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Take Me Back To Yesterday
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Take Me Back To Yesterday |
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Poet deVine
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since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I believed in Santa Claus In fairies and Peter Pan I thought Wiley Coyote was cool And Mighty Mouse was da man! I saw magic in a snowflake In dandelions and fireflies My heroes were my teachers Ever scholarly and wise I walked along the dusty lane Kicking dirt clods without a care And now that I am older I wish I could go back there. Yesterday was a time of hope For a future that would be bright It was a time to dream of love In darkness of a summer night Today is not what I dreamed it to be I feel cheated by life somehow If I could go back to yesterday Could I change my here and now? |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
I thought there really were "Supermen" and Robin Hood was a real man What a disappointment to find how diferrent now than then... Take me back with you,Sharon.. Sandra |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (sigh) I know just how you feel; I too miss those days of living surrounded by fantasy and being the center of fairytales, though otherwise I wouldn't change a thing! (sigh) Such a wonderful bittersweet expression! (kiss on cheek) I love you, sweet friend! You have suhc a beautiful heart, sweet friend, thank you for sharing! May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
Love your poem, but just because you are a grown up doesn't mean you must stop believeing, does it? Joyce |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Probably, Sharon, but you'd probably lose all the good things that came along with the bad and then you'd just have a whole new bag of good and bad to deal with. Cool poem! |
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Tracey Member Elite
since 2001-08-29
Posts 2808where insanity meets breeding |
Ah, but it’s never too late to dream, to change the course of our tomorrows. Wonderful yesterdays you speak of, may there be wonderful tomorrows too. If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please? |
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EagleScorpion Senior Member
since 2000-03-08
Posts 1644Here, Now, Forever |
ah... what can i say.. im still a child somewhat.. childhood... (siiiigh).. being an adult really looks like it sucks. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
I'm not ever going to grow up!  I still believe in Santa, magic (of course) and I have fairies at the bottom of my garden! Yup!! Come look! Found out a long time ago...it's never too late to have a happy childhood. Now I just want to stay here forever! Great write, hugs, Nancy. "A dream is a wish your heart makes..." |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Good one, Sharon. Sometimes I wish I could go back too, but then if I did I wouldn't be the person I am today. Whoever that is! Sorry for the ramble. All writing comes |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Poet DeVine, Yes but it would not be you. Wonderful poem.*L* |
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Rex Allen McCoy Member Elite
since 2000-01-30
Posts 2863Sippin a Timmy's in London |
Peter Pan's still real... isn't he? |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I do believe in fairies and Peter Pan and Santa....I just stopped believing in love. |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
PoetdeVine~ You can NOT stop believing in love~ It's not illusional ... it just plays hide n' seek~ Believe me ... right now I know whereof I speak~  *Hugs* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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owgman New Member
since 2001-12-03
Posts 5 |
if things would have turned out like we dreamed think of the things we would have missed the lessons we would have never learned? way cool write...dug it |
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Glenn Logan Member
since 2001-10-10
Posts 111Virginia |
Very nice poem! Glenn Logan |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
like the poem, wonderful nostalgia, but please don't stop dreaming and hoping, believing...perhaps it's time to believe in a true superMan and to let Him enhance your dreams I'm trying hard to let Him have my dreams, I am, it is hard to let go, though. Whether on the shoal or on the shore, |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
You know I read this and hoped not too many felt this way, for I still like to believe in all of those things! It is in that belief I stay young, happy, and of course on the same plain as kids and elders which is where I spend a great deal of my time. To go back to those years, if even in one's mind will in the very least get a smile! Going back unfortunatley never changes destiny, but what you do here and now is the main thing that counts. Can you tell I liked this poem and it really made me think? Well I loved it, but truly do feel sad for anyone who has lost the magic of being a child - it is simply wonderful and I am never giving it up~ LOL ~*~ Carpe' Diem ~*~ [This message has been edited by Mysteria (edited 12-04-2001).] |
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Startime Member Ascendant
since 2000-10-03
Posts 5918Canada |
I wouldn't go to my past for anything...my hopes and dreams are all in the future. I will stay a child and believe in fantasy because that is the heart and soul of who I am. My heart goes out to you that you feel this way. **big hugs** Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams. |
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N orth Carolina Girl Senior Member
since 2001-12-04
Posts 962NC,USA |
I absolutely loved this! This brought back so many memories.But I don`t think I`ll ever grow up and I`m a fifty year old grandma. Juanita |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
You're only as old as you feel. Thank you all for reading...I'm glad it got some thinkin' going on here! |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
PDV, To hear your lament saddens me, yet from this decay may yet rise the hope of a new generation, we have only to find the words. Doc |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
I really love this poem - it sure struck something inside of me...I too long for yesterday when hope lived, I have also stopped believing in many things - especially love, and I'm only 22. But, I do believe in wonder woman - she wrote this poem  Take care, Sharon! Melissa~ "Poetry is not an opinion expressed... |
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CocoBaci Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 3043 |
PDV, this poem really hits the inner core of a soul and your expression here touched my heart more than you'll ever know... Indeed the 'innocent child' in us does exist it just so happens that sometimes it gets buried in a whole lot of hogwash and we loose sight of it at times.... As for seeing the magic in snowflakes and dandelions dancing on their stems in mid-air and fireflies scrolling secret messages across the midnight sky these images are still alive and gosh I can relate2wanting2go back2that path of yesterday... I appreciated very much reading your poem and compliment you on great writing PoetFriend... *~coco~* |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
Did I ever tell you my real name? psssst.. . . . . .I'm Batman . . . .  There is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar. |
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