Now After All These Years

In the beginning you existed this I know
You were in my thoughts each and every day
I could see you though I have never seen you
You are beautiful this I am sure
But as time wanders by, you began to slip further
And further into a blurry distant memory
Hidden from view by newer memories good and bad.
But every so often the distant mist would clear
And my thoughts would become real once more
And I wonder what you are doing now
Are you happy are you sad are you alive are you,
The last too hard to contemplate.
The questions would flow through my mind
At times I chased down the mist hoping
To find a clue to your existence
Each time being beaten back by inky grey shapes
Surrounded by locked doors and blank faces
All pointing back the way I came
Back too a more forgetful state of mind
Waiting there till the next time
And now after all these years finally
There is a chance, a slight hope
Now you no I exist, now you no I too am reality
The doors may unlock andthe mists may clear
Maybe only a little but a thread of hope is there
Where once were only dreams, and empty wishes
Remains a chance, now after all these years .


Alan Findlater

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if only life was not so short
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like travel the world and photograph it all
But hay hoy theres allways tomorrow.

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  • Camelia
    Cameliaover 1 year ago

    i have goose pimples now..beautiful,!

  • thanks for taking the time to read my words i appreciate your time

    – Alan Findlater

  • Norma-jean Morrison
    Norma-jean Mor...over 1 year ago

    Alan, this is a wonderful write my friend, just so beautiful, my eyes are soppy with water..no tears as this writing is a miracle for some one so sweet, trust you both find each other, all love from my heart, and happiness and goodness always…Normajean.

  • Thanks Normaje I can only wait her decision, at least she now knows there is an option.

    – Alan Findlater

  • Jurmale
    Jurmaleover 1 year ago

    Wonderful,Alan! Very good writing!

  • thanks for taking the time to read my words i appreciate your time

    – Alan Findlater

  • janeymac
    janeymacover 1 year ago

    WOW !!!! this is excellent Alan

  • Hi Jane hope your ok, thanks for taking the time to read my words i appreciate your time

    – Alan Findlater

  • Katagram
    Katagramover 1 year ago

    Alan, many will think of someone, another person, we long to meet, hope to meet, our soul mate perhaps, from this amazing piece of writing, but I have to tell you..as I read this… it wasn’t my soul mate, another person I was thinking I would find..
    it was me that I knew I would eventually come to find…I love this work !!! Wonderful Wonderful !!!

  • Sean Farragher
    Sean Farragherover 1 year ago

    fantastic

  • Camelia
    Cameliaover 1 year ago

    After all these years. .its never too late. .deep poem. .Camelia.

  • Camelia
    Cameliaover 1 year ago

    reread it twice . .after i realized i had already left you my comment,beautiful and going to re favourite it. .

  • HamperRefuser
    HamperRefuserover 1 year ago

    Such a great piece of writing…

  • Your-Icarus
    Your-Icarusover 1 year ago

    I wasn’t expecting that ending… Great twist, Alan!