Casa's poetry part 2

[casa]

Wise men say that time heals all wounds,
I used to believe that.
There was a time when I thought that what hurt us today I would laugh
  at tomorrow.
But time has gone by and I seem to laugh less and less.
The wound that you left behind has left a scar.
One that I think cannot be removed.
I thought that time would blot out the memory of my love for you.
That it would erase your face, your smile and your voice,
That I would be able to face you and not feel anything.
But these many months later I cannot look upon your face without it
  hurting.
In that split second that I see you and look into your eyes I know that the
  love is still there buried deep within my heart.
In that one small moment the memories of a lifetime rush back to taunt
  me, to show that the freedom I thought I'd won really isn't there afterall.
The pleasure of loving you lasted only a moment.
But the pain of loving you will be with me a lifetime.
Just when I think I've won, you come back to haunt me.
I see your face in my dreams and no matter how hard I try to erase you,
   you stay stamped on my mind.
I remember how I needed you and how you held me in your arms and
  made all the hurt vanish.
But I also remember how when I needed you most of all I looked and you
  were gone. leaving nothing but more hurt behind.
But your leaving is not what hurts the most right now.
For I know that someday in the distant future I will be able to accept your
  leaving.
I will be able to erase at least part of the hurt.
But what I will never get over is the fact that when I look at you I see a
  stranger.
You've become someone I never knew.
But sometimes when I look into your eyes I catch a glimpse of the person
  I love so deeply.
Someone who is gone forever.
So I will remember and shed a tear or two for what was and what now
  never can be.


Graduation

Spring, rain, flowers
Freedom, presents and happy hours
Parties, college, cap and gown
Spending all night out on the town
A beginning and an end
Old memories and new friends
Happy days, senior dance
Old enemies, your last chance
The memory of four great years
Happiness, sadness and many tears!

[Tylergal]

I love it.  I especially loved the graduation poem.  It is wonderful.  They are all so enjoyable but that one really touched my fancy, almost an American version of haiku, which I like but in a more rhythmic fashion.  Neat and well said.

[casa]

I posted the graduation poem last night in honor of my youngest.  She has not had one best friend throughout high school but there has been a group of about 8 girls who have been best friends and done everything together:  cheerleading, campfire, clubs at school, etc.  Even when they had boyfriends they still did things together as much as possible.  Usually that many girls can't be that close and get along but this group has been different.  My home has been lively and full of girls many times!!! Well, they all graduated this year and are going to college.  They are going to 3 different colleges.  Most of them are going to Univeristy of Arkansas and were leaving today.  Last night they all got together at the local Baskin Robbins to visit and say good bye.  My baby is the only one going to a college in Louisiana that is sort of a family tradition with us and she won't be leaving for about 2 weeks.  She came home last night completely upset.  That is why I got off the computer after saying hello.  She wanted her mom to hold her while she cried!  I cried with her.  I know if she can get through the next 2 weeks she will be ok.  When she goes to college she will be in the same town as her older sister and only a few minutes away from her middle sister who is staying with their dad and commuting to college. Also her roommate is going to be a girl who she met at her part time job this year who attended a smaller school in our area.  They have become good friends over the past year.  But her situation made me think about that poem and after she went to sleep I got back on the computer and posted it but everyone had left already.