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Poet deVine
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0 posted 2001-10-31 11:08 PM



I found a roll of film today
Undeveloped I’m afraid
The label says 1982
Seeing this, I am dismayed

What photos lurk within
Negative images here
A time past, love lost
Passions we held dear

Do I want to see what
My heart has as memory
Will I again feel the pain
Of love that used to be?

I hold the film in my hand
Then quietly toss it away
Like the love I held in my heart
Remnants of a happier day

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Lucie
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1 posted 2001-10-31 11:26 PM


I found some old film once.. when I got it developed it was so old it came out fuzzy.. still haven't figured out who those people were.. hehe

With perseverance even the snail reached the Ark.


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2 posted 2001-10-31 11:29 PM


Good choice. No point in having to relive the pain that used to be. Wonderful writing. I could feel myself telling you to throw it away before I even got to the end. Great writing.  

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

The Lady of Shallot
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3 posted 2001-11-01 06:19 AM


oh, keep those pictures, they may be worth a ton of memories!

-befriend yourself and you will never be alone-

Poet deVine
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4 posted 2001-11-01 08:46 AM


Thank you for your kind replies. I am a notorious film holder - can't seem to get it developed until long after the fact!  
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5 posted 2001-11-01 08:46 AM


As curious as I am, I would have had the film developed.
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6 posted 2001-11-02 11:20 AM


I couldn't help but smile... since I read this just after spending a fortune developing pictures... only to wish I'd kept the money and ditched the film. Curiosity costs! *S*

Excellent write, PDV!

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7 posted 2001-11-03 03:29 PM


...have to try to keep these two poems together!  
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8 posted 2001-11-03 03:52 PM


Don't do it, leave that film alone.  Nothing good's going to come of this, I can feel it.  Onto part 2.
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9 posted 2001-11-03 04:08 PM


Yeah I would've thrown it away too!
But usually I am anxious to see my pics so i get them done 1 hr processing and pay an arm and a leg LOL.

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10 posted 2001-11-03 05:34 PM




(big hugggssssssss) So sad and heartwrenching loss of hope, sweet friend! (sad sigh) I know these feelings so very well, for now I have lost all my boyhood and I have obfuscated negatives of my memories, all gloomy to me. (sad sigh) My heart goes out to you, and I pray from this day forward, you will have photo albums of your heart filled with such joy and happiness. (big hugggssssss) You have such a beautiful heart, sweet friend, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Nan
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11 posted 2001-11-04 08:56 AM


You have a way of 'moving on' PdV... and expressing yourself aptly... Nicely done..
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12 posted 2001-11-04 09:01 AM


in 82 i was 7 so yuh it couldnt have been all that hot. You did the right thing  
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13 posted 2001-11-04 02:46 PM


My curiosity would have gotten the better of me... I would have had it developed lol.
A great write Sharon, ejoyed.

Maree

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14 posted 2001-11-04 06:18 PM


Very powerful sadness here. I could feel it.

God bless America, my home sweet home.

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