BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES, NO 2, NAPOWRIMO

deuxiemepeau02/04/201802/04/2018Poetryage, BORDERS, boundaries, Change, Going Back, Identity, NaPoWriMo, Series, Sunflowers

You cannot go back,

to return does not mean to rerun,

I recognise these streets,

recall a certain laugh,

a twisted lie,

an open door,

but my footprints have changed,

I cannot find the same sunflower

I drew when I was younger

than this youth I now cling to

and so many

of those old doors have twisted

and the lies opened out to be

nothing more than lessons.

I cannot go back,

the streets now wear shadows

that never fell from my form.

All words and drawings by Damien B. Donnelly

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11 thoughts on “BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES, NO 2, NAPOWRIMO”

memadtwo says:

02/04/2018 at 14:53

We can never really return, can we? Even our memories are in constant flux. (K)

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1. deuxiemepeau says:
  
  02/04/2018 at 19:08
  
  Complicated creatures we are!!!
  
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Jennifer G. Knoblock says:

02/04/2018 at 17:41

“but my footprints have changed”–love how you put that

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1. deuxiemepeau says:
  
  02/04/2018 at 19:08
  
  Thanks Jennifer 🤗
  
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merrildsmith says:

02/04/2018 at 22:37

We cannot go back, but we can add new footprints in new places. And draw a sunflower bouquet. 🙂

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merrildsmith says:

02/04/2018 at 22:38

Oh also–interesting theme you have for NaPoWriMo, Damien.

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1. deuxiemepeau says:
  
  03/04/2018 at 08:25
  
  I thought it might help to already have some boundaries to bounce off for the month as time is always fleeting
  
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  1. merrildsmith says:
    
    03/04/2018 at 13:22
    
    🙂
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Paula Antonello Moore says:

05/04/2018 at 23:55

❤️❤️

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1. deuxiemepeau says:
  
  07/04/2018 at 17:13
  
  Thank you Paula 🤗🤗
  
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