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Backwards and Inside Out
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Backwards and Inside Out |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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Backwards and Inside Out A dream came floating through the winter skies To settle into depths of weary eyes Through window pane in silence slowly crept And painted vivid pictures as I slept I dreamed my life from old to young I’d live The sands of hourglass an upward sieve One more year younger with each birthday’s cheers Descending toward my free and youthful years I’d trek the path of time, a downward trail So certain now of life, I could not fail For I’d already lived each coming day And gathered wisdom’s flowers on the way I thought that with the knowledge I had learned And strength of spirit I had fully earned That life would be a joy this time around For I already tread this very ground The clock ticked backward to my younger years I had forgotten all the painful tears As phantoms of the past became alive The dream became a nightmare in disguise I clearly saw each situation’s truth The wrong decisions I had made in youth And found that in the end with wisdom won I’d do againexactly as I’d done Though now the challenge wasn’t quite the same There was no profit for my soul to gain I lost exuberance and will to fight And found disdain and emptiness my plight And then a happy childhood appeared Though nothing in my little world I feared A child’s magic moments all were gone Already lived, no star to dream upon There were no mysteries, no hopes, no dreams The best of life was vacant, so it seams At last I was awakened from the fears Of having to relive more empty years I’d rather live the memories than the real Once lived, a day can never be unsealed Reliving life in truth is but a strange Illusion in which nothing would be changed The seed was planted well before my birth The pathway I would follow on this earth My dream took leave with rapid wings of flight Through icy window into winter’s night Elizabeth Santos |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Elizabeth, this is so...backwards, turn backwards time in her flight...I love it. Kethry Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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Tracey Member Elite
since 2001-08-29
Posts 2808where insanity meets breeding |
Yes, I’ve often thought I would love to go back and relive my past, and change mistakes made. But, as you say, sometimes we see the past through rose coloured glasses, and our memory of it is prettier than the reality. Well penned thoughts on the subject Elizabeth. If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please? |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
each day I relive my past in my mind and make the same mistakes on purpose ..(wink) sure enjoyed this |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Our past is the foundation of our future... Our future is built upon our past... and yet - the only affect we can really have rests with today... You, Elizabeth, offer us all wondrous words to live by each and every day... Thank you...  |
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strbbux Member Elite
since 2001-12-19
Posts 3859 |
Dear Elizabeth, I read this slow, real sloooooooow..so as to absorb every word. How true, I would not wan't to relive my life, and do the same things over again. I don't even like looking back. Looking forward is so much better..great inspiration here. floria Floria |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
I read it slow too, and will read it often, it reminds me to keep looking forward and only use the past to guide the future in a better way, everything in this is such a wisdom, all of it. Thank you Liz. Kathleen--(Kay) |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
  (sigh) Sooooooooo beautifully touching, sweet friend, I too believe that growing up is a time of learning for ourselves so as we grow from our childhood, we can share our love openly with the spirit of the child in our hearts to sing to us all! (kiss on cheek) Soooooooo beautiful, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Elizabeth, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
On the birth certificate, I think in delicate hand and bluest ink Wisdom's name was middle placed After Elizabeth, sitting, graced... |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Once lived, a day can never be unsealed... Introspective and spiritual. I'm keeping this one close to my heart, Liz. |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Thank you, poet friends for your input and for you kind remarks. I enjoyed reading each and every one Liz |
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