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JL
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since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

0 posted 2011-10-19 01:23 AM

Memories in the Air

I heard our song today floating on the air,
then a blend of past memories streamed by
with a scent of your voice and touch.

Not at all so faded
as I had presumed those memories to be.
For just a moment I held you in my thoughts.

Just for a moment,
then it slowly moved on
in this years autumn air.

Do we all have memories
moved about by the wind such as this;
everyone’s memories all mixed in?

And from time to time
We sense our own memories that return again and again,
and waft about like falling leaves.

They seem to appear from nowhere
and then disappear,
I guess, as memories do, as life is…

The wind passes by, steals our memories
and carries them across the sky.
Passing through branches of trees, waving as if to say goodbye…

Held-up memories swirling around and around.
Memories belonging now to the wind, and
we must relent – we must, or they will be taken by storm.

I don’t know why, or when but I know this windy air
has carried my memories around for a long time,
and those memories return from time to time.

Some fall to the ground and are covered by leaves
others fall into the sea, but most merely float away
to return again, and again…

Memories on the air, some bringing tears
or warming smiles, or quiet laughter and sheepish grins.
Forever there, and always stirred up by the wind…

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*

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

[This message has been edited by JL (10-19-2011 09:28 AM).]

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2011-10-19 06:13 AM

Blaming it on the wind...what a wonderful concept and the poem you wrapped around it is great! I'll have to remember that

Lori

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2011-10-19 08:01 AM

Subtle technique, JL, with the wind. Was the wind's name Miriah? Nice work.

~* The saddest words of tongue or pen are the words It might have been.--John Greenleaf Whittier ~*~

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

3 posted 2011-10-19 09:21 AM

I would love this at any time... but having just had one of Dark's poems send a memory tumbling my way, each line means even more. *S*

I'm tucking this away in my library to enjoy again and again! *S*

JL
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since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

4 posted 2011-10-19 09:29 AM

Thanks all!

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

5 posted 2011-10-20 10:52 AM

Yea, it's something how a song can take you back to a time and place, conjuring up such vivid memories.

I enjoyed reading your poem, JL~ Very much!!!

ken206573
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since 2008-10-14

Posts 487

6 posted 2011-10-20 12:31 PM

This poem reminds me of those times and memories that leave and return to me by the change of the weather as well by the season. Simply enjoyed

JL
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since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

7 posted 2011-10-20 03:09 PM

Thanks Blues, I'm glad you enjoyed,
and yes it happens all the time.
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Thanks Ken, yep, me too.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

8 posted 2011-10-20 07:38 PM

I definately need to get outside more often.

This is beautiful and nostalgic. I stand envious of the air around you.
Michael

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

9 posted 2011-10-20 09:50 PM

Thanks Michel.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

10 posted 2011-10-20 10:15 PM

Ok, ok....

I'll be back, because this is a

I can't see right now
...I guess because of misty reasons.

Thank you, thank you.

I'm not wrong to think
like I do.
You've just proven that.

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

11 posted 2011-10-20 10:18 PM

Thank you sweet Sunshine!

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Paul Wilson

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since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

12 posted 2011-10-21 12:00 PM

JL...Great write my friend.
Memories will always be a part of our lives. They define where we've been, where we are and where we may be in the future.
Really enjoyed your poem...Paul

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

Anoo
Member

since 2011-01-23

Posts 55
UK

13 posted 2011-10-21 12:08 PM

Beautifully seasonal. A creative blend of the season with feelings and memories. I like the softness I feel and hear in every verse. A poem I'd like to keep with me and cherish.

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

14 posted 2011-10-21 04:46 PM

Thank you Paul, coming from you that is a huge complement. I truly appreciate.
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Thanks Anoo, I am glad you enjoyed.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Richy
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

15 posted 2011-10-21 05:28 PM

wow.. from the very first verse, a welling of emotion started to churn until it overflowed and moistened my vision..

thank you for that dear friend.. that is a gift.. and a present, to us..

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

16 posted 2011-10-21 06:52 PM

Thank you Richy, you are too kind, my friend.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

17 posted 2011-10-22 02:38 PM

My friend, this is one of my favorites of yours! I loved it!

Linda

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

18 posted 2011-10-22 03:12 PM

Thank you EA.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

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