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Things I Miss

I miss the age of
dissociative "innocence"
when I didn't "know"
what was really going on.

I miss living across the street
from the owner of
the Mr. Softee truck.

I miss sitting on the porch
on warm summer days
watching the rain.

I miss the anticipation of
a possible white Christmas.

I miss dancing lessons,
tap and ballet,
and recitals with costumes.

I miss rushing home
from dance practice
to watch "Batman" on TV.

I miss thinking that my parents
were safe people.

I miss the summer classes
at the YMCA...
tumbling and cooking
and summer movies.

I miss riding my bike like the wind,
pretending it was a horse
and that I was someplace
far away.

I miss thinking life was simple.
Oh wait...
did I ever really think that?

I wish I could remember my sister,
so that I could miss her more.

There are many things I miss in life,
friends I've lost touch with,
loved ones who live far away.

I miss my back home therapist
and other people
who have touched my life.

I miss riding my motorcycle
and the feeling of freedom
it gave me.


But most of all,
I think I miss the memories
that are lost
in a cloud of amnesia.

Then again,
maybe it is good that
they are buried.

Author notes

Mr. Softee was an ice cream truck that sold soft ice cream in cones.

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  • StarOfDreams23
    August 14, 2008
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    That sounds so sad. I know how you feel. Well not all the way. In a different way.


  • K-9
    August 4, 2008

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    Your words recall to mind many of my own childhood memories. While I didn't have a Mr. Softee across the street, we did have an ice delivery truck. Thank you for the reminder of simpler times.
    ~woof

    "Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then"
    --Bob Seger, Against The Wind

  • cirque du soleil
    August 3, 2008

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    woow...i looove your ending, and how you said you miss remembering...

    i disagree though..memories are never better off buried...

    but i love love love the ending!! i can totally relate to some of the things you mentioned here..riding my bike...and you describe things so beautifully and childlike...

    great!!


  • Flare the Arcphoenix
    August 1, 2008

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    I feel almost as if I had written this myself...if nothing else, you have tested my memory boundaries.

    But, of course, you have done much more than that. You depicted every aspect of one's "innocent" childhood (I like how you put quotes around that, too)...even through the stuff we can't remember, you've identified solace in the fact that they may be better off forgotten. I liked it to the end. ^.^

    Great job! Good luck in the contest!

    --Flare
    o}--{=======>


  • Auburn Sunrise gold member
    July 27, 2008

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    I love this.
    Seriously, every line screams my thoughts and feelings, my past and present.

    Especially the last two stanzas.

    You had wonderful little details, and I'm impressed with your ability to really look into the deeper, perhaps darker side of missing something... the fact that maybe some things aren't meant to be remembered or missed.

    Great job!!! Thanks for entering and good luck!!!

    PS - I LOVE ice-cream trucks!!!

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