Too Many Goodbyes

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Love and life has its changing
shadows and light
and as things disappear
from our grasp and those we love
walk away . ..  the heat from our beating hearts
will cast
sparks from which
new flames will ignite
and some new adventures:
Love, Peace and War will be found
populating the depths of the soul as it
embarks anew  . . .  making a voyage
of regret and pleasure
which no one can foresee or foretell,
as, we also, will all soon
pass by and eventually over that far hill,
a future completed, a life finished,
along that rough road traveled . . .
by the end of which
many treasures have been gathered.
 
As I traverse along
the pathways of life
I find that I tend
to hang onto the thought
that I may have lost
things, and people along

the way; but instead

I have accumulated
those things, and people, as treasures
through the having of them for a time,
whether for a short or long time, but
to be contented with my life, I must allow
my memories to mark these riches
as "Something Precious" on the map
of "Somewhere in My Heart" .  .  .

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I was standing at the bus-stop listening to music when I heard this song and was inspired with a thought - so I wrote this poem . . . and as it was the music that inspired me I wanted to share that also: Van Syla's "Requiem" from her "Goodbye" album. 

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