The ghost of a long lost past

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Open Poetry #38

The ghost of a long lost past

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2006-08-28 07:14 AM

The phone never rings to say it’s the end
or thunder roll by on a silver streak
but that beautiful ghost of a long lost past
came stumbling one night into my dream.

We laughed at the truth not yet known
and cried at the waste of a mind
thinking “this/that” and the “maybe”
while time ticked away a lifetime.

Now when I stop at the “what was then”
I find I am stuck with a tear
stubbornly glued to the crest of a cheek
determined to see out the years.

Oh, there’s a wipe, a swipe, and a push/pull,
but hands too small can’t hold it all
and the rest, remainder, and residue
simply refuses to fall.

When stuck with a tear on the cheek
just pray for the thunder, my friend,
and the ring, ring, ring, of the telephone
to say finally now it’s the end ~
but phones like the dead cannot speak
and thunder has no silver streak
so dream away, dream, dream, dream,
and learn to live with the feel!

Helen / 28 August 2006

froggy
Senior Member

since 2003-06-23

Posts 1893
Michigan

1 posted 2006-08-28 07:37 AM

I like this.

:-)

Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things,
man will not himself find peace."

Albert Schweitzer,
Nobel Peace Prize Wi

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

2 posted 2006-08-28 10:44 AM

Thanks, froggy!

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

3 posted 2006-08-28 12:21 PM

"Oh, there’s a wipe, a swipe, and a push/pull,
but hands too small can’t hold it all
and the rest, remainder, and residue
simply refuses to fall."

I love it!
Write on!

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

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2006-08-28 01:22 PM

Thanks, Interloper. I very much appreciate the read and your comments.

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

5 posted 2006-08-28 06:48 PM

Helen~

'hands too small can’t hold it all
and the rest, remainder, and residue
simply refuses to fall.'

I feel there is soooo much to this piece~
Layers drowning in the tears~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~
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