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MoonShadow
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since 2001-08-02
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Dark side of the Moon.

0 posted 2001-08-17 05:31 PM


"Maturity"

A faded rose, outdated clothes,
a memory left behind;
A drifting scent of youth misspent,
all phantoms of the mind.

Forgotten bets with no regrets,
now set aside it seems.
Gone with the tide are things untried,
caught up in unfilled dreams.

Innocent youth that looked for truth,
now wise beyond their years;
found a sea of reality
that echoed all their fears.

There's no return for things they yearn,
now covered in timeless dust.
They reminisce of by gone bliss;
now each is all they trust.



© Copyright 2001 Kenneth W. Myers - All Rights Reserved
Denise
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since 1999-08-22
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1 posted 2001-08-17 09:12 PM


Great poem! Very nice ending.....after all, they have each other, at least.....that's more than alot of folks have!
Eloise
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since 1999-11-27
Posts 1096
Wyoming
2 posted 2001-08-17 09:23 PM


Wonderful poem!  We can never recapture where we have been as it is never the same, but we can always go forward and make new memories.
darabeth
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since 2001-02-17
Posts 33

3 posted 2001-08-17 09:57 PM


How wonderful it would be to have lived life with any regrets.Now we watch history repeat itself again and again.Lovely poem indeed!

     Dara Beth    

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