Iridescent Tokens of Knowing

When it begins to ravel

It’s outworn.

We might trim it up

A time or two,

If needed,

But better let it go to naught.

Yet if I had tried

To love you,

Now I could

Try to not.

It might have been defaced,

But it happened of itself.

It left its mark upon my soul

And will not be erased.

_____© Nellieanna H. Hay

Even after

All this time and pain,

You alone

Can make me feel alive.

_____© Nellieanna H. Hay

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I can't forget
The soul we shared
And dared
To blend.
To end
Our isolation.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

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Quickend rush of wisdom

illuminates this stark reality,

this short Infinity,

abbreviated into time

from timelessnenss.

By life it is fulfilled,

Itself, surpassed,

infused with love

immeasurable.

Knowing it is proven,

knowing not 'impossible',

we know that it's a 'fit'.

Yet myths exist

to always doubt

this poignant,

fertile concept,

pregnant reality: ~

time's own progeny, ~

while it exists.

But surely this IS!

Surely this is ~ IT!

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

If the weight

We carry

On our shoulders

Is the

Ransom due

On life,

I wonder who

Collects it?

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

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Growing pains

At any age.

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But all the pain

Drains out

When truth is known.

There’s nothing to forgive

Where there is nothing.

Go in peace.

_____© Nellieanna H. Hay

        Nostalgia ~

Tattered old sheet music

Played on my piano,

Danced at college proms.

Ah, those haunting lyrics ~

Ah, those tender moments.

All the smiles and sighs

       Now so long gone.

All the joy and stress

       Fulfilled.

But was it really "me"?

I sneak a look ~

       Love letters tied

With lavender ribbons in a silvery box,

Photo albums sharing moments sweet.

      Flowers pressed

Between pages of a book ~

      Jane Austen's!

Ah, tenderest nostalgia

Which left its legacy~!

      Yes ~ all mine,

It was really "me"!

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

                                        We grow by living.
                                        We know by being
                                              All we are.

                               ______© Nellieanna H. Hay

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