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pegasus111
Member Elite

since 2000-07-27

Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa

0 posted 2002-09-26 06:15 PM

Sweet tender years
why didst thou depart
thy kind caress
fed this lonely life
thy soft kisses
warmed the soul
enlightened the dark

Oh special time, no other
matched thy gentle grace
thy song filled the heart
with unmatched love
each day a precious jewel
more lovely than the last

The days are empty now
this hunger for thee
gnaws at the fiber
of this dull existance
unfulfilled it cries
for thy glorious return
though it be a moment

A moment dearly treasured
revered for it’s purity
grateful for the touch
of time now long past
but never forgotton
nay, remembered with the
deepest love from the heart

Sweet tender years
glorious memory of thee
lives on in twilight
a beacon that sustains
this weary traveler
on the dim road that
ends in thy arms forever.

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

1 posted 2002-09-26 08:47 PM

Written very tenderly. Too bad that we can not retrace our steps Joyce

CHILI
Member

since 2002-09-08

Posts 244

2 posted 2002-09-26 08:48 PM

This is a beautiful piece. Thanks for sharing. I often wish for the time in life where all was perceived as good, untainted by life's lessons.

A. L. Becker
Member

since 2002-09-06

Posts 167
San Francisco, California

3 posted 2002-09-26 09:14 PM

dear pegasus,
terrific poem. especially:

"Oh special time, no other
matched thy gentle grace
thy song filled the heart
with unmatched love
each day a precious jewel
more lovely than the last"

i love how this stanza stands apart, which makes the sorrow in the other stanzas more powerful.
Annie!

"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?'
Let us go and make our visit."
-Eliot

ellie LeJeune
Member Elite

since 2000-01-10

Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA

4 posted 2002-09-26 09:27 PM

Peg, this is a magnificent ode to lost youth...but yet we are all the wiser for it..Ellie

A friend hears the song in my heart, and sings it to me when my memory fails.

2dalimit
Member Elite

since 2000-02-08

Posts 2228
Mississippi coast

5 posted 2002-09-27 08:28 AM

I'm glad I have my youthful memories because I certainly wouldn't want to have to relive them.
Enjoyed the read. Thanks,
Melton

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

6 posted 2002-09-27 01:17 PM

pegasus111: A lovely write! My own youth was not a happy time for me, so I have cherished memories of a later time in life.
Nice that your young years meant so much to you.

Betty Lou Hebert

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