Nostalgia Revisited

Untenable routes and bridges of tension
Trips into the past I dare not to mention
Melancholy strolls down memory lane
Tours which are always so full of pain.

Haunting excursions to places well known
Nostalgic jaunts when our hearts were on loan
Avenues of sorrow and pain and regret
Temptations gateway, where we now stand and fret.

'Come to me' streets with pavements of desire
Each step was taken when hearts were on fire
Hopes squashed on lanes amongst leaves dying embers
The soul knows no solace but the mind still remembers.

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