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Jolted by Twilight

Like dreams ~ as conscience echoes through the dark, and life's mirage laps upon my shores where dunes of sand are blown like drifts of snow. I'm lost ~ alone ~ not knowing where to go, except between where beach roses grow and... where love is/was still unforgettable ~ regrettable? too perfect to ever last? Like clouds that swept by the August moon and off 'til morning ... Was it a mistake to leave you there - to run, when morning twilight exposed our skin - our sin - our honor? Now, life leaves us dwelling in one night and a summer that should never have been, and a tomorrow that never was......but remains in my twilight of yesterdays, but not in my twilight of regrets.........except to never have seen you again...

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Date: 2/24/2025 10:31:00 PM
A moment to remember forever ...but never to be repeated. A never ending sadness. Hello Craig :)
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Date: 1/10/2025 8:40:00 AM
Wow, that title... And, us usual, your imagery is striking and pulls you right in.
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Craig Cornish
Date: 1/10/2025 2:11:00 PM
Thanks Heather - happy new year - keep writing!
Date: 11/7/2024 2:54:00 PM
Craig "except to never have seen you again." sums up everything and leaves you, the reader with a sad and depressive out come. Loved your creative and clever metaphors through out this free verse creation of yours. Much thought went into this by your chosen words that tell a tale.Thank you for your effort in writing and thank you for sharing...
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Michael Tor
Date: 11/8/2024 11:56:00 PM
Great thought in that quote Craig. Thank you for sharing...
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Craig Cornish
Date: 11/8/2024 7:06:00 PM
Which reminds me of an old quote, "A poem is never finished, it's abandoned" - Valery
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Craig Cornish
Date: 11/7/2024 6:39:00 PM
Thanks so much Michael----yes, took 3 days to write and then, still...and ironically, when it was "done", it ended with regrets, until I went back and added "except to never have seen you again", because it haunted me that fiction is the sibling of reality--and I have been there!

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