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Tag Archives: youth
The Mystery
I could not capture the mystery It was too deeply etched on a face too hidden from full view Those days we often laughed and dreamt wild dreams that only youth would dare to dream And in those days I … Continue reading
City
The rush of silver The city at night I remember you laughing, calling my name We were dancing in the early hours like children So young And I thought this would last forever or at least till the morning and … Continue reading
Future Minds
These youths that deride Our older remedies Are the future minds That one day yet will take Upon themselves The shackles of the age And as they age they’ll know They’re only future minds For but the briefest time Once … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, Poetry
Tagged age, ambition, arrogance, belief, future minds, knowledge, self beleif, time, wisdom, youth
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Shallows
Let me swim only in shallow waters I am too old now And too inexpert To gather courage and descend To greater depths Let me wallow in the serenity That is ambition Finally beaten down and away And take simple … Continue reading
Your Gaze
Your gaze was far too old And we were but teenagers then Still unformed and awkward But the intensity drilled within Spoke of hope and dreams and sin And it lingers with me still In these later, later years Something … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, Poetry
Tagged callow, Gaze, Hopeful, hopeless, infatuation, instensity, strength, yearning, young love, youth
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Weight
There is too much of me These days I lumber, old bones covered in skin that is loose, it folds across territories alien My rib cage disappeared so many years ago I can’t recall Beneath the layers hides the lithe form … Continue reading
Posted in Earth, Poetry
Tagged age, aging, fat, loss, overweight, realisation, sadness, self-image, weight, youth
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Beauty
Age depletes the need for beauty We are freed from bitter longing which in youth defined our very being, standing lost before a mirror turning left and right for nature’s kinder sight to find the angles where the shadows and … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, Poetry
Tagged aging, Beauty, Dreams, fashion, Love, self acceptance, self hatred, symmetry, youth
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Down Town
Down town the girls gather Butterflies freed From yesterday’s cocoons And you’d think it might matter Emotional greed But everyone grows far too soon Down town the boys linger Watchful fools Practising their brittle words There’s no ring on the … Continue reading
Music-Less
Over the years it seems my life Has gradually, slowly come to be An absence of such pure delight Or even mournful melody When I was young I lived the age When music held such mastery And all the hours … Continue reading
Light and Shade
What we would have given in those days for some variety, some light and shade For our hides were riven, with tears and pain to provide some semblance of existence So high drama, while in reality our lives were perfect … Continue reading
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