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FOR THE MEMORY

I loved you once
When youth was fresh
Without the rasp of smoke
In your voice

Back when time was mine
Before all of the pages
Were filled by life 
I loved you once

Now the book unfurls
Toward the epitaph
Of my hours and I
Can never return
I loved you once

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Mickey Grubb

Date: 4/1/2025 3:23:00 PM

Very touching...reminds me of the line by Pablo Neruda (Chilean Poet 1904-1973): "Love is so short, forgetting is so long." This is from his poem, "Tonight I Can Write the Saddest Lines"...your poem is melancholic yet beautifully reflective. Very well written, William.

William HAYNES
Date: 4/2/2025 4:55:00 PM

I thank you for your comment.