Chugging Back In Time Poem by Valsa George

Chugging Back In Time

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Petals fall, wheels roll
How swift is the flight of time

Lifting the veil of my translucent memory
The past comes alive with a rare fragrance
Don't you remember the very first time
We saw each other on a Christmas Eve
Amid gazing eyes, we stood embarrassed
As Time, like an unsteady toddler
Crawled away on hands and legs
And how we simply stared at each other
Unable to commune our thoughts in lucid words,
Later in the ripe moment,
When we solemnly held our hands
How dazed we were by that electric touch

Memories so green linger my dear
As though it all happened just days ago

With all the fervor of our young hearts
We were pledged to explore life
Youth and hope then walked hand in hand
Warm blood flowed through every artery and vein
And life glowed in gleams of golden light
We were lifted upon wings of love
From the terrestrial plain unto heaven's heights

Days flew, months into years fled
Amid gusts of laughter and of tears
How the stairs of life we climbed
Through what labyrinthine paths we travelled
Posing undecided on turns and curves
But holding fast and never loosening our grip
In the ripe season how thoughtfully
Had we sown the seeds of love
Watering them with our saline tears
How excitedly we watched them sprout and grow

Memories so green linger my dear
As though it all happened just days ago

I feel the years have flown too fast
Now life's fire is almost extinguished
Somber shadows darken our track
The night ahead is darker and colder
We have to accept the ineluctability of it
Doting on the past is now our pleasure
When we look back, we see the thrill of victory
And the tears of defeat and heartbreak
Life presented us with a mixed bag
We have watched the death of spring
We have bore the heat of summer,
Seen the leaves drop in the mellowing autumn
And the chilly shroud of winter is about to veil

Without revolt, let us accept the truth
But till Death do us part, Oh my Love,
Let us hold our hands together
And stoically wait for the final sunset!

Sunday, June 15, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: Memories
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Tribhawan Kaul 17 June 2014

This is a very fine write taking us back in a time capsule full of emotions and imagery. Great.

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Shahzia Batool 16 June 2014

First of all it will adorn my poem list! what a play of words! the multiple and varied imagery shows that yes Time is an unbound infinite entity, quite difficult to have a grip at it, not difficult but a dream, that is the probable reason for the variety of imagery that you have used here, as in the title we find a different analogy...chugging back in time, rolling wheels for train imagery then it turns to the swift flight, the translucent montage of past vision, sometimes an unsteady toddler Crawled away on hands and legs, the exploration of life, hand in hand, stairs of life, and then the allegory of the seasons Life presented us with a mixed bag We have watched the death of spring We have bore the heat of summer, Seen the leaves drop in the mellowing autumn And the chilly shroud of winter is about to veil... Kindly receive my humble but strong appreciation for writing a very fine poem not to leave the emotions that run under the poem so tender, so fine...the image and the feel of the final sunset makes one speechless...it is a beautiful poem!

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Pradip Chattopadhyay 16 June 2014

the opening lines how aptly sets the mood for this wondrous retrace down the life's path.

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Salini Nair 15 June 2014

first two lines great...........a poem that walk around memories.......to some facts of life.......like it...its marvelous

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Akhtar Jawad 17 June 2014

Wheel of time is rotating, but love being at its center rotates with a maximum velocity that is why love is the most powerful feeling and emotion. It is associated with the immortal soul. Souls once joined are never separated. In fact you and your love both are traveling in the same train but in the different compartments. Destination is the same. At the eternal last station, I hope you will be with your love and I shall be wishing you a happy re-union for ever.

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Hazel Durham 29 June 2014

Your memories have brought us on a truly, spellbinding journey of Joy and some tears as your life unfolds with the sheer beauty of your words, that show a deep and powerful love, that soars with a mutual respect. Even though summer is long gone and memories flood back as you both ease into the winter of your lives, the light of your love shines still so bright!

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Geetha Jayakumar 20 June 2014

Fantastic poem from your pen Valsa. Many many captivating lines adds charming beauty to this poem. I read it twice, I am not sure which is the most captivating lines, for me I loved reading each lines. The beautiful flow of poem make it awesome. Loved it.

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Tirupathi Chandrupatla 19 June 2014

the stairs of life we climbed Through what labyrinthine paths we travelled Beautiful poem of deep love reminiscing the past. With time love and life get aged like old wine. Every day should be more beautiful until the end. Best wishes.

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Dotting the past is our pleasure......Nice poem and word power is also great and beautiful.

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Dinesan Madathil 18 June 2014

The poem here is a recollection of reminiscences par memories of a poetic hegira unto the pastures of a cosmic design and it is intricately analytical of a life on the tracks of time that alludes man`s very entity. Life of the kind in interception is embedded to that magical time and it remains consistent in amazing phases. Despite the agonising episodes which are sparingly intervened by the spells of delights and delusions, the saga will be continued till the final sunset, as you have said madam.

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