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Gunslinger
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since 1999-10-09
Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2021-02-22 11:29 AM


I walked into the diner, And I thought I saw your face-
Among a crowd of strangers- And my heart began to race…
I found my mind returning- To a past time can’t replace-
A victim to old memories- Another time, another place.

A time when I was younger, A time I still had dreams-
Before my heart grew calloused because nothings as it seems…
A place where I was happy with the one whom I adored-
Before I found that sorrow is the dreamer’s sure reward.

I paused for just a minute, then I finally realized-
The girl was far too young and I guess I was surprised-
That nearly forty years had passed since last I saw your face-
But I can still remember, another time, another place.

I guess my life is made up, of places I have been-
And memories of good times, and one or two good friends.
These wrinkles are the road maps, that nothing can erase-
Put there as sure reminders, another time, another place.

© Copyright 2021 John R. Yaws - All Rights Reserved
LeeJ
Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296

1 posted 2021-02-22 08:13 PM


you've done it again, such bittersweet memories within the blue pages of love...
wonderfully written and expressed.....

thank you for sharing

Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666
California
2 posted 2021-02-25 05:00 PM


This one just sings, john.  beautifully reminiscent.  Stirs us all to yearn for that "another time and place".
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