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To: Robert Douglas Hickey who wrote (198)3/3/1999 9:20:00 AM
From: Robert Douglas Hickey  Respond to of 1582
 
Nostalgia (restruck)

Nostalgia

Innocent and Ideal

my breath, in ragged gasps

Innocence and Idealism

my tears, unfettered and profuse

Innocents born free of guilt, free of guile

my ragged rages, unfettered and profuse

Idealistic children, fire is beautiful until it burns.

My breath, My tears, My rued rages:
every word spoken through clenched teeth
every hand raised, every fist even those concealed
every fit of pique and spite, every action diminishing

the innocence, the idealism of my children.

Nostalgia, the lost
like a gutted monastery
bereft of spirit, only foundations remaining
the hardest stones, for future contemplation.

RDH