ONCE WE WERE A FAMILY

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    ONCE WE WERE A FAMILY
    ONCE WE WERE A FAMILY
    Where has it gone
    How did it fade
    like an eternal sunset
    never to rise again
    or the last ripple
    the numbing calm
    of now stilled water.
    Was it just a dream
    One of life's many facades
    cruel, vindictive, unrelenting
    illusionary forces deceiving
    shattering all hope
    renewing our worst fears
    pointed accusations
    shredding the fabric
    the foundation
    of our emotional selves
    with guilt, failure, shame
    until all that each of us
    possess
    are the cold...wet tears
    seeping into the pillows
    a final stain
    where we once shared
    this dream called love.
    Now, all that we hold
    soon fades in memories eye
    for once we were a family
    now... just an empty picture
    on the shelf......



    Where has it gone
    How did it fade
    like an eternal sunset
    never to rise again
    or the last ripple
    the numbing calm
    of now stilled water.
    Was it just a dream
    One of life's many facades
    cruel, vindictive, unrelenting
    illusionary forces deceiving
    shattering all hope
    renewing our worst fears
    pointed accusations
    shredding the fabric
    the foundation
    of our emotional selves
    with guilt, failure, shame
    until all that each of us
    possesses
    are the cold...wet tears
    seeping into the pillows
    a final stain
    where we once shared
    this dream called love.
    Now, all that we hold
    soon fades in memorys' eye
    for once we were a family
    now... just an empty picture
    on the shelf......

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    Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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