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A Key To the Past

A key touched my heart I found in the drawer. A key made me start to remember before. Well used and patinad, it's one of a kind. My heart starts to reel as my thoughts come to mind. It's opened the door many times in my life. To a place where I knew I was safe from the strife. You just never know what you'll find when you clean. It's surprizing what a key to the past can mean. I woke up this morning one day further beyond. I found this key, not unlike a magic wond. It tansports me to a time and day. Where the past can't be changed, no matter what you say. I can't help but wonder what present keys will bring. When I clean out this drawer next time, what truth will ring? A key just as simple as simple can be. Leaves me simply grateful for the effect it's had on me.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 1/4/2012 6:42:00 PM
Wonder what that key opened in your past Robert. Hope the future has good memories for you too and that the new year can coax some great poems from your pen. Love, Elizabeth.
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Date: 1/3/2012 4:07:00 PM
Howdy Robert. A very Merry New Year. I love what Debra wrote below...so true! Keys can evoke so many floods of memories...I feel like going to clean out a drawer and writing about it now....ha ha. This is an exceptionally wonderful write...All the best to u, Gwendolen
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Date: 1/2/2012 7:32:00 AM
Very good !! Time to throw out the old keys and start anew...May your new key bring you peace and happiness in the new year. Looking back is ok for a moment or two, but keep your eyes forward. Enjoyed this well thought our poem.
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Date: 12/29/2011 8:09:00 PM
I really like this poem about a key and also the metaphorical one I sensed from reading this. I much enjoyed the rhyme you made from reading a recent poem of mine. have a stellar new year, Robert.
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Date: 12/28/2011 2:48:00 PM
I like your last stanza Robert, cleaning out many things lately I also have come across things , long forgotten.soup mail Anne
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Date: 12/28/2011 12:43:00 PM
Like it Robert,well written. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU! OXOX love Anne-Lise ps.I have the key to a mans heart.(poem)
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