The Days Before You

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Line's Bitesize No 102 Contest February 28, 2025

Our days are filled with laughter and joy Nights consumed with passionate desire No reasons to hide in disguise as coy In the throes of love we gladly conspire No trace of loneliness we once knew and no memories of the days before you

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Duke Beaufort

Date: 3/1/2025 6:45:00 AM

Lin, this raises a very interesting question. To what degree can happiness erase anything that has come before? There's something profound here that makes my inner self smile. It doesn't hurt to be grateful for what we have and to change our relationship to previous unpleasantness or whatever we felt prior to that which seems much better. This poem contains a lot of therapeutic value. I've always thought that thoughts of envy and other negative feelings that come from the past tend to reflect current unhappiness. Those intrusions are a barometric pressure gauge of sorts.

Lin Lane
Date: 3/1/2025 6:53:00 AM

I can always tell you give a poem a lot of thought before you form your comments, Duke. Writing has always been a source of self-therapy for me. Thinking about past experiences can offer more anguish, but I've found that putting it in words and even sharing it with people who appreciate poetry is much more cathartic. People like you, so thank you.

Jan Allison

Date: 2/28/2025 3:27:00 PM

aww such a romantic piece Lin:-) hugs jan xx

Lin Lane
Date: 3/1/2025 4:51:00 AM

Thanks, Chick. ;-)