Resurrecting Memories (Long Thought Dead)

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jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2020-06-10 05:01 PM

Resurrecting Memories (Long Thought Dead)

Pictures thought long gone
surfaced the other day,
resurrecting memories
that should have stayed dead.

Pictures that put unnecessary strain
on a heart
long since quietly settled
and in love with Love
sitting in her chair in the other room.
blissfully unaware
of the turmoil
a couple of pictures have caused.

I lay them down,
shuffle though the drawer
and smilingly pick up another . . .
we both have our memories I see,
and neither of us is unaware.

I gently tuck her memory
back where I found it,
softly shut the drawer
and am elated to know
that tremor I feel
isn't for a picture
I thought long gone,
but for Love,
sitting just beyond
the bedroom door.

© wesley james beard, jr.

Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

1 posted 2020-06-10 10:33 PM

"...Just beyond the bedroom door."

I love this. Its always good to know where "home" is if you catch my meaning.

I have tucked away memories and forgotten that they were even there.

I hope I've read this correctly.

"Maybe that's the way I should go
Straight into the mouth of the unknown"

Shinedown

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

2 posted 2020-06-10 11:07 PM

Seems to me you've read it just as I wrote it, my friend. I appreciate you . . .

j.

CarolineToo
Junior Member

since 2018-07-22

Posts 17
Florida

3 posted 2020-06-11 03:17 PM

There aren't words for how much I love this.

If I wake up on this side of the dirt, I call it a good day.

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

4 posted 2020-06-12 12:47 PM

Wow, James, this is powerful.

We all have our memories, and things that are or were special to us at some point in time. They don't just disappear, but are sorted placed in their appropriate places. many rarely, if ever brought out again...but we all still have them filed away somewhere.

It's your reaction that is priceless. The smile, and the contentment in stumbling upon this, knowing what you have...and that you are more than a photograph in a drawer. Very touching moment, thank you for sharing.

Michael

Starmcneil 1955
Member
Posts 174
Alberta, Canada

5 posted 2020-07-26 03:20 PM

Oh my...I love this...you perfectly describe where your memories are both past and present and where your heart still is...bravo

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

6 posted 2020-07-26 09:50 PM

Jimmy,
You are undoubtedly the master craftsman when it comes to rendering these works in love. You are a blessed man to know your subject so well. ~L

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