From the Past

There is a woven vine, that grows
It grows between the centuries
Two centuries old, it can't be seen
Between two selves  it has a hold
on me, and all my reasoning

Defying time that lies between 
I've read each word between the lines
The tale unfolds, the words are mine
Bringing with them all the years
I can feel a sense of who I was
Words I spoke, and one I loved
is captured still within my soul,..
And though I spoke a different tongue...
Somewhere there played a different song

I feel the pull so deep inside
How strange and crazy, this may be
I know somewhere, away from here
Somewhere deep on different shores
The stars are meant to cross again

There is a woven vine, that grows between
Two centuries old, it can't be seen
Between the old, and now, the new
it has a hold, that I do know
defies all lucid reasoning



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For The Contest Sponsored By Carolyn Devonshire "Past Lives" 6/24/14
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Johnson Avatar
July 5, 2014 at 10:12 PM
Lovingly and beautifully told. Congratulations. Love, Joyce
Callus Avatar
June 30, 2014 at 4:21 AM
Hi Carrie, this is so expressive and it is shrouded in misty reasoning that swirls through time. Congrats on a very deserved win. // paul
Mehta Avatar
June 30, 2014 at 12:17 AM
Absorbing thoughts penned here, congrats on the win, Carrie
Roberts Avatar
June 29, 2014 at 10:31 PM
Wonderful Carrie a well deserved high place.....Seren
Guzzi Avatar
June 29, 2014 at 8:19 PM
Congrad's on your win. Light & love
Lindley Avatar
June 29, 2014 at 8:05 PM
Love your poem Big Congrats!
George   Avatar
June 29, 2014 at 7:36 PM
Deep and profound and intoxicating all at the same time. Magnificant writing, Carrie. Many congrats on your top place win. bfn Elaine
Parker Avatar
June 29, 2014 at 7:11 PM
this poem is haunting in its reality..congratulation on your win
Smith Avatar
June 29, 2014 at 5:13 PM
hauntingly beautiful, Carrie. Congrats on a great win.. Hugs.. Arlene
Fraser Avatar
June 29, 2014 at 3:43 PM
One has to delve deep into the writers mind and follow this creation to bring together their pasts to present, that it's taken two centuries to be unfurled. I have to cement 'Barbara's comment totally. So cleverly crafted, James :)
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June 29, 2014 at 3:40 PM
Hi Carrie, this is such a beautiful, mystical write transporting the reader along with you to a different place and time. Congratulations on another well-deserved top win! Pandita.
Gorelick Avatar
June 29, 2014 at 2:42 PM
I can see why Carolyn loved this..mysterious and beautifully written. Congrats. Bg
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