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Unfulfilled Hours
The emotional distance
from here to there is
insurmountable,
it is hidden inside
twisted time,
and cycloidal hours.
Elderly people age
in silence
alongside their forgotten
visions, and
inside the invisible emptiness,
of their forgotten memories.
Dreams appear as images
in sepia tintypes,
located in old faded
picture albums
in forgotten attics.
I sit among the ebbing hours,
of lost time,
remembering my youth, and
my heart feels the emptiness
of unfulfilled hours.
About the Author: James G. Piatt, an octogenarian, retired professor, poet, and novelist, lives in Santa Ynez, California, with his wife Sandy, and an Aussie dog named Scout. He has published five collections of poetry, The Silent Pond, Ancient Rhythms, LIGHT, Solace Between the Lines, and Serenity, over 1830 poems, five novels, and forty short fiction stories in hundreds of national and international literary publications. He was nominated twice for the Best of Net award, and four times for a Pushcart award. He earned his doctorate from BYU, and his BS and MA from California State Polytechnic University, SLO.
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