Sweet Regress (An Original Poem)

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Deep within our branches
we long to move
to an ever-new wilderness,
explore grassy fields unknown.

We crave an alternate reality,
to escape the long, dry
years of life and all of the
differing aspects of our sorrow.

I wish to revisit those moments
my subconscious has hidden,
those treasured memories
of innocence and of laughter.

So many times I was stolen away,
transported to a land of magic,
fueled by imagination, lack of cares,
and warm rays of sun.

In this life, fate will take from you
all that it can steal but from our memories
we read a completely different story…
we are limitless, we belong to no one.


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An excellent, expressive poem. And gif-animation perfectly complements it.

Thank you @doctormucle!

Great introspective poem. We are limited only my what we can imagine.

Nice poem

Thank you!

Fantastic! "We are limitless, we belong to no one." Such a great sentiment! Love all the insights in this wonderful poem Eric!

Thank you my friend!

Indeed! This made me wanna visit the countryside near my village. :)

Very good your post poetry @ericvancewalton. I like it :-)

So glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!

You are welcome @ericvancewalton

Dr @ericvancewalton great writing.Thanks for good post. i like and following.

Thanks, I appreciate the comment!

Hi @ericvancewalton
I really like your writing.
Your writing makes me wonder.
How do you tell it, is this a true story or just a fiction.
But this makes it look like your writing.
Good luck. I hope to get your next article.

Thank you very much, @riko! With my poetry, there's usually a bit of personal truth in it. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

yes very happy to enjoy your poetry. especially if this is the story of life in adopted in poetry. lately I have also written some poems. if you are not busy please visit my blog page. thank you

we are limitless, we belong to no one..Awesome lines.
Connected with ur posts. Upvoted and followed. Hope u follow me back :)

I'm glad you connected with it. Thanks!

those treasured memories
of innocence and of laughter.

It amazes me how we all long for simpler things, and wonder at the imagination and innocence of a child.

It's so true. Our memory often paints the past as being better than it really was, in my experience. Woody Allen totally pegged in the film Midnight In Paris.

This poem traveled to us to a large extent within this experience of a poet who mastered the art of poetic writing where the poem coloring different than the details for the moment that gives the humain the pleasure of things

Very poetic comment @mageofor! Thanks!

Saya ingin selalu mendengarkan puisi mu @ericvancewalton karena puisi mu sangat indah untuk di lantunkan, sekarang saya mengikuti mu jadi bersenang-senanglah 😀

Terima kasih kerana kata-kata baik anda. Saya gembira anda menikmati puisi saya!

We always want to do or have something new, out of the ordinary, and the only limit is our own mind, that is our worst enemy.

I read this 3 times and each time it took on more depth. You've captured a piece of what I'm living each day...a reckoning with the present, my longings, a more playful free past yet knowing I can have it any moment I choose to relax into the present.

(whoops hit post before finishing by mistake !)
This feels very personal for me, thanks! Love your poetry and am so glad you're keeping it up

Ahh, I'm so glad it resonated with you Ruth. It's it great to know we can relive those treasured moments in a split second? For some reason the Sesame Street theme started running through my head the other day. It was like I was instantly transported to the mid-70's. Thanks for your comments my friend!

Hi @ericvancewalton the imageries with which you express your desires to yearn is so profounding. I enjoyed each stanza.

@josediccus here

Hey @josediccus! Glad you enjoyed my work! Thank you.

My pleasure @ericvancewalton verse up 🙌🙌🙌🙌

nice poem....

Saya ingin selalu mendengarkan puisi mu @ericvancewalton karena puisi mu sangat indah untuk di lantunkan, sekarang saya mengikuti mu jadi bersenang-senanglah 😀

Beautiful wording poetry