We Can't Go Back


I wonder whatever became of such and such
It's too many years since we've all been in touch
In our youthful naivety we were innocently un-clever
Assuming our 'then' would be our 'now' and 'then' forever

Our roads of life we traveled turned in all directions
Those traveled stops are now has-been recollections
We sometime recall fondly much of the past
The unfortunate facts are, ' the past just doesn't last'


Yesterdays are history stored in our memory bins
Recalling good and bad times, all through thick and thins
A memory is engraved in our brain like a computer data track
'But the past just doesn't last' and 'We can't go back'


by Stan Cooper...7/11/2008 graphic by Don Hunt





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Written on 2008-07-17 at 09:18

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limber junctionson
Your poetry makes me move my mouth...
because of the humour
and playfulness...

and the way the words connect.

youre goood at that.
2008-07-19


limber junctionson
Your poetry makes me move my mouth...
because of the humour
and playfulness...

and the way the words connect.

youre goood at that.
2008-07-19


John Lambremont, Sr.
Very nostalgic, and so true...
great write, Stan, bookmark and appaud.
2008-07-17


Elle The PoetBay support member heart!
Non, je ne regrette rien

You cannot undo the past, only learn - there is something wonderful about just not knowing where we go until we get there -

I'm away tomorrow, take care Stan, see you when I return

Elle xxx
2008-07-17


Janine>K
this is a great poem...memories are often painful but it is still on the end all we have...we need to move forward as we cant go back...great message very well written

Janine
2008-07-17