January 29, 2022 · 11:10 pm
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Can We? – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: The remains of a railway worker’s house at Yellowdine.

“Sometimes the things you remember are more real than the things you see.” Arthur Golden

Can We?

I thought I remembered this place,
but my feelings were clouded and I
couldn't  recover what it was that 
I had expected of this moment, 
all vested in cherished memories now 
unrealised in the faces of strangers,
and changes everywhere interfering 
in my attempts to find connections,
and I asked myself once again,
can we ever go back?


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18 responses to “Can We? – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon”

  1. earthwalking13
    January 29, 2022 at 11:32 pm

    I’m not sure we can. Nothing seems or feels to be the same in this hazy world of recollection

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  3. datta
    January 30, 2022 at 8:16 am

    That’s what we need to always keep in Mind!

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  4. rabirius
    January 30, 2022 at 11:35 am

    Beautifully expressed.

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  5. Chris Hall
    January 30, 2022 at 1:04 pm

    Sometimes it’s better not to try. Just hold onto the memories.

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  6. Liz Gauffreau
    January 30, 2022 at 1:10 pm

    Try as we might, we can’t go back–unless we write about it.

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  8. VJ Knutson
    January 30, 2022 at 9:31 pm

    Something tugs but really, we can’t recapture the moment.

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