Youth Long Lost Poem by Valerie Dohren

Youth Long Lost

Rating: 4.9


O fill the desert in my heart
With words of tenderness -
Sweet words of comfort to impart
My soul to soft caress

As time weighs heavy on my mind
The fleeting years sustain -
Fond memories of youth long lost
And true love still remain

For as I walk the rugged paths
Of life`s deceiving way
Yet searching for a sweeter land
Where so to dance and play

I seek release from life`s travails
(O fortune, be my lead)
To take me thus to brighter plains
For I am sore indeed

Now gazing in the mirror where
The phantoms of my youth
So flicker as reflections there
In visions of the truth

As time has passed and blown away
My dreams and hopefulness -
I now, as in my aging years,
(The balance to redress)

Fall......., into nothingness

Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Topic(s) of this poem: Aging
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Godfrey Morris 17 July 2012

You have some wonderful lines: My favourite verse Time weighs heavy on my mind The passsing years sustain - Mem`ries of a youth long lost And true love yet remain

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Captain Cur 19 July 2012

Gutsy poem about aging, written in your melodic style with melancholy dripping from every word. Finality its ending, fall into nothingness. Strong imagery. Well written. Now being a dead pirate I can get away with some liberties. At 400 plus years I don't dare look in the mirror. From your writing I would say you are still in your prime. Primed and ready, now put on your pirate suit and lets go sailing!

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Karen Sinclair 19 July 2012

Sadly reflective but such harmonious visuals... melancholy delight tyvm karen

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Paul Brookes 19 July 2012

Beautiful and poignant and evocative with a lovely cadence and rhythm 10/10 Thanks for sharing

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Danny Draper 27 July 2012

A fine reflection on inevitable decline with hopes or some where else to trick and appease the mind.

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An amazing work of art. Well worded my friend!

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Khairul Ahsan 23 November 2013

I've just read this beautiful poem. It's a sad saga of long lost youth, reflective of the love involved with it: 'As time weighs heavy on my mind The fleeting years sustain - Fond memories of youth long lost And true love still remain' Really wonderful!

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Heather Wilkins 20 July 2013

a lovely poem about youth long lost. nice imagery.

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Patricia Grantham 25 January 2013

Val What a romantic piece of poetry, Love is what love is all about thanks for sharing

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Tiger Lily Love 24 October 2012

That was absoulutly marvelous. My favorite line: Climbing `long the rugged paths Of life`s deceiving way Seeking for a sweeter land Where yet to dance and play Thank you so much fpr sharing

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