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CMGrimm
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since 2000-02-14

Posts 685
USA

0 posted 2000-02-16 11:04 PM

Growing Up

Winter's chill is closing in
as I sit alone on the cold seats
watching young boys
in their journey to become
the men they will soon be.

I let my mind drift back
to a time not long ago
when I too was on this very stage
playing games
that I thought meant so much.

Life was so simple then
and good, and fun,
and as I remember myself
as I was back then
I find myself wishing
that I could be
that little boy again.

Christopher M. Grimm

Never be a carbon copy of anybody...make your own impressions. - ANON.

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

1 posted 2000-02-16 11:17 PM

Ah, don't we all, Christopher! They were such golden times. I wish I had realized their importance while was living them instead of rushing through them to get older. Excellent poem.

CMGrimm
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since 2000-02-14

Posts 685
USA

2 posted 2000-02-16 11:48 PM

Thanks Balladeer. Sometimes its just too easy to race through life without ever really stopping to live, even just for a few moments. I love to reflect back upon my life every now and then to help myself to fully understand where I am going.

Thanks for the kind words.

Chris.

Denise

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since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

3 posted 2000-02-17 12:18 PM

Wonderful poem, Chris! I can relate to this one!

Denise

Nan

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since 1999-05-20

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Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

4 posted 2000-02-18 05:06 PM

Perhaps the answer is to bring a bit of that "little boy" along with you as you grow up... Nice poem, Chris...

CMGrimm
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since 2000-02-14

Posts 685
USA

5 posted 2000-02-19 12:32 PM

Thanks Nan and d....for the kind comments.

and Nan...Im trying to do that the best i can...lol...sometimes life just gets in the way.

Chris

Never be a carbon copy of anybody...make your own impressions. - ANON.

Eloise
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since 1999-11-27

Posts 1096
Wyoming

6 posted 2000-02-19 12:37 PM

What a great poem, Chris. We always keep the child in us. Sometimes it just gets hidden along the way.

sonjes
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since 2000-02-18

Posts 564
North Carolina

7 posted 2000-02-19 12:38 PM

Reflection can bring so many things to light and life seems to be an endless circle of wishes. Ah, Youth. You have brought a smile to my lips.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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8 posted 2004-05-21 03:04 AM

a universal feeling

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