Emily Marks Poet I do not know?

Yearning For the Past

What happened?
Why aren’t things the way they used to be?
And what is it that you saw in me?

What happened?
You used to be overflowing with passion
Your every word,
Movement
Carried out
In such an intense fashion.

What happened?
To the little girl I once admired?
The one who lived every day
As though it was her last
And never tired.

What happened?
I asked her one last time
Would telling me be such an atrocious crime?
Indeed so, for she paused thoughtfully
Before leaving me with this-
Memories are a bliss.

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Beata Agustin January 5, 2022 at 1:31 AM Thanks for sharing this. May I share with you God's love, expressed in John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." God bless you.

Poet Destroyer A February 18, 2016 at 11:21 AM EMILY, Enjoyed the way you expressed every line. Please keep writing and sharing your poetry. LOVE LINDA

Skat A December 5, 2015 at 6:17 PM Love the poem. SKAT

Matthew Anish July 21, 2014 at 10:05 PM Fine use of the repeating line here. How are you? I went to Israel in December for the first time. Must be a little scary there now. B'Shalom Matthew Anish

Victoria Anderson-Throop April 23, 2013 at 7:39 PM great title and using the repetitious form lends strength to your style fine last line, too

Judy Meibach October 25, 2011 at 1:47 PM I liked this piece immensely - I like how you started each stanza with the same words - and then proceeded to a different description.