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pegasus111
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0 posted 2003-07-29 09:32 AM



Dimmed by passing time and circumstance
like faded footprints in the shifting sand
those memories of love once closely prized
are now but traces from a faceless past

they linger in dark corners of the mind
these slender threads long disconnected
from the mainstream of conscious thought
and surface only in the dark of night

winking dimly like a distant star
as through a cloudy glass and darkly
just beyond the sight of rational
but never really lost beyond recall

though badly worn and tattered now
mere flitting ghosts of pale illusion
they haunt the sences endlessly
with traces lost in yesterday

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



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SharaRose
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1 posted 2003-07-29 12:06 PM


"and surface only in the dark of night"

Just a distant memory is how this sounds. It's said it takes a lifetime to forget.

SharaRose @-->--

Of sound, and speech let all lift the hearer!

Marge Tindal
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2 posted 2003-07-29 12:52 PM


OhPegasus~
When the memories come back to splash in your well-of-ink ... it pens beautiful poetry like this~
Thank God for those 'traces'~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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BabieDoll
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3 posted 2003-07-29 03:13 PM


Truly amazing poem...I particularly liked the last stanza. You are very talented. I will be hunting for more of your work!

~J.Lynn

"In life you must dance like no one is watching, sing like no one is listening and love like it's never going to hurt..."

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4 posted 2003-07-29 09:01 PM


Dear Friend,  They are never quite lost,
and it must have served a purpose in your life.  Your memory has not let go.  Love, to you.  Joyce

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5 posted 2003-07-30 12:44 PM


On the surface this is an amazing poem, but I'll have to come back and read again to grasp all the layers.

                         Dawn

2dalimit
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6 posted 2003-07-30 07:18 AM


Bittersweet...

Great write. Makes me remember some.
Thanks,
Melton

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7 posted 2003-07-31 05:24 PM


pegasus111:  I guess there are some memories destined to be with us all our lives. This is a very moving poem.

Betty Lou Hebert

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