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Margherita
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Eternity

0 posted 2012-08-09 01:53 PM

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The kindling of sorrow

My pain hangs out among white clouds,
it dances in the sun and in the rain,
it moves through the crowds of busy streets,
it climbs to the heights of stars at night,
it plunges into the depth of moon kissed ponds.

Sometimes it silently hums
the sublime tunes
you stirred within my heart
and stammers the words of love
that fell from your lips.
Often it eludes me
as if it wanted to spare me.

But there is that secret place,
a room without walls,
yet so precisely defined
by the volume of sighs
and by the tears’ growing size.
Tears like pearls of sorrow
that adorn my life,
dewdrops at dawn,
still reflecting your smile
for a brief moment in time.

There I lean into the emptiness
stretching to the breaking point,
till I wish I could be but a leave
among thousands of leaves,
whispering my story
through the breeze,
kindling my sorrow,
just to know
and feel once again
the depth of this bond
that blooms like flowers out of season ...

flowers of sorrow
that grow in gardens without fences
and spread their fragrance
in rooms without walls.
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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

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1 posted 2012-08-09 02:18 PM

You really outdid yourself with this beauty, Margherita.

"a room without walls,
yet so precisely defined
by the volume of sighs"

Doesn't get better than those three lines.

~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

JL
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since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

2 posted 2012-08-09 03:44 PM

"whispering my story
through the breeze,
kindling my sorrow,
just to know
and feel once again
the depth of this bond
that blooms like flowers out of season..."

Very nice write Margherita,
Visual of this verse is superb.
Enjoyed the read.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Sunshine

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3 posted 2012-08-09 03:55 PM

Margherita,

This is stunningly beautiful. I would want to receive this from a friend for any day that was shadowed in despair and loneliness, or the deepest of sorrow at the death of a beloved. You were touched by Grace when you penned this.

Love, K

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

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South Africa

4 posted 2012-08-09 04:16 PM

Oh, dear Margherita, this is an absolutely stunning write! So many good lines and so many that I can relate to. What is this thing called "life" that can cause the "kindling of sorrow" that you have so wonderfully described and yet on the other hand offer so many blessings?

My best to you.
Love
Helen

Startime1955
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since 2012-04-22

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Alberta, Canada

5 posted 2012-08-09 10:09 PM

"flowers of sorrow
that grow in gardens without fences
and spread their fragrance
in rooms without walls."
Your words touch deeply the heart that has known such feeling...you write what I have felt and understood...thank you..."BIG HUGS*

*may our dreams ever be magical*

Dark Stranger
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since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

6 posted 2012-08-10 12:54 PM

Ms Mar...your pen is lovely even when you draw sad pictures on the sky

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

7 posted 2012-08-10 02:22 PM

Your words are so gentle but they hold my heart in their grip... This is perfectly and profoundly beautiful!

Ericc
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Posts 4178

8 posted 2012-08-10 03:09 PM

poignantly beautiful Margherita.

Love,
Eric

Margherita
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Eternity

9 posted 2012-08-11 07:06 AM

Dear Jerry, thank you so much for your generous loving comment. I am glad you enjoyed my words.

It’s nice to see you visit Pip again, dear JL, and I thank you for stopping by and for enjoying my poem.

Dear Karilea, thank you from my heart for your loving comment. Yes, there is this sorrow that builds for many different reasons and accompanies us throughout life. It doesn’t keep us from loving life, but it reminds us of the impermanence of our sojourn and of our heart emotions. To make love last beyond human limits, that’s the challenge.

Yes, dear Helen, even our consciousness of all the blessings that shower us can’t heal us permanently from the “pain of living”, the sorrow for what we experience as loss or as injustice. You have got that right. Thank you for your loving comment.

Thank you so much, dear Karen, for feeling these emotions together with me. I enjoyed your comment.

It’s a joy to have you peek in here, dear D. Thank you. I love the vision of the sky as a screen for our soul talk. It offers infinite space forever renewable …

Thank you kindly, dear Ruth, for telling me your heart felt these words. That is deeply gratifying.

Dear Eric, thank you for being here and close to my heart always. You are the blessing I will forever be grateful for. With you I have learned the ways to transcend earthly limitations … such as the pain and sorrow I am speaking about here.

Love to all,
Margherita

ebonygirl
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California U.S.A

10 posted 2012-08-11 05:53 PM

Dear Marguerita,
A soul searching poem...
Exquisite!
Ms. E

BluesSerenade
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Posts 10549
By the Seaside

11 posted 2012-08-12 10:25 AM

Oh dear Lady you have done it again.
This reads like a prayer!!

Your insight is truly beyond words yet you manage to convey the love so eloquently.
YOu stir emotions and embrace the heart with a gentle pen, Margherita.

This is a real beauty!

Michael

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since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

12 posted 2012-08-12 01:19 PM

Wow. Poignant writing here, with vivid imagery. I truly felt this one.

Michael

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

13 posted 2012-08-12 06:37 PM

What a beautiful, sad poem, Margherita. I am well aquainted with the deep sorrow you write so well. You are truly a most talented poetess.
Ida

JamesMichael
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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

14 posted 2012-08-12 08:32 PM

Profound...one of your finest...James

Nigelinoz
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Victoria,Australia

15 posted 2012-08-13 06:39 AM

Simply gorgeous writing Margherita,vivid and the words seem to jump off the page at me.
One of the best I have seen.
Thank You
Cheers
N'oz

You may as well give cherries to a pig as give advice to a fool-
Irish Proverb

Margherita
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Posts 22236
Eternity

16 posted 2012-08-13 06:45 AM

Thank you, dear Ebonygirl, for your loving comment. Yes, it all happens at the level of our soul.

Dear Lori, thank you so much for your loving kindness that permeates your reply. I am so happy that you are here again.

Thank you dearly, dear Michael, for telling me you felt my words. It's the feeling that is known to every sensitive soul. Life is so drenched in fado tunes!

Dear Ida, thank you dear Poetess, for your sensitive comment. I know that you can relate, you capture life's vibrations so intensely.

Dear James, thank you so much for your kind appreciation.

Dear N'oz, thank you for your most loving comment. And welcome to Pip! It's nice to be enriched by your youthful poetic freshness.

Love to all.
Margherita

miscellanea
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Posts 4060
OH

17 posted 2012-08-13 06:23 PM

Margherita,

What an elegantly worded poem. I can't express how this has touched me.

Cathy

Margherita
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Eternity

18 posted 2012-08-13 06:39 PM

Dear (((((Cathy))))), thank you for your loving kindness and presence here. I reach across the world to send you my love and a strong hug.

Margherita

"Love is the One who masters all things;
I am mastered totally by Love."
(Rumi)

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