Analysis of From Nostalgia to You
Cal O’Brien 1999 (Gloucestershire)
I remember you and I
I remember the summers, the winters, the springs and the autumns too.
I remember the peace and the excitement as it was yesterday. With you I always felt so high.
I remember the drive to your folks place.
I remember the lonely feeling of the seemingly unending drive home.
I remember the impending feeling of dread wash over me when it began to get late.
I remember all the times I was this close to asking you on a date.
I remember thinking I’d built up the courage, only for my words to betray me and my throat to grow dry.
I remember the fear I felt each time, I was afraid of ruining the moment, how silly was I?
I remember the look you’d give me when your mum told me an embarrassing story about you when you were younger.
I remember how you’d try to justify what you did back then or insist that she had it wrong. She’d always declare she knew best because she was your mother.
I remember how desperately your sisters wanted to make me laugh and how much fun they had telling me your worst habit.
I remember you all play fighting in the living room.
I remember finding it hilarious when they banded together against the monster you would try to inhabit.
You couldn’t quite do it justice, could you?
I remember the sweaty palms I felt when your father asked for a moment to speak privately.
I remember feeling as though there was thin ice beneath my feet.
I remember the overwhelming feeling of anxiety.
I remember what he said, it was the reverse of what I imagined.
I remember being speechless at the sound of his words.
I remember how he wanted the best for you and how in that moment we both seemed to hope that was me.
That gave me what I needed to finally ask you on that date, or so I hoped. Every time I tried my thoughts were met with a fear of ruining the moment. How silly was I?
I remember sitting on your bed running my fingers through your hair as you rested your head on my lap, tears running down your perfect face.
I remember feeling a fraction of the pain you constantly tried to hide whenever you felt safe enough to be vulnerable with me.
I remember how much you hated being at your folks place.
I remember it all you see. Every time we walked the dog, every time we laughed at your sister’s crazy dance moves or her awful jokes.
I remember your mothers cooking; you and I washing up after and how you’d always flick the water at me.
I remember how close we’d get as I tried to stop you.
I remember how still everything would seem in the moment. Then came the embarressment painted on both our faces when your mum walked into the kitchen.
Being with you, I never knew I could feel so free.
I remember it all you see? That'll have to be good enough for me.
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Characters | 2,763 |
Words | 563 |
Sentences | 37 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 3, 3, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 69 |
Words per line (avg) | 17 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
About this poem
The following is a letter written from nostalgia to love. The poem is an insight into the mind of someone who never forgot the feeling of first love.
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