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contest- Write Sixteen Beautiful Lines

sponsor- Constance La France

Yesterdays Have Already Passed

The rich green leaves of Summer die in Autumn
like a love that is no more
both defenseless to the currents of change
tumbling toward an unfamiliar stream
flowing out of a sea
where yesterdays have already passed
carrying dusted memories, entwined by the twist of life
where wishes are hidden with lost stars
of memorialized misperceptions
having come and gone like vanishing time
when the shivering swathe arrived 
taking both the leaves and love
on a hopeless journey to non-existence
when emotionless worlds acquired their life-blood
causing my eyes to flow with streams
out of a sea of sadness
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Rodrigues Avatar
May 18, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I feel life being told within these creative lines, Fred! Congrats!
Andresen Avatar
May 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
- Congratulations on your sixteen beautiful lines poem, Frederic :) - hugs
Andresen Avatar
May 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
- A nostalgic and beautiful poem, Frederic :) - Best wishes in the contest :) - hugs
Onclaud Avatar
May 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
so cliche but relevant that it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. your soulful, lovely offering gave me good goosebumps, frederick!
Lane Avatar
May 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
How sorrowfully but beautifully you've written of lost love in your lines, Frederic. When it becomes as hidden as lost stars, there's nothing left except melancholy memories... and when they come unbidden, tears flow again.
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