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My Yesterdays
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My Yesterdays |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa 
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My world of long ago pays dividends in dreams and banks remembrances away from prying eyes but I feel how they search and try hard to find my avowal of disregard for my yesterdays. Silently they sit in the middle of the “now” changing shape, enlarging, on the edge of imagination forcing me to focus on exactitudes. The what, when, how, comes alive like stories told to the young sitting at the feet of the old ones but the why remains beyond my reach somewhere in the clouds. It’s winter still, no clouds pass by, but when they come again they’ll only bring the rain to keep me unenlightened and under cover of the “now”. And to the young what will I say when they sit at my feet one day listening to an old woman’s tales with beginnings but never an end? |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Helen, I so much enjoy your ponderings as they are much like mine. Oh, I think we will have some tales for our grandchildren, but I do get the drift of what you're saying. I felt much melancholy with the poem. My poetry today was very dark (rare for me)...I'm wondering if I'm reacting to something else ... kind of like the long winter you're having. Be well, my friend.  ....jo |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Thanks for the read, Jo. Well, I guess when comparing reality to dreams, melancholy is the result. I suppose one shouldn't do that and I'm trying not to "go there no more" but spring is around the corner and may bloom a fairy tale. One can always hope. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
gotta agree with jo here |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
but the why remains beyond my reach somewhere in the clouds. ~*~ Yes...very, very good read. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
but I feel how they search and try hard to find my avowal of disregard for my yesterdays. How well I understand this. *S* Excellent work! *S* |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Thanks all for your kind comments. Much appreciated. |
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Pell Member
since 2001-09-16
Posts 134Pacific NW |
My world of long ago pays dividends in dreams and banks remembrances away from prying eyes but I feel how they search and try hard to find my avowal of disregard for my yesterdays. Still a worthy investment. Those memories and experiences make us who we are. Enjoyed the read. |
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Ericc Member Elite
since 2003-01-31
Posts 4178 |
I felt this very deeply...powerful writing. Eric |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
I enjoyed this one. Sometimes I feel ringed in by the 'now', and I have to do a little memberizing.  Nan (Pilgrim variety) |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
"And to the young what will I say when they sit at my feet one day listening to an old woman’s tales with beginnings but never an end?" Profound! Isn’t that the whole truth? JL |
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