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Wilfred Yeats
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since 2000-08-04

Posts 2704
Wilmington, Delaware

0 posted 2001-03-27 04:15 PM

Awakening

Opening as a flower
As the sun creeps over its bud
Slowly- did you plan it
To give you time
Or to me
Or was it unplanned for you too

In your words
The gentle, kind, sweet
Before the suppressed passion
Whatever, I succumbed
More surprising
I'll always believe
You fell with me

THE MIRACLE

Autonomic response
Created by passion
Fired by long denial
Or something more...
So mature are we
We can confuse
Pure physiology
In gradual transformation
Reflect in afterglow
It was something simply accepted
In our youth
But what if more...
What if the transformation
The chrysalis
Spread her wings
With brilliant butterfly color
Pinks sublime rose from the surface
Deep red and rose
Without finger touch
Without contact from
Approaching lips
What if
Surely an explanation
For these wings
Iridescent color
Blooming out
When Danny DeVito
Becomes Wilt the Stllt
With no more than
eye contact
no mature woman
registers surprise
as we kiss
the miracle finds me
Too much analysis
Accept this
Let it envelope us
It is a true awakening
Of all we are
To one another

The first duty of love is to listen.

~ Paul Tillich ~

RMW
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since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

1 posted 2001-03-27 04:55 PM

Wilfred...."...of all we are to one another..." A lovely ending. Bob

Katherine Chandler
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since 2001-03-07

Posts 280
Florida, USA

2 posted 2001-03-27 05:08 PM

Wilfred.. this was really nice, I loved the last line.

Kate

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
T S Eliot

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2001-03-27 05:09 PM

an Awakening of a Miracle....

well done, Mr. Yeats....

Sven

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since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

4 posted 2001-03-27 07:07 PM

then, love is known. . .

superb Sir. . .

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Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

5 posted 2001-03-27 10:46 PM

Bill--A good title for finding the beauty in another....and a lovley poem.

Paula Finn
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since 2000-06-17

Posts 5546
missouri

6 posted 2001-03-28 12:12 PM

As always you sir have touched this womans heart...well done

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

7 posted 2001-03-28 12:03 PM

Such an awakening is a miracle... and a testament to the power of loving and being loved. This is beautiful, Wilfred!

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Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

8 posted 2001-03-28 12:15 PM

Wilfred,
Enjoyed the words and the read.

doreen peri
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since 1999-05-25

Posts 3812
Virginia

9 posted 2001-03-28 12:30 PM

wonderfully written, bill

Corinne
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since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

10 posted 2001-03-28 03:12 PM

Always a pleasure to read your insights, Bill!

Corinne

Wilfred Yeats
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since 2000-08-04

Posts 2704
Wilmington, Delaware

11 posted 2001-03-30 10:47 AM

Everyone-
golly - you all have no idea how heartwarming it is for me to read your replies = I hope I can continue to write well enough to elicit unforced responses - Thank you

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