Memories

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    A celebration of life and its inevitable end.

    Memories

     

    Someday my stay on this earth will end
    And my body will return to dust
    And wherever my soul may journey
    In one hope I have trust

     I pray that my memories will accompany me

    Providing visions of days past

    The sun on high the sky the sea

    All perfectly recast

     

    My loves caress, soft words exchanged

    A baby’s laugh with glee

    A puppy’s bark. A loon’s sweet song

    A majestic great oak tree

     

    A summer breeze. A raindrop’s sound.

    The whisper of rustling leaves

    An old women’s smile. The roar of thunder

      The sights and sounds perceived.

     

      Life passes as drifting clouds before our eyes

    Intertwined with happiness and grief

    Those things worth remembering

    Seeming often times too brief

     

    But I will cherish my memories

    As they are mine and mine alone

    They are the treasures of a life lived

    Though the future remains unknown

     

    So as I tire I hold them close

    In fear they might take flight

    I wait to share them in a distant place

    Where loved ones reunite

     

         

    ©Copyright 2009 Charlie Gragg

     

      

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    CatsMeow commented on Memories

    11-14-2009

    A Great write..Many things are worth remembering-especially family friends and past loves. Life is all about learning to dance in the rain!" The pessimist complains about the wind; The optimist expects it to change; But the realist adjusts the sails. Thank you for this poem.

    Hampton

    11/14/2009

    You are very welcome and thank you for visiting.

    JCKasper commented on Memories

    07-26-2009

    I love the images that you evoke. the simply treasures that surround us all. beautiful.

    Hampton

    07/26/2009

    You are busy reading today and I appreciate the feedback.

    StandingBear commented on Memories

    07-01-2009

    A beautiful "swansong" work superbly written. No one could have written this any better. Should be another weekly winner, hands down. No one can ask you what will you do for an encore. The proof is in the thinking/writing/reading. Awesome!

    Hampton

    07/02/2009

    Thankk again. This poem is my favorite write to date.

    cottoncandi commented on Memories

    07-01-2009

    This is so beautiful. You have such a creative way of expressing you thoughts.

    Hampton

    07/01/2009

    Thank you for reading and commenting. This is one of my favorite poems

    oldroyfan commented on Memories

    06-29-2009

    being human, your life had to of been shared by trails as well as joy...what a wonderful example of seeing the glass " half full ", instead of ....half empty..

    Hampton

    06/29/2009

    Thank you so much for helping me share the jewels of one's life in the form of memories.

    If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.

    Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) American poet.

    Hampton’s Poems (111)

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    Searching 5
    The Poetess 14
    Nonsense 12
    Solitude 18
    Lame Limericks 14
    Message to Papa 15
    Young Jimmy O’Fallon 11
    The Computer From Hell 18
    Life Ain’t for Sissies 16
    The Mind In Motion 13
    The Game of Poetry 9
    Silence 55
    WordSlinger 19
    Holiday Thoughts 12
    Sweet Mary 18
    From White to Grey to Black 19
    The Reckoning 12
    And All of That Jazz 16
    Today 25
    No Offense, Just My Opinion 16
    Lucky 10
    You’re Only as Old as You Feel 13
    Saturday Night 13
    Political Change? 14
    The Female Gender 17
    I’m In Charge Here, Aren’t I? ( With Epilogue) 10
    I’m In Charge Here, Aren’t I? 7
    Remembering 11
    This Web We Weave 13
    The End 16
    The Day the Clouds Cried 16
    The Path of Life 12
    My Mother Ruth 12
    Forever–ast
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    Humanities Challenge 14
    A Cowboy's Perspective 12
    July in Buda Texas 14
    The OP Poets Parade 20
    The Chatelaine 12
    Shot Through the Heart 17
    Poetry and Fine Wine 18
    The Man What Am 10
    The Final Beat of My Heart 16
    The Rainbow of Poets 19
    A Cowboy's Lament 13
    Of This World I am Not 17
    The Wee People 19
    An Evening at an Irish Pub 15
    The Scent of Love 14
    Fresh News from Buda Texas 16
    Memories of Times Past 13
    The Dance of the Poets 20
    The Confession 14
    Road to Obscurity 18
    Barbara 14
    Shadows 15
    Prescience 17
    Words That Bind 54
    Wondering 26
    New Year News from Buda Texas 13
    We Are All Witnesses 16
    Christmas 25
    A Cowboy’s Prayer 29
    The 9 ers 24
    Love Defined 27
    Tis a Time to Give Thanks 21
    More News From Buda Texas 26
    Choices 26
    News from Buda, Texas 21
    In Search of God 21
    Writers of Poems (WOPs) 26
    Out of the Darkness 15
    Visions from Within the Mist 18
    Baseball 12
    The Night Stalker 16
    The Man I Presume to be Buck 16
    The Sounds of Time 17
    The Little Man in the Green Hat 18
    Blah Blah Blah 14
    One Two Three 13
    Carpe Viam 11
    Love in the Afternoon 13
    The Moth 14
    Lost & Dungeons of the Mind 11
    The Creative Process 19
    The Truth and the Tribe 19
    The Long Wait. 19
    Feathers 26
    The Arrow 14
    Take Two Cialis and Call Me in the Morning 26
    Ghostly Images 16
    Friends 11
    Angels Without Wings 20
    IN MY OWN WORDS 13
    The Rider 16
    Pride and Shame 18
    The Winning Poet is.... 21
    Memories 13
    Politicians 67
    Your Mailbox Is Empty 18
    God's Visit 17
    Poets and Poems 20
    Love Thy Neighbor 13
    Renewal 8
    The Roar of Silence 17
    Blessed Are These Days 4
    Time and Space 5
    Life's Journey 8
    Gift To The Fallen 16
    Hunger 21
    The Antique Shop 30