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Emotional highs, and lows, stir

The echoes of memories grown

Old … Let not this heart within in pain,

But rise above it all, in sweetest gain!

Yet, in time, these feelings shall fade,

As the sun chases away the night, to

Give birth to yet another day.  And as

The last star winks out, a wish goes

Out, in hopes of being reached, accepted.

Guarded, this heart is, for it shall not

Want to be led astray.  For if it wanders

Off the beaten trail, misty eyed full of

Tears just might prevail.  Speak not now,

Of former heartache and pain, but linger

Now upon the joyous waves that bring

Blissful dreams to the waking state. 

But these emotions, they are not wanted!

Please help purge them from the mind, I

Beg of thee.  Let me toil in this day, and

Hold onto that perfect moment, without

The knowledge of ‘what if’.  Spoil not

The image and break not the heart, as I

Seek and go forth, come what may.

(c) 2003 A Riddle