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c_fuller
Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 52
california

0 posted 2008-03-30 01:31 PM

for years, ages then,
beauty tried to catch my eye.

tried to snare my soul in
her velvet grasp.

she called my name,
she may as well have been screaming in digital
or speaking in pantomime.

when my daughter was born
i caught a glance of beauty.
we greeted each other as enemies,
sizing up each other in traitorous eyes.

as i watched my child grow,
beauty and i came to be friends.
on speaking terms anyway.

then,
little by little,
day by day,
moment by torturous moment,
beauty chose to leave me.

she took my daughter with her,
and my mother soon followed.
I damned beauty,
cast her shadow away from me.

for ages i lived in the dark.
i viewed the world with disdain.

i closed myself off to everyone.
i became,
i became a shadow.

then one day,
beauty threw a pebble in the ocean
and changed it forever.

she came calling in the guise
of a kindred soul.
she wouldnt take no for an answer,
even if i was capable of denying her.

beauty brought to me a gift.
a beauty of my own.

she brought me you.

the cure for my hating soul.

and through you she has shown me
the beauty that resides in me.
in the eyes of a once-haunted man.

what do you say to the greatest gift of all ?
what words could possibly convey the beauty that
you bring to my life ?

there are no words.

only,

thank you.

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1 posted 2008-03-30 02:21 PM

C_fuller,

"Thank you" are two fine words.

Bobby

1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

2 posted 2008-03-30 02:29 PM

through love
all things are
possible

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2008-03-30 02:57 PM

I'm glad beauty spoke and you listened.
Obviously your poetry comes from someone who has something to give.
Ida

Seoulair
Senior Member

since 2008-03-27

Posts 807
Seoul S.Korea

4 posted 2008-03-30 10:33 PM

a beauty and true beauty does speak volumes to right listener.
A wonderful poem.

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

5 posted 2008-03-30 10:37 PM

stunning write... enjoyed this very much... love RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

6 posted 2008-04-01 06:20 AM

Enjoyed...James

effjayel
Senior Member

since 2007-09-30

Posts 1474
At the Crossroads of Infinity

7 posted 2008-04-01 04:26 PM

c-fuller, I enjoyed this however, it doesn't "sit" right with me due to the formatting. I know Bobby will disagree most vehemently, but I like to see capital i etc in poetic posts....just a personal preference & probably wrong but there you go....John

c_fuller
Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 52
california

8 posted 2008-04-01 08:40 PM

actually, on every site i post on, people tell me about the capital i's. or assume i am aping e e cummings.

in actuality, im just lazy. hehe

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