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Promising the Moon and Stars
I’m back in those days
Oh what an old man thinks when he reflects
A memory never forgets
An adolescent poet in love
Promising the moon and stars
And yet
I never went out to get them
Perhaps I didn’t deserve ‘em
Or better yet I wasn’t ready
He who dares compose lines and rhymes
Writes promises
That can be broken or lost in time
Embedded in the recesses of my mind
Oh to be eighteen again
Thinking I was in style
En vogue
That I was the rogue poet claiming hearts
When all I was doing was capturing pictures with words
Secrets encoded in poems
Known only to me
81 Unique Words
110 Total Words
Published 9th Apr 2022
Author's Note
#NaPoWriMo22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIuYQ_4TcXg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIuYQ_4TcXg
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10th Apr 2022 5:16pm
See, it's poetry like this that evokes the long forgotten within us. How wise we thought we were. . .
Lovely write, Wally.
Lovely write, Wally.
7th Jun 2022 2:04pm
Thank you very much Ahavati. The music really does tend to wake certain memories I thought were lost on my brain. 30 years later I see how naive I was.
21st May 2022 12:14pm
7th Jun 2022 2:06pm
Thank you so much Ellie. It’s only with time and reflection that we can really understand our younger self.
Hope all is well.
Hope all is well.
7th Jun 2022 2:14pm
I'm good thanks. We've just been on holiday for a week, so am feeling refreshed. My 16 year old is halfway through her GCSEs and seems OK with it all.
