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nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

0 posted 2013-10-19 09:16 AM

Patchwork of Words

There was a time of pleasure and need.
On words of many, this heart/mind did feed.

Sometimes under 20, sometimes a bit more.
But always brought thoughts, a smile to restore.

I feel now, this Autumn, when temperatures cool
Where they say life's a number, but I'm nobody's fool.

With age comes the wisdom as others would state
But tags along wrinkles to slow down one's gait.

And I read and I ponder and wish for the past
Where words weren't just words, but feelings amassed.

I am losing, I think, of the happiness found
When words weren't just words but where friendships were sound.

Now the missing are missed and those savored are words
That repeated aloud bring memories now heard

As I voice, the unvoiced, and I piece thoughts of mine.
It's a patchwork of friendships of years to combine.

M

"Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more, it is willing to see less."
(Will Moss)

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2013-10-19 09:38 AM

Ahhh . . . M, this is a wonderful, delightful and a fun to read write which explains the complex aging process where inside our thoughts are patchworks of words. Loved it!

~*~ Your past is just a story. Once you realize this, it has no power over you. ~*~

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

2 posted 2013-10-19 09:46 AM

Thank you, Jerry. For some of us who have been on this site from almost the beginning or longer

, many developed long term friendships (some met in real). I have been trying to collect and organize well over 3000 poems, rereading many "remembering when". And of course as I am aging, needs and wants are changing, some for the better and others... well...

I thought I would spend some time reading old friends today.

M

"Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more, it is willing to see less."
(Will Moss)

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

3 posted 2013-10-19 12:22 PM

With age comes the wisdom as others would state
But tags along wrinkles to slow down one's gait.

And I read and I ponder and wish for the past
Where words weren't just words, but feelings amassed.

Find myself there a lot these days, my friend. Know the "feeling" well, and I too have been "back-reading/remembering/thinking/wishing". Age does that to one, you know, and even with love surrounding one, loneliness still peeks in at times. The missing of all that came before, that brought one to this day . . .

I somewhat know your heart, and soul . . .
and I touch it today, with my own.

jimmy

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

4 posted 2013-10-26 06:43 AM

What a beautiful and poetic way of putting this, Maureen! . . . So apt. I echo Jimmy too.

I lived every stanza, but it was the secondlast stanza that dissolved me into tears.

Owl

paderewski
Member

since 2011-02-04

Posts 287
Louisiana, USA

5 posted 2013-10-26 01:14 PM

I hear you, M, and you have stated the aging process wonderfully well. I loved this one . . .

quote:
With age comes the wisdom as others would state
But tags along wrinkles to slow down one's gait

~*~ Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes. ~*~

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

6 posted 2013-10-29 08:36 AM

Exquisitely done, dear Maureen. I do relate too of course, but nothing is really lost until we label it thus.

Your being here again, sharing your beautiful words, is a new reason to be happy and an inspiration to create more of those emotions that bond us together, whether still alive or carried in the heartgarden of sweet memories.

Hugs.
Margherita

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

7 posted 2013-11-02 09:00 PM

Indeed ... a powerful, poignant, and wise "Patchwork of Words!"

RMW
Senior Member

since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

8 posted 2013-11-14 02:49 PM

"The Friendship that can cease ...... never was."

Nicely done.

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

9 posted 2013-12-10 01:10 PM

*sorry it took so long to respond, (computer problems)

jimmy, time seems to be slipping away ... I was trying to choose how I wanted to decorate my tree this Christmas ( first time in a few years) and I came across the words that I made into mini quilt ornaments from some pip and other poet friends sent me years ago.
Thank you always for your warmth of words in replies. I appreciate you, always!

Diana, Thank you for always being here.

paderewski, sighing~~ I am sure many of us are feeling those years passing us by. Thank you.

Margherita, you are so sweet. I am always checking in here to read. Life has just gotten in the way a bit

M

Bruce, as always I am happy to see you on here.

RMW, and where have YOU been! Just feeling a bit nostalgic of late. Hope all is well where you are! Wonderful to see you here.

M

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