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Martie

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0 posted 2001-04-19 09:18 PM

Everything I Never Could Become

(with thanks to Michael Auguste for the inspiration of his poem, "Let Me Be")

Let me be the finger of a child
on fogged up window
or the sky as it turns
from blue to indigo.

Let me be the scent of rain
on freshly planted soil,
the smile of pride that emerges on a face
after all that toil.

I’d like to be vibration from thunder
in the clouds,
or the sound of violins
falling on a listening crowd.

I could be giggles of children
in pool’s hot summer stay,
the cry of seagulls from the pier
on a fisherman’s lucky day.

If I was the boat’s anchor
pushed by oceans sway,
I could see the splash that glistens
in the water as dolphin’s play.

I think I’ll be the bursting bubbles
from the Champaign tray
shared by newlyweds and friends
on a wedding day.

I love the fragrant perfume
that lingers on you hair,
so during a shampoo let me be
the fingers there.

Let me be whispered words of love
on a park bench,
the pride of a farmer viewing
his harvest from the fence.

Let me be the constant snap
in the bubble gum
of a boy who just made
his very first home run.

Let me be the skin
under fingertips caress,
the crinkling sound of taffeta
on a daughter’s dress.

Let me be the fluttering heart beat
after a first kiss,
the liquid in the straw
that everyone calls chocolate bliss.

Let me be the pause between
will you marry me and yes,
the glowing love in eyes
behind the veil in wedding dress.

Let me be a message in a bottle
for awhile,
or the first word of a baby
that makes a daddy smile.

Let me be words, "Love me tender"
from an Elvis Presley song
or lead me in a dance around the room,
I’ll be the gown.

Let me stop this, let me now
before I do succumb
to becoming almost everything
I never could become.

[This message has been edited by Martie (edited 04-20-2001).]

Temptress

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Mobile, AL

1 posted 2001-04-19 10:05 PM

Sometimes to simply be isn't enough, and your writing makes the things you wish to be tantalizing. I loved this.

still d-i-s-c-o-n-n-e-c-t-e-d
I am bound by this, you see...to become Night's sole mistress, and I am jealous in my endeavours for his attention.

Marge Tindal

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 2001-04-19 10:28 PM

Martie~
Like you need more 'inspiration' to write so beautifully ! !

But ... thank you Michael Auguste! !

Slightly GORGEOUS, my poet friend.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Balladeer

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3 posted 2001-04-19 11:11 PM

Martie, you can be...and are..everything you want to be....

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

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4 posted 2001-04-19 11:15 PM

Let me be a message in a bottle
for awhile,
or the first word of a baby
that makes a daddy smile.

I kept trying to pick one I liked best - took me 10 minutes but there is my choice! Lady, you are all of those things and more! We are truly blessed by your gift. Thank you.

~*~ If the want a rainbow ~ you have to put up with a little rain ~*~

Auguste

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By the sea

5 posted 2001-04-20 02:32 AM

Martie,

You are most welcome. Let me say that I truly love this wonderful poem. So many lovely thoughts in such a dear sweet friend.

(((hugs)))
Michael

Proust-
"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

Kit McCallum

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6 posted 2001-04-20 06:49 AM

Martie, you simply amaze me ... your incredibly wonderful imagery cascaded throughout this wonderful poem, over and over. Like Mysteria, I too tried to choose my favorite lines, but they were all delightful and so very vivid. I think the little baseball player snapping gum brought me the biggest grin, but they ALL made me smile. A thank you to Michael for his inspiration to you ... I adored this piece!

Best wishes,
/Kit

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

7 posted 2001-04-20 08:59 AM

Oh, you are all this....and you be a little more, as well!

Janet Marie
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8 posted 2001-04-20 09:45 AM

I think I’ll be the bursting bubbles
from the Champaign tray
shared by newlyweds and friends
on a wedding day.

I love the fragrant perfume
that lingers on you hair,
so during a shampoo let me be
the fingers there.
=============================

Let me be the skin
under fingertips caress,
the crinkling sound of taffeta
on a daughter’s dress.
==========================
Let me be the pause between
will you marry me and yes,
the glowing love in eyes
behind the veil in wedding dress.
=======================

yer so cool....these are so unique and clever
as is the poet who wrote it...
loved these images and the anticpation in them.
way cool!!

I love your imperfections ... I love your everything ...
Your broken heart ... your broken wings.

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

9 posted 2001-04-20 05:06 PM

Thank you, Michael, for inspiring these words. *S* And Martie... what a treasure this is... delightful images dance from verse to verse and every line is so good I didn't want it to end. *S*

Interloper

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Deep in the heart

10 posted 2001-04-20 05:13 PM

succomb to becoming ... what a weave.

Well done!

Live for love. Without love, you don't live.

Wilfred Yeats
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Wilmington, Delaware

11 posted 2001-04-21 11:40 PM

Delightful - Thisa line of thinking - could lead to a "round" - wherein - poets add their own verses - making a piece that just goes 'on' - Perhaps I presume too much - but I believe you innspire us all = this is a treasure for me regardless

Mabel A. Dilley
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since 2001-03-17

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Seattle, WA, USA

12 posted 2001-04-22 02:05 PM

We are the stories we tell so very well, all this and so much more. What an innovative take on existance passing as life. Superb!

"I am not now that which I have been."

Joyce Johnson

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since 2001-03-10

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Washington State

13 posted 2001-04-22 02:12 PM

I love this. Finding the wonders all around us and lingering there awhile. Wonderful. Joyce

ethome
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New Brunswick Canada

14 posted 2001-04-22 02:14 PM

Oh I don't think so sweetheart.....those are not things you never could become because you're already a part of all of them as you have just proved by writing this wonderful poetic work. Another fine work done in the open hearted Martie style!

Believe me you are a part of all those things in your own special way!

Denise

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15 posted 2001-04-22 09:10 PM

Fantastic writing, Martie! I am so in awe at the way your mind works. This is simply fabulous!

Nan

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16 posted 2001-04-23 06:30 AM

Indeed - to be able to spend a moment or two within your mind would be a treat... This is truly wonderful, Martie...

kitkat
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Posts 878
Nova Scotia

17 posted 2001-04-24 01:33 PM

Letting yourself be you has created this lovely verse.

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