For Too Long I Have Remembered You

There once was a time for us,
there once was a time.
A lone silhouette stays in the heart,
where love was, forever gone.
A tear lost in a falling stream of emptiness,
stained the face of loneliness,when love died.

For too long I have remembered you,
a memory that comes each day,
pouring over me, a waterfall,
washing away all reflections of what was,
cluttering thoughts of distant days,
that may or not have been real.
Like flocks of birds,
filtering through the sky of my mind,
diving in unison only to disperse,
among the fallen leaves that lay scattered,
where a heart once was.

Torn in half it lingers,
as dead petals do on the stem of a rose,
falling into an empty garden,
once filled with blooms,
chilled now by the wind of love's demise.

A heart alone with vanishing footsteps,
trailing away to a dull grey horizon.
Where the sun never rises, 
and the round sky rolls away,
leaving nothing... an empty space,
where beauty was,
before a heart was torn in half,
and found to wilt away on the conquered ground,
like a vanquished foe left bleeding on the steps,
that lead up to the throne of love,
where a heart once sat.



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Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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A  Avatar
July 28, 2016 at 8:38 PM
Frederic, congratulations on your 101 in a row contest win. Luv **SKAT**
A   Avatar
July 27, 2016 at 9:50 PM
Frederic, Congratulations on your win. Stop by my latest blog "THE REAL ME." Enjoy your win. Always & Forever ~LINDA~
A   Avatar
January 22, 2016 at 11:40 PM
FREDERIC, congratulations on your win!!! XOX ~LINDA~
Kimathi Avatar
January 13, 2016 at 7:10 AM
Greetings Frederick. Congrats for your #1 placement in the contest! ;-)
A  Avatar
January 12, 2016 at 11:23 PM
Frederic, awesome win... :) SKAT
Selfa Avatar
January 12, 2016 at 7:57 AM
Nostalgia brings back in place. Congratulations!
A. Sharma Avatar
January 12, 2016 at 2:14 AM
Very wonderful n emotive Frederic.. congrats on top podium!
Stein Avatar
January 11, 2016 at 8:38 PM
Congrats on first place. A beautiful read.
Hamilton Avatar
January 11, 2016 at 3:47 PM
What a wonderful poem, well done and congratulations on your first place win.
George   Avatar
January 11, 2016 at 2:16 PM
Many congrats on your well deserved first place, Frederic. Exceptional free verse! Elaine
Scars Avatar
January 11, 2016 at 1:17 PM
Congrats on your top win Frederic...:)
Ludden Avatar
January 6, 2016 at 1:56 PM
the futility of love, the consequent impossibility--a theme not often explored, and the attendant conclusion of the near impossibility, with at least the promise of development--good for us, I'm sure, if we can face it. Here is writing that digs in for the long haul, and one cannot help but admire it!
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January 1, 2016 at 3:53 PM
yes, now THIS is a free verse extravanganza. Love it!
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