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Alone On a Desert Island.
I miss the before
I miss the soft kisses of the rain
I miss the laughter in the before
I miss the love that I adored
Before I was on the desert island
Alone
Never held onto
How the rain falled
Never noticed
How much we laughed
Never valued
The love of others
Before I was on the desert island
Alone
Now looking back
To the before
I cannot remember
My mother’s laugh
I can remember
Her face, her voice
But her laugh is forever gone
Like footprints in the sand
I wish I could
Go back to the before
Before I was on the desert island
Alone
The sun can rise a thousand times
The tide can come and go
The memories can fade
But my will
Will forever grow
To go back to the before
Before I was on the island
Alone
In the distance
I see the before
I try to swim across the sea
But failure is my only company
I realize I cannot go
Back to the before
I am stuck on this island
Alone
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I wrote this piece to comply with my teacher's writing prompt, "Stuck on a Desert Island". Most people would list all the things that they would carry with them, or how they would escape. However, I took the prompt and changed it around, I wrote a poem about the speaker, for whatever the reason is stuck on a desert island (representing the present). The speaker wants to go back the the before (or the past) to hold onto all the memories that he has forgotten over the years of being on the "Island". I know that this poem ends on a sad note, but it carries a meaningful message, you can't change the past, and you can't go back, you just have to enjoy the present. That is what the speaker needs to realize. The speaker needs to move on.