Faces from my past flicker

I have left all those old friends of mine.Some have passed on to heaven,some still remain who I see occasionally,but for those who have goneand I will never see anymorethis poem is just for them.Their names shine across my memoryfor now and always.I can only hope they are looking downas I write telling the world…

a pretty maiden there beside mewatching the sparkling wavesturned golden by the sun.What future dreams I hadof a life together as oneI cannot tell.Time has robbed me of that memory,all I know is if I had a dreamit was tarnished without repair.Our lives together would never beour worlds we would never share,for as the summer…

Sometimes it keeps on hurtinguntil the end of time.Tears fall on the pillowwhere you once rested your head.The evening shadowsgrow longer every day,since you left with your new loveand went far away.Now it just keeps on hurting,every time someonementions your name.It just keeps on hurtingfor I’ll never findsomeone to replace you.

memories of times in the past,pass through my mind.Never to meet you again,sadness echoes in the silence,life gone, laughter denied.Therefore, I let you rest,no more suffering.I say a last few words to end;you were a friend,now to be sadly missed.Gone are you, but not forgotten.Goodbye and God bless.29 April 1980

then stopped and aroundthinking I have been here before,but you cannot remember when.You think you are going crazywhen you recognize thingsand mutter about people who used to live therea long, long time ago before you were born,but how could you know all this?Did you read it in a book somewhere?It could well be a past…

and long time friends are buried deep below?There are no peels of laughterto greet the empty walls,no happy conversations with anyone.Just the lonely clock ticking time away.What has happened to the Christmas Spirithas it disappeared foreverand left only a lonely life?17 December 2008