NOSTALGIA...

NOSTALGIA..
Too many yesterday's have
traveled through eternity..
Too many sunsets have closed
a days long destiny ..
All have vanished into memories
 that linger, float aimlessly within..
Often or until brought about by
a fleeting thought or sight that
 brings it back again..
A scent, a scene, a color,
or a repetitive dream..
Nostalgia holds our past
to which we cling..
Sentiments, secrets, sacrifices
build monuments within
the confines of our being..
Clouded visions of what was
parades through our memories
that orchestrates a song we sing..
School, marriage, friends, family,
children, are kindly and joyfully
remembered through nostalgia ..
 ..
Nostalgia melts our hearts as we
linger briefly as it is recalled..
Sentiment, tears, even heartbreak
are part of it all..
Nostalgia brings back the child
we thought we had left behind..
Only to rekindle a forgotten
burning ember burning inside..
Fleeting are those long forgotten
times we held so dear..
Timeless nostalgia holds them
sublimely near..

Patsy McNutt Morgan
10/10/15