Looking Back Long, Hard and Slow

Neville

Looking Back Long, Hard and Slow

 

Even now, when I think back, long and hard and look close enough

I can still, just make out, each gentle rise and the

subsequent fall of those sun-kissed undulations of hers ..

 

As she did then shift, upon eventually waking, beneath each of

our cool off-white cotton sheets, those she acquired from

a stall on a market, in Egypt all those long, hot crazy summers ago ..

 

Indeed, as welcome today, as was then, and as seemingly new

as seen through a handful of light, casually plucked from an otherwise

ploughed desert sky, as surely and true, as the love we once shared ..

 

  • Author: Neville (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 30th, 2022 09:45
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • Poetic Dan

    Beautiful look back and I hope it was so far that like an arrow you'll fast forward to a more wonderful paradise!

    Keep writing my friend
    Much peace and respect

    • Neville


      Thank you kindly Dan, your visit it more than merely welcome and appreciated .. it truly means an awful lot to me sir .. I sincerely hope you are well and just want to emphasise the fact that it is so good to see you here ... Neville

      • Poetic Dan

        Holly molly got goosebumps reading that, I shall endeavour to keep it up, as a spirit like yours with real sincerity is always missed in my world!
        Just been awhile that even I've wanted to be on it....ooo I think I'll write on to that.. lol

        Thanks buddy

        • Neville



          Go for it mate ............ N 🙂

        • Fay Slimm.

          Penned expertly those days long ago where naught can alter love once so beautifully shared. A first rate piece of memory's reflection on summers ago...............x

          • Neville



            we must surely have crossed on the ether or airwaves or summat ... thankyou kindly my very dearest Fay .. x

          • Caring dove

            A lovely writing .. nicely expressed ))

            • Neville



              A big THANKYOU is on its way to you write now ......... THANKYOU kindly VB .. Neville 🙂

            • MendedFences27

              A fine recollection, full of color and heat, from the "desert" to the "sheets."
              These look-backs to olden love have a way of leaving a warm glow in the hearts of readers and authors alike. Maybe it was those "sun-kissed undulations," but this poem drew me into it. Sometimes we wish we could just grab "a handful of light" for inspiration. Truly enjoyed by me. - Phil A.

              • Neville



                You just made my whole evening Phil .. Many thanks indeed my friend ........ Neville

              • Jerry Reynolds

                Beautifully said, Neville
                The memory is alive with loves shared well and those that went bad.

                • Neville



                  You read me like a book Jez & so well ... Thank you kindly my friend ......... Neville

                • Bella Shepard

                  To remember where, when and with whom we shared the sweetest moments of our lives is a reminder that nothing is ever lost, only stored for safe keeping to be retrieved and savored over and over again. Beautifully and lovingly written dear friend, thank you for sharing.

                  • Neville



                    When talking words, I simply could not ask for more than that my fine literary friend .. Thank you so much .. Neville

                  • Goldfinch60

                    Wonderful loving words Neville.

                    Andy

                    • Neville



                      Cheers Andy ......... Neville



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