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SEA

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with you

0 posted 2001-12-11 04:55 PM

I returned to valley of childhood days
Where dreams were first created, in sun’s fading rays
My mind hears the laughter, my heart views the past
How I thought this time, would forever last

Adult eyes now see sadness, despair
And I realize, life isn’t always fair
Things change, as people so often do
Only the memories remain ever true

Expecting to see faces from my yesterday
Instead blank stares from minds in decay
Troubled people with worries and woe
More pain in their eyes, than I care to know

The town seems faded, colors not as bright
Familiar things of comfort, now no where in sight
Christmas Tree Lane, has all been cut down
A lifetime’s moment, in a drive across town

~SEA~

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special thank you to Sunshine for the inspiration

rosepetals25

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1 posted 2001-12-11 04:59 PM

Susan,

It is sad how so much can change. But at least we have those memories to hold close in our heart. Wonderful write as usual my friend

Hugs,
Tara

"My heart is like an open book, for the whole world to read"
- Motley Crue, Home Sweet Home

SEA

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2 posted 2001-12-11 05:08 PM

thank you Tara, this is a very true poem for me....I went to the town I grew up in over the weekend, and it hurts my heart every time. I'm really glad I have such good childhood memories though

Lady In White

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3 posted 2001-12-11 05:10 PM

Sun will be very happy that she had a bit of ray in this....

Mistletoe Angel

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4 posted 2001-12-11 05:12 PM

(tears fall down my cheeks) Oh Susan, I know just how you feel; it saddens me to see times change so fast and memories seem vague when nothing is ever the same! (sigh) My heart is with you, sweet friend, and hope that somehow these cherished memories can be preserved forever with love! (sigh) We all love you so much, sweet Susan! (kiss on cheek) You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Susan, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

SEA

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with you

5 posted 2001-12-11 05:14 PM

thank you Lady

Noah, you are so completely sweet, you make me smile with your wonderful repiles, thank you dear one

Magnus

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6 posted 2001-12-11 05:17 PM

Sue...good to see you on the boards...

I know this well. I went back to my childhood home....stood on the bare ground
surrounded by familiar oaks and pecan trees.
An empty space between them where my
grandparents lived for many years...The
house gone....only a familiar tool shed
still standing in the back of the yard...
I spent many days playing in that shed...

Yep....the memories are beautiful....the
reality is sometimes so sad...

Thank You for writing this...I relate to
it toooo well.

Interloper

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Deep in the heart

7 posted 2001-12-11 05:39 PM

What is it they day, gal? You can NEVER go back?
Well written piece, this is!

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

Auguste

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By the sea

8 posted 2001-12-11 08:10 PM

I don't believe that life is unfair. From adversity we grow and gather strength, find hope. This is a very good write, my friend. Much enjoyed and I like a poem that makes me think, as this one allowed me to do so. BIG (((hugs)))

Michael

Michael Auguste~
There is more depth to the heart than the mind can comprehend and it only has boundaries when we choose to fence it in.

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

9 posted 2001-12-11 08:14 PM

Ok Then! Which line are you going to attack next!? I really liked what you did with this one!!!!

Bill Charles
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highways, & byways, for now

10 posted 2001-12-11 09:12 PM

SEA - very well written and enjoyed reading it.

BC

Startime
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11 posted 2001-12-11 09:17 PM

*sigh* how very sad. I guess we can never really return to our childhood but we do have memories that help us to return whenever we want. **big hugs**

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

12 posted 2001-12-11 09:18 PM

Susan~Well...you just KNOW I love this one!
~Hugs, Nancy~

"A dream is a wish your heart makes..."

N orth Carolina Girl
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13 posted 2001-12-11 09:19 PM

Susan,so beautiful and sad

Juanita

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emily
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14 posted 2001-12-11 09:36 PM

This is so true, isn't it? I enjoyed this, SEA

Emily

catalinamoon

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The Shores of Alone

15 posted 2001-12-11 10:03 PM

Very effective, and sadly true about so many situations. Can we ever really go back home?
Sandra

MyEnchanted_Melody
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across the land of dreams. In your heart, I'd always be.

16 posted 2001-12-11 10:28 PM

Adult eyes now see sadness, despair
And I realize, life isn’t always fair

~~~~~~~~

How sadly true....
Adulthood seems quite a burden now.....and one wishes at times that he doesn't really see all that he sees.....

Wonderful Sea.....

Thank you
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tracey
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17 posted 2001-12-11 10:42 PM

I guess it’s true what they say, you can’t always go back. Though, in going back, sometimes we appreciate where we are now a little more.

If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please?

Madame Chipmunk
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Michigan

18 posted 2001-12-11 11:21 PM

Beautifully written, Sue...
I can certainly empathasize with you on this one. Last summer I did the same thing and was so sad to see that the trees surrounding the house where I grew up, had been cut down.
I don't ever plan to go back there again.

copyright2001 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

SEA

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with you

19 posted 2001-12-11 11:27 PM

thank you all so much....I unfortunately have to go "home" periodically, as we still have family there....it breaks my heart to see the town I grew up in, and have so many beautiful happy memories in, be so ragged and worn and down right sad......it really isn't the same anymore. Very bittersweet for me. Again, thank you all very much

True Reflections
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20 posted 2001-12-12 09:23 AM

Susan,
Very nice and true poem. The visions in our memories are comforting and when they are matched to reality, they lose their luster. Luckily when we leave again, the memories find their way back.

Roger

rebekah33
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21 posted 2001-12-13 05:52 PM

"Everybody knows it hurts to grow up,
but everybody does"
-Ben Folds
Whata heartbreaking lesson you speak of, not being ableto hold onto the past. Remember memories live forever in your heart!
-R.

"So stop and love and dance and live and laugh until you cry" Edwin McCain

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