She wanders the aisles of her memories,
Stopping to delve into a random folder here and there,
She smiles at the reminder of childhood games,
And other special occasions she managed to share.
**
There’s the day she honoured a long lost promise,
Rode the waves of desire,
Stood by a friendship of long standing,
And that one day that set her nerves on fire.
**
She wandered some more; reminiscing,
A tear strolls down her cheek,
Memories of those she loved and lost,
And the heartbreak she got to keep.
**
Digging deep she sighs at the forgone possibilities,
The dreams and hopes that have all but expired,
She fondles the wins, discards the losses,
Stores the preciousness and pushes away all that made her tired.
**
She stops suddenly, bringing forth a record that’s kept her on the edge,
She wanted, she waited, she tried,
Never completely losing but tethered by the years,
Those ups and downs; laughter spent and tears cried.
**
There’s still a chance but she’s no longer sure,
Does she have the courage to hold her dreams within her hands?
Decades in the making — is the time now right,
Or does the universe have different plans?
**
She refiles the memory and buries it deep,
Why now? Why not then?
She’s learned to accept the inevitable,
If not now, then when?
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Colleen Millsteed
My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
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Fabulous!!! Loved your powerful last line!!!❤️❤️💕
This is beautiful, and it reminded me of an elderly friend who lost her husband not long ago. That friend's words were "Some things are not meant to be forgotten, even after we pass." I love your poem, because it reminds us to keep the memories, allowing the legacy of someone so precious to live with us forever.
Ah that last line, so true. If not now, then when? Loved your poem!