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Windhover
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0 posted 2009-05-06 03:59 PM







Sitting here, I muse and ponder; seeking truths... what will I find
as I wander through the echoes of the windmills of my mind?
My thoughts of you, go round and round... ever circling; ever there...
It seems that you have found a weakness... this love thing just isn't fair.
For, what was once, just sweet flirtation... double meanings... small asides,
has turned, unnoticed, into something else... however much it hides
behind an act, quite unconvincing, that my mind attempts to tell
to my heart;
a foolish ploy... because my heart knows me too well.

And, much as I would like to think l have some measure of control
of this enchanting situation; sadly, just myself... I fool;
half-heartedly believing I am not in love; it's too absurd...
my heart; soft, sweet and treacherous, whispers
"Wrong again! .... now, heed the words
you hear me speak... don't listen to your mind, it's really out of touch;
so choked with sensibility and logic; fool! you think too much.
Heed me. I'm the only one you really should be listening to...
for, l'm the one who ends up broken... if, at length,
it all falls through."

So, who do I believe? The angel, or the devil?... I'm not sure;
both whispering soft, into my ear; the windmills turn, and turn once more...
round and round; the circling thoughts now pull me deeper, deeper down
into this web of doubt; if my hopes fail, then I shall surely drown.
But then, the windmills turn again... the answer was there, from the start...
the truth of it comes shining through...
the mind is banished... for the heart.



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secondhanddreampoet
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1 posted 2009-05-06 05:34 PM


"my heart; soft, sweet and treacherous, whispers
...
for, I'm the one who ends up broken... if, at length,
it all falls through."

yes indeed!

applause for this 'penning' !!

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2 posted 2009-05-06 05:47 PM


"My thoughts of you, go round and round... ever circling; ever there...
It seems that you have found a weakness... this love thing just isn't fair."


love is seldom fair

enjoyed this!

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3 posted 2009-05-07 10:56 AM


And, much as I would like to think l have some measure of control
of this enchanting situation; sadly, just myself... I fool;
half-heartedly believing I am not in love; it's too absurd...

The heart has such a subtle way of winning these wars... love doesn't play fair at all. *S* Beautiful write! *S*

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4 posted 2009-05-07 11:04 AM


I could read you into Forevermore. There have been many conversations like this between my own mind and heart ~ but none as eloquently spoken as this.

More often than not, the heart ~ though its voice is soft and gentle ~ wins out in the end...


Linda


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5 posted 2009-05-09 08:57 AM


~Always the heart!....listen to it....it is trying to tell you something...there is no logic to love...

~Enjoyed your gentle ponderings~

~ARH

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6 posted 2009-05-10 09:15 AM


Windhover - The ancient Egyptians believed that wisdom rested not in the brain but in the heart. At death, it would be placed on a scale. If you lived a righteous life, your heart would have been lightened by your humanity. If not, your heart would be heavy. If this longevity of belief in the heart's ability to hold judgement was valid then, it's also valid now. Love your work here Windhover. Namyh
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