Love Poem: Dust From the Past
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Written by: Earl Schumacker

Dust From the Past

Dust From The Past

Vanishing lines of time like wrinkles sleep
Through sand and dust dark ages dry
Stretch back as filtered thoughts we try to keep
As it stings the eyes through memory as we cry

For love, one true love, is it there once more?
Is it there lost in the fog, lost like war?

We struggle like swinging strings back to the past
Gather like dust forming on the mantel piece
When we reach our destination there at last
We rest upon the fire place with peace

Two specks of dust resting side by side
Rebirth upon the fire place of past desires
Perhaps all fires burn out in times lost tide
We raise a glass that our love will not expire  


Created on 10/23/14 for- Pick A Title – Poetry Contest