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Bittersweet Nostalgia

I miss what was:

The late nights,

Street lights,

Midnight diners,

And old music.

I think to myself

How lonely this is,

When the past

Was so splendid.

 

They're memories

That should make me smile;

They only empty me --

Isolate my heart,

And show me what

I no longer have.

 

The small cracks

Become canyons

That you can't fill,

Look what we are:

Distant stars,

Drifting apart.

 

Lonely satellites,

Singing to ourselves

In the depthless

Void.

 

Perhaps I'll find,

In due time,

Some lovely light,

Somewhere,

In the sky,

And we can sing,

Together.

Yes, we can sing,

Perhaps forever.

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Written by
forrest-jorgensen
American
Published
Apr 11, 2014
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#life#nostalgia
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