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1slick_lady
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since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

0 posted 2007-04-11 10:01 PM



I Fly


I connect the dots
in the scribbles of myself
crossing through things
still there as I live my poetry
here it truly is where I am
between this line and that one
working out some wording
that fits the true definition
of whom it is I am
color seems beyond me
in a fingertips touch at
times in the black and white
but I am in comfort there
even when I seem quiet
you do not like my quiet
it is uneasy and worries you
you say that I have
a heart that bleeds in ink
with what it takes to fly
floating free within that voice
the song of an untamed bird
on wind beyond onion skin
depth perception has never
been a strong suit in flight
I just did not judge the distance
and now after you spoke
so sadly of my silence
that I now realize
how deep in me
words and I truly are
so from now on
words and I again
shall fly


“but I'm so hard to handle
I'm selfish
and I'm sad”…Joni Mitchell


[This message has been edited by 1slick_lady (04-11-2007 10:56 PM).]

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with you
1 posted 2007-04-11 11:49 PM


"you say that I have
a heart that bleeds in ink"


yes...

this is so awesome...

Startime55
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since 2003-04-05
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Alberta, Canada
2 posted 2007-04-12 12:45 PM


Each poem you write peels layers of the onion aside showing us more of the wonderful person you are...Wonderful writing....*Big Hugs*
nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29
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Between the Lines
3 posted 2007-04-12 07:42 PM


but I am in comfort there
even when I seem quiet


yes your words show a comfort level making it nice to read...
M

The Lady
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since 2005-12-26
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The Southwest
4 posted 2007-04-14 09:18 PM




"the song of an untamed bird
on wind beyond onion skin"


profound work Helen


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