Memories Of Yesterday By Richard Martin 456

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Memories of Yesterday      By Richard Martin    456

 

My thoughts are filled with memories of yesterday,

Times when I was young, and filled with youth and play.

But I can’t pick and choose the memories I’d like to keep,

I’d like to erase the memories that sometimes make me weep.

 

Some of those old memories bring a smile to my face,

And some old memories I’d give anything if I could erase.

Now that I’m old, there’s no new memories to make,

I dwell on the old ones, and that may be a mistake.

 

I don’t want to live in the past, but there’s no future for me,

I live on the old memories, that only I can see.

So I hold on the those old memories, there part of my life,

Memories of better times, times of joy and times of strife.

  • Author: rgm441 (Offline Offline)
  • Published: June 22nd, 2026 09:20
  • Comment from author about the poem: An old man living in the past
  • Category: Reflection
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  • sorenbarrett

    Nostalgia is the theme of this piece and I can feel it. But no matter how old a person is they are never too old to make new memories. Well written

  • ms.divine

    I agree with sorenbarrett 💫



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