Trail Of Memories

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The weather is telling me its thoughts. 

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Trail Of Memories        -        31 Dec 22 

Gentle tears from the sky 

Commorating the passing 

Of another year 

Travelling around the sun 

Again leaving a trail 

Of memories 

To be found 

In the wake 

Of years 

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Some years are sad to see pass, others... 

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Lace

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Those forgotten dreams again. 

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Lace        -       02 Jul 22

Lace like gossamer

Holds the secrets 

Of the Moon 

Through eternity 

Allowing glimpses

Through the glass 

Of time 

Misted by the tears 

Of forgotten dreams 

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A glimpse can be a painful experience. 

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Winter

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Solstice has passed but I do not feel Summer yet. 

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Winter       -       25 Jun 22

Winter seems so far away 

Even though Summer is 

Here but 

So cold

Unwelcoming in its

Grasp 

Waiting for the warmth 

Promised but never felt 

Tears turn to ice 

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I cannot remember a June this cool. 

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Dark Past

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Not autobiographical but I have witnessed things like this. 

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Dark Past        -       13 May 22 

I knew you were here 

I could feel your eyes 

On the back of my head

We said nothing 

Your look was a touch

From the dark past 

I dared not return 

Your gaze 

I did not want to return 

To that time 

Tears filled my eyes 

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Not a pleasant experience. 

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Lament

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This is what I see. 

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Lament        -       04 Feb 22

Soft tears on the window

Sad Autumn fills the days 

Autumn laments its own passing 

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Spring is coming soon.

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Shattered

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Someone else, a long time ago. 

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Shattered       -      21 Jul 21 

You touched me

Broke me 

Washed the world

With my tears 

Not knowing how

You affected me 

The world goes on

But I am left shattered 

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A fragment of an old me left in the dust. 

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Open

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The book of the year. 

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Open       -       01 Dec 20 

An open book 

As the year draws 

To an end 

Dreams scribed 

In tears 

Of joy and sorrow 

Both due to completion 

Soon this book will close 

And another will open 

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The words are not to be read by us. 

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Seeing New

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Wishing to find something. 

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Seeing New      -     21 Jul 20 

Time 

I have watched 

Through the fractured mirror 

Of the universe 

Seeing the other 

The old form 

I have had enough 

My tears ask 

For something new 

To look upon 

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This is a question we all ask at some point. 

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Sun Trap

I feel this poem does not need any explanation.

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Sun Trap     -    15 Dec 19 

I wanted this day 

Never to end 

So I built a trap 

To hold the sun 

And keep it shining 

The trap held the sun 

But the tears flowed 

From a deep sadness 

And the sun faded 

Leaving only darkness 

I opened the trap 

To free the sun 

The tears slowly dried 

And the sky changed 

Into red as the sun set 

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Do not cage things which are meant to be free. 

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Carry Me

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A slightly sad song today but one which is not recently relevant to me, though a long time ago it was.

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Carry Me  .   20 Aug 19

Standing in the pouring rain
Feeling the tears washing off me
Allowing the rain to carry me
And clean me
Waiting for the sun
To dry my thoughts
And take the rain back
To let me see again

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Sad but with hope.

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Across The Silent Ocean

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Tears of joy.

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Across The Silent Ocean    -    01 Jul 19

Holding back the tears
As I look at the image
Of the beauty of
The world
Across the silent ocean

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Sometimes beauty comes flooding in.

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A Sad Song

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In no way is this autobiographical but the words just flowed and I wrote them out.

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A Sad Song   -   05 Jun 19

Holding back the rain
Easy
Like holding back the tears
At the end
Wanting things never to end
Thought to be
Unchanging
Wanting things to be forever
Just a sad song
In the tale of yesterday

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Exploring the concept of the "might have been" stories.

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Have You Seen

A way of seeing things a little differently.





Have You Seen  -  08 May 18

Morning opens

With little ceremony

Silent fanfare echoes

Across the hills

Have you seen the tears

Of dawn glittering

On the blades of grass

Just look.

Rain On Water

This has a Zen like feel.





Rain On Water  -  04 Sep 17

Tears shed

From a rain filled sky

Blinking back the deluge

Water still fills the ground

Rain falls anyway

Rain on water

A lot of my poems have that feel but this one more than most.

Mood Day

One of those days when everything is just grey.





Mood Day  -  13 Sep 15

Grey skies
Touch of rain
Kisses the lips
No smiles
Rain washed them away
No tears
Rain hides them
And as evening falls
The grey darkness
Hides the mood away





Thankful for the evening.

Beautiful Patterns

I am not certain where the sadness which inspired this poem came from but I feel that the imagery here is too good to waste.





Beautiful Patterns  -  15 Apr 15

Slow drops
Beautiful patterns
On a rain-soaked pavement
Tears fill the sky
Tears fill my eyes
Blurred vision
Beautiful patterns
Though I cannot see them
With my eyes





Sad but Beautiful.

Tears Of Joy

On re-reading this I am not entirely certain that it is complete but I am not going to fiddle with it because I still feel that it works.





Tears Of Joy  -  17 Mar 15

Brush dipped in tears
To moisten the paint
Portrait filled with joy
Carried by the tears

I have seen you smile
You have removed
Any tears which may
Have flowed in life





Hope you think it works too.

Rain Story

A hint of a sad Love song ~ one with sympathy.





Rain Story  -  24 Oct 14

The rain told her story
It had been listening
As she cried
Her tears mingled
With the raindrops
Sang a soft sad song
Duet for sweet and salt





Sympathy comes from often unexpected places.

Verge Of Tears

I do not often write sad songs and poems but when I do they are always Heart-felt.  Publishing this slightly out of sequence, it should appear a couple of days from now, but I felt that it was important for me to show this now.





Verge Of Tears  -  24 Jun 14

Walking in sadness
Disconsolate
On the verge of tears
Because of misunderstood
Words

Sitting in silence
Wrapped in the gathering gloom
Of after sunset
Feeling my Soul
Has been torn

Then the tears fell
Salty rain upon my cheeks
Accompanied by the silent
Thunder of an headache
Sad dance





Just something to say how I feel.

Cold Tears

This poem grew in the late afternoon but the last stanza only appeared when I was in bed and Muse dropped a hint.





Cold Tears  -  26 May 14

Afternoon rain
Washes like cold tears
Across the cheeks
Of the earth

Warm incense
Touches the senses
Flows through the mind
Opens thoughts to elsewhere

Sweet smoke
Takes me back … forward
Links me through all the times
I inhabit

The worlds of everywhen
Show me what I am
I remember the cold tears
I once shed

The tears for long-lost Loves
Held once then slipped
Into the mists forgotten
Incense returned to remind me





It is not unusual for additional stanzas to appear when I am supposed to be going to sleep.