Memories of you

philip lacey 1956 (United Kingdom)



As the daylight breaks brings another day
Waking to reality my thoughts begin to stray
I find myself in distant lands in a market place
From a building comes a girl I recognise her face

She pauses for a moment to watch some children play
Leaving with a kindly smile she carries on her way
A church bell rings for morning mass as birds take off in flight
High up in a clear blue sky the sun is shining bright

Traveling the course of my life
With memories of pleasure and pain
Recalling those moments in time
Again and again and again

As the years drift by situations change
Ideals I once held high I’ve had to rearrange
Like a river flowing down from mountains to the sea
The times we shared together then come rushing back to me

Traveling the course of my life
With memories of pleasure and pain
Recalling those moments in time
Again and again and again
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Submitted by musopa on May 09, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme aabb aacc DEFG hhii DEFG
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 836
Words 161
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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