Memories Of You

Memories of you,

always so close to the surface,

well up within me in the Spring and Summer.

The smell of newly grown flowers,

butterflies in the fields,

the sun reflected off a glassy ocean,

a seagull flying the crest of a wave,

clear blue skies

and a late setting sun-

all signs of our beginning.

As I gaze at that glassy ocean,

I reflect on what we were

and what we would have become;

sharing a life full of love,

where laughter abounds

and desire is expressed by merely a touch,

the flowing of tears, bound by hugs,

all feelings expressed with you,

in us.

We could have had all that,

but, we failed the test,

given by the powers that be

and every day,

I feel the loss within me.

05/27/06

Reviews

[Rahul]

Joyful, emotional poem that i've read by "Barbara" Nicely penned, i was wishing to critcize you but i think the time won't come to/for me to make your critisize in writings...lol
your this piece 's a great one, Nature has included so much memories if we think and do realize anytime about it then we'll know what memories and how memories hit out life every day.
great write...

[Kara Emily Krantz]

i love the ending rhyme, that was really powerful. even though the "flunking of a test" didn't seem to fit in with the more sensorial, nature-like images you were using up to that point, so the contrast is kind of hard.

"all feelings expressed with you,

in us."

that was my favorite part :)