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Everyone has memories
Like the ones that make us smile
Or those that make us frown
They’re simply memories
They catch us unawares
Then we feel other people stare
Smiling like a fool
That we’ve broke every rule
Of…propriety
Not linked at all to sobriety
Just a fool with crazy memories
Making smiles appear like anemones
Who cares if we’re ridiculous
It’s the memory
The one that’s in front of us
Making us smile
Or frown
A simple backwards smile
As though we forgot how to smile
Which way our mouth should go
For our heart is broken like the rest of us
We have no way of moving forward
Held back by the desire
To recapture the bliss that enraptured us
Before we became what we once were
And could no longer see the person
Who we had once been
Beautiful, in love,
Our hearts open wide
Dreaming of the wonders we would share
Now, no more than a memory
That once could make us smile
No longer shared
Alone and unattended
A Swiss cheese heart
Now, our upside down smile
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© Susan Jamieson 2014
Owls and Orchids 
Are we drinking from the same kool aid kit? LOL… I took a picture of a heart today, beautiful, earth heart…while I was out being free…and “making it” on my own.
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Ah – it’s synchronicity 🙂
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Great poem and lovely poem. Great looking blog. Hugs, Narbara
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Many thanks. 🙂
Susan x
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Reblogged this on idealisticrebel and commented:
Lovely poem.
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