Sepia Dreams

Sepia Dreams

“Let me take from this, your kiss, the taste of you my lips shall miss”

So long since I held you,
X’s on the calendar…patterns of my missing
Promises made on long distant lines
and letters sent, penned of love’s smiles on sleepless nights

“My heart it finds the lonely view of all my days away from you”

Loneliness now common as passing time mounts,
your kiss my mind imagines in the haze of life
Duty calls, yet my heart is not in it,
for on that day I released it to you

“While on this journey’s winding path your love held in a photograph”

Sepia dreams in brilliant colors,
to hold that goodbye kiss in my hands,
lingering in my tear splashed eyes…
I count the days until the time

“When once again of destined charms, I hold you gently in my arms”
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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November 26, 2019 at 6:32 PM
Came back to re-read this beautiful piece of poetic art, Chris. It muse inspires me. One of your finest PSoup offering in my humble opinion. Tho' you have so many, mind you. lol! A real ink treasure this poem be! Love and best wishes for the holiday.
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November 27, 2019 at 6:57 AM
Wow, thanks so much my friend. I am thrilled you dug into the vault and found this one again. I always appreciate your kind words to me.
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April 22, 2017 at 10:52 AM
Very dreamy poem, Chris. So romantic w/a longing that pulses through your pen. I love the formatting of this poem very much. Excellent poetry, my friend. Love always.
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April 24, 2017 at 9:15 AM
Thanks so very much Freddie. I am thrilled you enjoyed this one.
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April 22, 2017 at 9:07 AM
If life could take a different course, but the call of duty leaves man with an aching heart and sepia dream locked in a photograph. What a tender and sad poem. Amitiés
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April 24, 2017 at 9:15 AM
That is exactly what I was trying to express. Thank you so much Anne Marie for finding my thoughts and enjoying them so much.
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April 22, 2017 at 12:07 AM
It's time for a next time! To make the sepia brightly coloured again. I hope it will be time soon, my friend
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April 24, 2017 at 9:14 AM
Thanks so much Darren. This was written to a photograph so not actually what I am feeling.
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April 21, 2017 at 3:04 PM
I can feel that wanton feeling...the aching of absence..the X's on the calendar....This makes me very sad....Yet I have to admit...It is beautifully sad and melancholic...Im touched deeply.
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April 21, 2017 at 4:15 PM
Thank you my sweet friend. I was hoping those exact emotions would flow through my poem today. I appreciate you Charmaine. Thank you for always being so nice to me.
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April 21, 2017 at 2:47 PM
such sense of longing and hope filling the page in a most lyrical way, chris... outstanding verse!..huggs
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April 21, 2017 at 4:14 PM
Thank you so much Nette. I am happy you could feel it.
Ricci Avatar
April 21, 2017 at 2:29 PM
Yes Chris you know how to write and reach your readers. Need I say more. Yes, but I will end and spare you the bla bla bla by me. This is beautiful poetry. Have a wonderful night.
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April 21, 2017 at 4:13 PM
Thanks so very much my friend. This was actually written to a photo prompt of a soldier (I assumed at war) holding a photograph of his wife or girlfriend. It was an old photo and it was in sepia tones and I could feel his longing in the photo. I am happy you liked this.
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