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The Garden |
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allan Senior Member
since 2000-04-09
Posts 620On the road 
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In each heart is a door which in childhood is well oiled, finely fashioned sunlit by day, sweetly shadowed by night the path to the door is clear and bright that in childhood is open wide As years flow on the wood stained by time is blocked by ivys all around that hide the shining light and the path less travelled lies hidden weed covered Once in a time you find your way by accident of dream you find a crack where light still shines through which you creep and find within A Garden All time there within its walls is changed and all paths blur going who knows where only a mind's eye takes you there where the light shines in mystic rhythms of sleep Dreamy shadows cross perfect lawns where you played unknown at dawn and objects stand in perfect form reflecting thoughts, or dreams that were Here worlds within worlds live, grow and die unseen dark secrets played out in convoluted labyrinths of mysterious purpose that echo in our dreams shown only by the smiles of unrevealed passions below minds light that are to us only symbols of what was, a lighthouse, a sunset, twin stars in endless night Tall conifers too deep green and unfathomable dark whisper in the aeolian wind merging at senses end with sounds of panpipes at the edge of time Wandering through deep grasses we are caressed by the bliss of forgetting, in mazes of emotion lost crying tears of joy and pain at the dying of the light And in the distance the turqouise days of far off summers glint from rock pools on an endless coast gazing at the far horizon God's brow, unfurrowed Sensing a reflection at the corner of mind's eye a flicker of presence that sparkles eternal you stop and hear of who you are or were or hoped for In the days of youth or in lost adulthood or in dreams eternal or at the moment of death beckoning beyond the here stands the door in your heart to there it stands open again awakening the lost longing for the garden The inner voice calls to the ancient green place where wandering you feel to be dreaming and believing all is new so far is childhood gone and remembrance faded Through the ancient park and the thousand paths in reverie walking you find the high plateau where the sundial waits beside a peaceful pool Peering through a maze of dreams at reflections drifting seeing lost moments of lifes passing sunshine and clouds and sunrising the life you spent is leaving and the pool is peaceful once more And grasping God's sleeve for anchor then you glide through the pool to a deeper dream and swim then for an unseen shore [This message has been edited by allan (edited 09-10-2000).] |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Very beautifully done, Allan! I love it! Denise |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Allan~ This is a brilliantly done piece. You touched so many memories that it's hard to find just one phrase that is a favorite - Sooooooooo I shall continue to enjoy it over and over again. I did like this immensely - 'Sensing a reflection at the corner of mind's eye a flicker of presence that sparkles eternal you stop and hear of who you are or were or hoped for' Marvelous work, Allan. I tell you that there are Spirits Walking in the forums today. Thank you for sharing it here in Open !  ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
OMG! This was awesome! I'm left speechless. Such beauty portrayed in life! This was really EXCELLENT! Captured me from beginning to end! <*\\\>< Be an organ donor...give your heart to Jesus! |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Allan, this is most excellent. The whole poem is enticing, but I loved the ending line. Great work. Today is a gift.... That is why they call it 'the Present'! |
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allan Senior Member
since 2000-04-09
Posts 620On the road |
I'm really pleased you liked this. It started with a germ of an idea earlier today and after a lot of work I'm fairly pleased with it myself... Thank you. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Fantastic...I am amazed and pleased as I flow thru the magic of this poem...James |
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allan Senior Member
since 2000-04-09
Posts 620On the road |
Thanks James. As I read it over again now I see how influenced I was by the game 'MYST' that I used to play eons ago... |
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