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Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

0 posted 2001-06-04 02:11 PM

There settles in the distance,
An act of love so profound,
That the skies and stars smile.
There in the distance sits a lonlely man,
And he awaits a word or two,
From some promised dream of times long ago.
Would you not take this man into your arms,
And enfold him within yourself,
Giving to him all your trust and love.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There sits a lady scarred and scared,
Dreaming of being the happy one,
The one that is surfacing with each smile,
That is bestowed on her by some far off sound of music.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So let the sunlight in once a day,
And let that glow show through your words.
Express to yourself at least,
The dire importance of knowing truth.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There is a tear here somewhere,
And today I can't explain its insistence.
There is a rambling road that completes me,
And I am slowly, with legs of stone,
Pushing myself towards its dust.
Perhaps this is all clutter of life,
This needing to be out of the way to make way for the true poetry.
This needing to be set free so that my wings will be cleansed,
And strengthened again for flight.
And here,
This poet who never believed in such things as flying,
Is trying to leave the ground,
And in my childhood I remember always climbing things.
Always looking toward the top of the tree,
To the precarious limbs that reached onward,
To see just how far up and out I could go,
Before I would cease to be cradled.
Always there was a wonder if there was a limb up there,
Strong enough to bend with me,
While I held on to it and let it slowly lower me,
Back onto the the ground again.

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

1 posted 2001-06-04 02:29 PM

I have been through these words many days and I can surely relate to this poem. Oh, you have no idea.

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

Saunni
Senior Member

since 2000-07-11

Posts 1777
West Virginia

2 posted 2001-06-04 03:05 PM

Wow! This is so powerful! Indeed a great write here and I enjoyed this.

Sauni

Sauni :)
Have you ever known the color grey when the nighttime finds you weak
I have, I've walked that road each time; that's where my angel sleeps

Mr»ÄlleÿÇät
Member

since 2001-06-02

Posts 190

3 posted 2001-06-04 03:14 PM

WOW very interesting peom, many feelings and images come to mind.

Thank you
Mr»ÄlleÿÇät

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

4 posted 2001-06-04 08:10 PM

you know that this spoke to some part of me. . . and I know that you really dug deep for this one. . .

that's why it's excellent. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

Logan
Senior Member

since 2001-05-28

Posts 1641
Arkansas

5 posted 2001-06-04 09:39 PM

To be happy, to let the sunshine in, to even shed a tear, brings us further down the road to our dreams..ahh, so very well done, oh gentle one...gentle smile

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