Are There Pictures Before Me...

  • February 25, 2003
  • James Skemp
  • prose
  • Are there pictures before me
  • showing me the past?
  • Only memories,
  • left to me.
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  • Are there writings before me
  • telling me the past?
  • Only memories,
  • left to me.
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  • Feelings and thoughts
  • Imaginings and remembrances
  • Only memories,
  • left to me.
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  • Nothing concrete,
  • nothing to touch
  • Save with my mind,
  • and it's intangible grasp
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  • Realty in a perspective
  • touched by one who's changed
  • Inside or out,
  • one knows not. (it is known not - is known not) [?]
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  • Experiences are nurture
  • whether one likes it or not
  • It is only memories
  • that are truly hot.