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Walter posted an update 14 hours ago
17/30 The Day I Said It Right
A not so rewritten Memory
Maybe it was the weight of time on my shoulders
Or the peace I’ve been trying to attain for years
But upon taking the step to close the chapter
I finally learned to deal with old doubts and fears
Maybe it’s the decades of molding and shaping
Therapies, seminars, classes or books I’ve read
Or the…
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16/30 A Different Kind of Goodbye
Rewriting Memory
I wished I could’ve said it in a different manner
Then again youth comes with vagary and caprice
Some facades will eventually crack or break down
And eventually the truth seeps out piece by piece
But it wasn’t so much me understanding my true worth
It was knowing that there was a promising path
And…
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Walter posted an update 2 days ago
15/30 The Second Before the Damage
Rewriting Memory
They say you should always choose your words carefully
Or you may encounter another person’s wrath
I wanted to hurt others intentionally
And my choice of words sent us on a different path
I heard myself say it calmly but with anger
In the heat of the moment I just didn’t care
My emotions were in a…
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Walter posted an update 3 days ago
14/30 The Day I Chose Differently
Rewriting Memory
Ever been in a tempting situation
Where you knew you had a great chance of success
Even if you knew you were being selfish
As greed pushed you to give in to that excess
You ever thought about the aftereffects
And played the play on stage in your mind’s eye
Knowing indulgence is just one choice away
But…
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Walter posted an update 4 days ago
13/30 The Missed Call I Answered
Rewriting Memory
And delivered right into temptation
My soul went from the smoke into the flame
Yet in a right state of mind and elation
I saw the likely consequences in frame
But the inclination and impulse lingered
Buried deep under layers of decorum
Like some dormant beast waiting to be triggered
In the furthest…
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Walter posted an update 5 days ago
12/30 The Door I Didn’t Slam
Rewriting Memory
I knew I tried to do my best to be honest
But sometimes some relationships don’t pan out
Even if there’s a light amidst kindred spirits
Feelings can dry up and go into a drought
And maybe it was the times and those days of youth
Like a rollercoaster – emotions ran wild
One day we’re all laughing and…
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Walter posted an update 6 days ago
11/30 the past with the edges sanded down
rewriting memory
pow! that’s when life hit me right square in the face
i had to quickly learn how to roll with the punch
but then that’s when i also lost all hope and faith
so i had to follow my instinct…with a hunch
adulthood can sometimes be cruel mother
when some of the lessons were harsh, brash but…
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Walter posted an update a week ago
10/30 The Version Without Hesitation
Rewriting Memory
Money, I chose money over education
Earning a living was a need but it had an effect
I made my way up but then I hit ceilings
I knew there was growth in me in retrospect
And no matter where I went or where I landed
I moved up in some way but couldn’t go higher
There was something missing I knew I had…
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Walter posted an update a week ago
09/30 A Version Without Regret
Rewriting Memory
I was in town visiting my son one Saturday
When I told him: “later we’ll go visit grandpa”
But time ran out and other plans got in the way
I didn’t call him and that’s always been my flaw
As the week went by, I just went about my way
With work and family matters I just carried on
And it wasn’t until…
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Walter posted an update a week ago
8/30 Before It Fell Apart (Revised)
Rewriting Memory
Perhaps it was because I was young and didn’t know
Or because I was depressed and at my wit’s end
That in making detailed plans to take my life
I was contradicting everything I had penned
I was in that dark place where I saw no light or hope
Unhappy with the situation I was in
So there I was, lost…
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Walter posted an update a week ago
7/30 The Look You Gave Me (Changed)
Rewriting Memory
There was always a kind of sadness in your eyes
Even when you were baby and looked at me
There was always this emotive tone in your voice
So young and yet so full of melancholy
In those days there was an innocence in your face
While I prayed that you’d remember our special time
But as you grew there…
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Walter posted an update a week ago
6/30 A Memory Without Silence
Rewriting Memory
She used to have this beautiful long jet-black hair
It’s one of my earliest childhood memories
She used to comb it right in front of the mirror
And then she’d wear other little accessories
There was one time when she didn’t say goodbye
She later confessed she didn’t want to hurt me
But at five I…
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Walter posted an update a week ago
5/30 The Version Where I Arrived Sooner
Rewriting Memory
Some three decades later, it haunts me in some way
I can still see the scene and scenario clear as day
Missed chances can taunt us in that constant replay
But even then, I knew the exact words to say
Yet now, in the version where I arrived sooner
Our talk would have had a little more…
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Walter posted an update a week ago
4/30 We Laugh Instead
Rewriting Memory
…and how does my family and I deal with trauma?
By making silly jokes of course after the fact
How do I handle a situation and drama?
With some sarcastic humor to remain intact
Along the way I’ve also learned to read the room
It’s been a bit of a challenge with autism
Though sometimes I’ve been off-putting and a…
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Walter posted an update 2 weeks ago
3/30 A Childhood with Better Lighting
Rewriting Memories
Never mind the bombs or images of war
Or the blind kid on the bus singing trying to make a living
How did we neglect the hungry and the destitute and the old?
But time does not forget
It just plays in a private theater
Like a matinee waiting for me to come in and watch
Amidst all that chaos…
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Walter posted an update 2 weeks ago
2/30 If I Had Turned Around
Rewriting Memories
If I had turned around that night and went home
I believe I would have ended up dead
The guilt I held never left me alone
Filling my head with never ending dread
If I had turned around that night and gone back
Within days we would have been at square one
But I would have sunk deeper…
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Walter posted an update in the studio
2 weeks agoThe NWP NaPoWriMo Writing Festival 2 weeks ago1/30 This Time, I Notice Everything
Rewriting Memories
I’ve been going through my old poetry
Remembering the things I left behind
And for some faults I rewrite a memory
As if atoning for my sins and crimes
I’ve been thinking about my penance
The anger that used to flow through my veins
The words we spat were poisonous venom –
Furious – while I…
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Walter posted an update 3 months ago
There is an inner storm brewing
Moving through the heart, mind and soul
And those tempting thoughts are strewing
On the verge of losing controlThe heart wants it bad piece by piece
The soul burns slowly with passion
While the mind fights pursuing peace
Machinations move in fashionThere’s a beautiful sensation
When the winds caress and enthrall
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Walter posted an update in the studio
10 months agoScrying a river of blood 10 months agoThank you for the invite and for sharing. Tried it twice myself in my early twenties when I went through a bout of depression. Can’t say that I don’t think about it every now and then, or now that my health has deteriorated would be more acceptable to let myself go. Poetry does let me have an outlet, to shed more light in the dark when I…
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