by Mandi -Watch where the chalk-white arrows go. To the place where the sidewalk ends. S.S.
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January 24, 2006

I Didn't Know

June 06, 2006 09:29 PM EDT
views: 131 | rating: 9.8/10 (18 votes) | comments: 37

I didn't know you'd be something to miss

Stored Away, returned on the whisper of the wind

The memory of one perfect kiss

The deliciousness of young love floods my brain

Rain washes over my soul and you envelop me

A moment once forgotten-- never meant to contain

I didn't know you'd be something to miss
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Comments: 37

Digital Dogs Jun 6, 2006, 9:34pm EDT
Beautiful Mandi! You captured that moment of missing something so important! You made me remember.
Pam F. Jun 6, 2006, 9:37pm EDT
the one that got away.... what were you thinking? Sigh! I keep telling my Brother in Law he will be singing that song soon if he doesn't cough up a ring for his sweetie! Great poetry Mandi!
I have been nastologic for first kisses and love lately.... why oh why can't we go back in time?
Linda Douglas Jun 6, 2006, 9:39pm EDT
That was perfect!! I've had that feeling.
Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer Jun 6, 2006, 9:53pm EDT
OUCH.. I'll bet you catch everyone with this. Very nice, Mandi. Now, pass the tissues.
Vicky P. Jun 6, 2006, 10:55pm EDT
Funny just the other day I was thinking of my first love.
This was beautiful baby.
I love you
Momy
Kathryn E. Jun 6, 2006, 11:24pm EDT
why oh why Mandi, this is so lovely...Absolutely one of your best !!!
Peter M. Jun 6, 2006, 11:30pm EDT
You certainly caught me with that one... setting off a mood of reminiscing, and of wondering why it has been so many years, and where those years went...
elise p Jun 6, 2006, 11:31pm EDT
mandi so clean, lovely, profound in so few words.
jessie voigts Jun 7, 2006, 12:08am EDT
lovely! i'll take a kiss today over a first kiss any day!!
Cheryl W. Jun 7, 2006, 12:46am EDT
I love this!
Edward Nudelman Jun 7, 2006, 1:46am EDT
Beautiful Mandi
John Dice Jun 7, 2006, 2:03am EDT
ahhh.................... the cinderalla kiss.......the one where dreams come true...
................i want it.............kiss me now.......
Deborah W. Jun 7, 2006, 7:00am EDT
Very romantic. I love the brevity of the piece. I enjoyed the read.
rochelle moore Jun 7, 2006, 7:32am EDT
Excellent poem. Your imagery, tempo are just brilliant.
donna f. Jun 7, 2006, 7:56am EDT
Lovely, Mandi
thanks everyone.. kisses to you all ;-)
Jake S. Jun 7, 2006, 7:49pm EDT
I don't know this piece was so inspired or not, but it strikes me as something that could have been inspired by one of those dreams that you wake up from and really wish you could have kept sleeping.

That's how I read the line "Stored Away, returned on the whisper of the wind"

Very nice, Mandi.
thanks Jake.. this is from an actual kiss I had with my first love almost 20 years ago. Had I known it would be the last....I would have bottled it some how.
Madame Donna C. Jun 7, 2006, 10:14pm EDT
Mandi, this was lovely and so full of sentiment. thanks.
Spencer T. Jun 8, 2006, 1:38am EDT
Precious like
the breath of the wind
wispering to an old love,
where've you been.

Soft and tingly
felt it as it go
linger fingertips
but, I didn't know.

Lovely, Mandi
thanks donna and spencer ;-)
Scott L. Jun 8, 2006, 11:12am EDT
It makes me think back to a time before I understood that a simple twist of fate can change that which seems immutable.

Thanks for reminding us to live for the moment Mandi!!
Thank YOU Scott ;-)
Laurie White Jun 9, 2006, 1:04pm EDT
Young love and great kisses *sigh*
Plain ol' Becky S. Jun 9, 2006, 1:17pm EDT
Great post Mandi.
Even those of us that have love, still have the craving for the feeling of the first kiss...or sometimes the last kiss of something long ago.
I thought this was beautiful.
Like Jake, it made me think of waking up from a dream of remembering something lost and forgotten.
thanks laurie and becky... I have been married for almost 13 years.. it is nice to think about those first kisses though ;-)
Lisa B. Jun 10, 2006, 2:23pm EDT
This is beautiful and makes me yearn for days gone by also.
Leah Christensen Jun 10, 2006, 6:05pm EDT
Lovely but heart-breaking to miss someone
thanks all ;-) not so much missing someone.. missing the kiss.
Aileen F. Jun 12, 2006, 3:18pm EDT
Sweet sentiment, Mandi!
Jim Jonsen Jun 12, 2006, 5:28pm EDT
i like this, Mandi. It reminded me of an Otis Redding song, "Dreams to Remember"...
gibbs williams Jun 14, 2006, 1:14am EDT
I find the line "returned on the whisper of the wind" eloquent. May I quote you?
thanks all ;-)

Jim, Otis Redding.. what a compliment!
Gibbs, quote if you like, but remember me when doing it ;-)
anna g. vanwinkle Jun 18, 2006, 11:09pm EDT
This was juicy. Loved it!
Natalie ! Sep 27, 2006, 12:08pm EDT
Thanks Mandi I loved it. It reminded me of my husband.

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