Carole Duet Poet Free verse

Reaching Back

Now I reach back into the past
  to my first love
  but not my last.

I hear his voice still in my brain.
So many fragments of the past remain.

I see the one I loved so true
  on the highway in my rearview.

I'm on vacation,
  a getaway,
  from the sorrows of today.

We laughed and cried so much back then. 
We shared smiles.
We kissed and lingered for a while.

He kissed my hand and looked into my eyes.
I felt his heartbeat.
He heard my sighs.

We were so young then and free.
He was himself and I was me.


By:  Carole O'Terry Duet
Copyright:  2017
"All Rights Reserved"

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Muhammad Imtiaz November 8, 2017 at 1:15 AM you are a real and classic poet...........really impressed by your style of writing............sometimes you go in the past, someitmes your mind waving in the ocean,......your are picking the words flying around you...............really lovely Carole Duet November 13, 2017 at 2:55 PM Thank you so much, Muhammad. I really appreciate your kind comments. Carole Duet

Janice Canerdy May 26, 2017 at 10:46 AM Congrats on your win with this bittersweet poem, Carole! Janice Carole Duet May 26, 2017 at 12:32 PM Thank you, Janice. Yes, it was "bittersweet". Carole Duet

Edward Mccall December 8, 2016 at 9:38 AM I'm so glad I have the time to read more of your work. You have great gift thank you for Shareing it with us. That is a beautiful poem. Carole Duet December 8, 2016 at 4:53 PM Well, I am so delighted you think so, Edward. Thank you so much.

Daniel Turner August 28, 2016 at 5:42 PM This is really cute. Well written and fun. i enjoyed the read, Carole. It made me smile. Carole Duet August 28, 2016 at 5:46 PM Well thank you Daniel. I aim to please! :-)