Pain Nostalgia Poems

"The pain is deep when the heart is spent"...Poet

Your face floats through my mind
in vaporous wistful dreams of illusion
   that drape over my...

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 Regaining communication is just a temporary fix
I’ve said everything I need to say yet I want to tell you more
Maybe we aren’t on the...

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Ambered hues in faded frames, a bygone era's smile,
Bakelite whispers of forgotten songs, on a crackling vinyl isle.
Daguerreotypes, ghosts of laughter, dance in sepia light,
Embers...

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Not only a dusty attic, crammed with forgotten things,
But a bittersweet symphony, the heart in memory sings.

The air hangs heavy, thick with "what ifs" and...

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"I miss Saturday mornings with Soul Train,
When brothers and sisters would take a ride to release their pain.

I miss Momma's twice-baked sweet potato pie,
She didn't...

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I bring you forth
      Not with the planning of           ...

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Cloud is getting dark .
It's going to rain ,
that reminds the pain .
I want to kiss the rain !
I want to kiss the rain !
I...

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Close up is when you see the cracks,
the lines etched, scratched onto canvas.
An oil painting that survived a fire.

Close up is when you see the...

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A touch of faded memory
came alive
with a familiar scent
swept me off my feet
created havoc

...

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Through the veiled shadow of my past, I find, 
Lessons unlearned, I was far too disinclined. 
The tart whispers of regret, a mournful song, 
I...

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Look, see my little ones,
whose innocence upon their faces,
I keep safe within the pockets of the spaces,
that lay deep within my heart. Sealed with a
special...

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Don’t you remember? That one time
When we were young and adventurous 
We settled on shared breath between
Pine trees and our neighbors oak
Tugging on leaves like...

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When I’m asleep, I’m not in pain
                  ...

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My flag is not black n white with a blue streak 
My flag is not a field of white stars n scars of machine guns
My...

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I hide behind false identities
So pain can't find me, 
sat on the sofa ravaged by dreams 
reading in the light of the candle of happiness.
Wrapped...

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