Mikius29 Apr 2003
I think you misunderstand. My aim here was to make it unspecific, alluring to a feeling rather than a set place or time. I appreciate you comments, but it's not the direction I want to take the poem in. The idea is more of the man trapped within himself, talking to no-one but himself, and torn, cast aside. I feel someone in that state is to emotionally involved to look back and smile, or remind himself as he is plagued with self doubt.
Anyway, I appreciate your help and might consider doing something along those lines, but if you don't like this as it is, I'm sorry, but I don't plan to radically re-work it (for the moment, anyway)