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1slick_lady
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0 posted 2003-01-14 01:29 PM


A Grain Of Sand

I touched forever
it was
a grain of sand
upon your chest
and the beach
that had become you
was vast
and a welcomed guest
I looked as far
as I could see
where sky
and water touched
a melting of horizon
tangled as the same
in clutch
suddenly I realized
where before
I could not understand
forever is not
so far away
it’s in
a grain of sand


"It is like looking for a blizzard in a glass snowball. Unless you shake it up not one flake will fly."


© Copyright 2003 Helen Chambers - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2003-01-14 01:35 PM


Amazing Helen !! Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-
that perches in the soul....
                  
                       -Emily Dickinson

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2 posted 2003-01-14 02:24 PM


very nicely done... an interesting set of truths in forever being in something as small as a grain of sand...and as common as something we overlook...

enjoyed

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3 posted 2003-01-14 02:55 PM


Clapping wildly!

Nature has a funny way of breaking that which will not bend....Jewell

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4 posted 2003-01-14 02:58 PM


This is so true, Helen... Thanks.

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~  
                  

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5 posted 2003-01-14 02:58 PM


Not always the big picture is it? Enjoyed
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6 posted 2003-01-14 03:27 PM


Beautiful...absolutely beautiful!!
And oh so true Helen.
Well said!
~Hugs & Smiles, Nancy~

~Time has cast a spell on you,
  So you won't ever forget me~

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7 posted 2003-01-14 06:51 PM


nice play with words, how you brought everything in so closely together
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8 posted 2003-01-14 07:02 PM


had to stop by again..and enjoy this...
all in a grain of sand...

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9 posted 2003-01-14 07:16 PM


I'd like to touch forever at least one more time in my life

M

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10 posted 2003-01-14 07:17 PM


Helen~ Very well done. Thanks for sharing...Paul

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11 posted 2003-01-14 08:09 PM


helen - just one grain...

BC

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12 posted 2003-01-14 11:10 PM




(sigh) Oh Helen, this is lovely, sweet friend, this is so very true, if only I lived closer to the ocean is all! (sad sigh) This is as lucid as agate, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Helen, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

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13 posted 2003-01-15 02:29 AM


wow...I must say I like this one so much, much better than others on this topic, and it's one of the best of all yours Helen.
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