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Time Heals but Remembering...

 
In old photographs I remember pain,
Of love and lust lost through those early years,
And though the wounds have healed cruel scars remain,
Like mementos of harsh and acid tears.
Now in silence I weep for that young man,
Reading the coded verses from his past,
With each rhyme I become more of a fan,
When he swore his emotions were so vast.
But looking back now I feel like a fool,
For having such an imagination,
At least I hurt softly and played it cool,
Thinking it was more of a fixation.
I still have memories to burn and singe,
Time heals but remembering makes me cringe.
Author's Note
For the I know the Face of Falsehood and Her Tongue comp.
Inspired by Edna St. Vincent Millay poem "Time does not bring relief, you all have lied".
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46464/time-does-not-bring-relief-you-all-have-lied
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