...Thanks for taking time to read and reply. You are so right...Paul

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Paul

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10 posted 2019-08-03 05:29 PM


John...Thank you very much for reading and your reply...Paul

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11 posted 2019-08-19 07:46 PM


A lot of emotion blossomed in this place. A lot of love.  Many of the 'best" people I've known in this life I met right here on these boards.  The magick of this place will live in the hearts of those of us who experienced it till the end...and in our words as well.

I chase yesterday here often as well.  

Paul Wilson
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12 posted 2019-08-20 02:30 PM


Michael...Your words echo my sentiments to the tee. Thank you so much fo reading and for allowing me to read your poetry my friend...Paul

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Paul

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13 posted 2019-08-24 03:02 PM


Paul - Creativity is required to manufacture the hypothetical and it's heartfelt impact is well shown here. Takes a poet's pen to do that. Much enjoyed Paul. Namyh
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14 posted 2019-08-24 04:52 PM


Namyh...Thank you so very much for your kind words. I do get my inspiration from poets as yourself and others here at Passions and from my over active imagination. Thanks again for reading and replying...Paul

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

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