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passing shadows
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0 posted 2006-12-10 10:32 PM

I sat quietly today
as dusk was just settling in,
I found myself in thought of you
and wondering how you've been.

I replayed some old memories
like home movies in my mind,
but I couldn't see your face at all
nor recall your eyes, so kind.

I could just hear that smokey laugh
as I drifted off into a gaze,
I remember you were gentle...
that part of you always stays.

I remember the night before I left,
how I slowly touched your face
trying to memorize it, to keep it
within a memory's forever-place.

But time has taken its toll
on memory, like it does with most,
as dusk was just settling in
I realized, you have become a ghost.

A poem begins with a lump in the throat.
~Robert Frost

ThisDiamond
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since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

1 posted 2006-12-10 10:40 PM

..."within a memory's forever place"...

Ah, this is good.

sewasham
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since 2006-09-11

Posts 714
Oklahoma, USA

2 posted 2006-12-10 11:37 PM

A sad and beautiful memory. Lovely. Take care and Have fun. Steve

sweetberry
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since 2006-03-29

Posts 125

3 posted 2006-12-11 01:00 AM

Well Miss Dixie. . .

You've done it again; Touched that special

spot with this one. I loved it!

Thanx

The Lady
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since 2005-12-26

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The Southwest

4 posted 2006-12-11 01:06 AM

funny how some details
just slip away Dixie

this is beautiful...

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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since 2000-01-29

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Sydney, Australia

5 posted 2006-12-11 02:23 AM

memories stay within your heart Bella... this is lovely! RDB

Angel4aKing
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since 2006-09-27

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USA

6 posted 2006-12-11 02:27 AM

spoooookkkkkyyyyy..........

kingsangel

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since 2000-11-06

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Deep in the heart

7 posted 2006-12-11 01:13 PM

You only remember that which you desire

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

latearrival
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Florida

8 posted 2006-12-11 01:32 PM

beautiful. You Are Loved

Martie

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California

9 posted 2006-12-11 01:35 PM

Dixie....Sad, how that happens...but maybe it's necessary...seems the warm around the photos stays while the rest maybe was just not important anyway.

trutodaraiders
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since 2006-12-02

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CA

10 posted 2006-12-11 10:24 PM

I enjoyed this poem very much so. Great Job

Draugluin
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since 2006-12-08

Posts 48
Ontario, Canada

11 posted 2006-12-11 10:38 PM

Very nice work, I know that fleeting memory feeling very well, happens during every test I write.

passing shadows
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12 posted 2006-12-11 10:50 PM

thanks to each of you

I'm glad you enjoyed this

and Martie? yes you are probably right

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

13 posted 2006-12-12 07:33 AM

Started to copy a line
or two
but it quickly became
the poem

and like a gentle ghost
stroked me quiet.

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