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Every person on earth has a story to tell. If you don't write your story, when you go, your story goes with you.

The way-back machine cranks out
memories which haunt us.  Scenes
from days long past revive longings
for things to be the way they were
when youth was taken for granted, 
when sharp minds and nimble  limbs 
propelled us forward totally unafraid.

                                        The way-back machine calls
                                        out to us in the dark, bringing
                                        memories of events we thought 
                                        forgotten, embarrassing moments 
                                        we would rather banish forever,
                                        or prefer had never happened.

The way-back machine startles 
us into awareness when we least
expect it, allows free reign in the
present only for short periods, takes
us back to the time we used dreams
to fire imaginations, and fuel energy.

                                        The way-back machine holds
                                         secrets locked inside, waiting
                                         to be told - of Father who taught 
                                         us honesty and hard work, Mother 
                                         who taught us love, the Sunday 
                                         School teacher who taught us right  
                                         from wrong and friends who taught
                                         us the value of play.
                                       
Fed by lingering memories, the
way-back machine is filled with 
vivid strings of scenes, music
floating around our ears, words to 
tell the stories, spell life's lessons,
and write the record in bold.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 10/10/2014 6:52:00 PM
i love the concept of "the way-back machine" and think you've done an excellent job of describing it here...
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Cona Adams
Date: 10/11/2014 3:55:00 AM
Thank you, Ilene. I enjoy finding new ways to look at life. Unfortunately, My way-back machine contains a lot more time than my look-ahead machine does.

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