Close My Eyes

Loving and losing love is part of life. Love it can be one the best sensations or the most damaging emotions one can endure. I am a hopeless romantic and always will be—it can be a blessing or a curse depending on the situation. I know of others that are like me. Are you one? Folks like me always think it is romantic trying to fight the odds and win someone back—that in the end you will find true happiness. Where hope used to wait in our hearts sometimes we only find a cold and unmoving rock. In time we realize there is nothing romantic about constantly trying to win the love of another. So, you get up and dust yourself off and move on—all is good until the darkness settles in for the night and you close your eyes.

Close My Eyes
When the night sets in I close my eyes,
Memories of you until the morning sunrise.
Begin as photos then becomes a moving picture show,
The happiness and the sadness begin the slow flow.
Thoughts of you laying with me I carry in my soul,
That snapshot of us warms me when the nights get cold.
In my heart you are still with me – it is true,
In the dark I close my eyes and still think of you.
Remembrances of you I carry in my heart and soul,
Down the lane of memories my emotions take a stroll.
Close my eyes and the bliss is replaced by tears,
Losing memories of what was our love is one of my fears.
I will always wonder on that day we decided to part,
If I can repair the hole that appeared within my heart.
Close my eyes I tell myself, “I am doing just fine.”
Oh, Honey that’s not true if you could only read my mind.
Kurt James
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Kurt James was born and raised in the foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. With family roots in western Kansas and having lived in South Dakota for 20 years Kurt naturally had become an old western and nature enthusiast. Over the years Kurt has become one of Colorado’s prominent nature photographer’s through his brand name of Midnight Wind Photography. His poetry has been featured in the Denver Post, PM Magazine and on 9NEWS in Denver, Colorado. Kurt is also a feature writer for HubPages and Creative Exiles with the article’s focused on Colorado history, ghost towns, outlaws, and poetry. Inspired at a young age by writers such as Jack London, Louis L’Amour and Max Brand have formed Kurt’s natural ability as a storyteller. Kurt has published 7 novels all based in and around the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Using the Midnight Wind Publishing brand Kurt has also released a poetry collection called the wandering man collection - Poetry and Thoughts of a Wandering Man - (Uniquely Colorado edition) and now this collection - Poetry and Reflections of a Wandering Man (Random Thoughts edition). Kurt has also published 3 historical reference books, and one humor book. All are available in print or download on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads and other fine bookstores. And a few shady bookstores as well. Kurt is working on his 9th Colorado adventure tale novel “Rocky Mountain Moonshiner”.

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