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trutodaraiders
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0 posted 2007-01-23 07:07 PM


Loving knows as lovers pass
  Fancy roaming free:
  Look into the looking glass,
  Tell me what you see?


I see a sparkle,
Dance of sun on hair
Memories of playfulness
Before I was aware.
My seeds are scattered wide,
Rooted in the mire,
The might-be or the passing glance
That sets the breast afire.

I see a moonbeam
Lighting on her arm;
Romance is my birth-sign,
Slighting does me harm.
Comfort is my bounty,
Rising out of pain;
Pleasure my ambrosia,
Solitude my bane.


  Why must we long so
  For that which cannot be?
  Looking in the mirror now,
  What is it you see?


I see them weeping,
Turmoil of the soul;
Bitterness my aftermath,
Pitiless and cruel.
Many forms are mine to hold
Few of these are pure -
That when such perfect lovers meet
The bond is all the truer.


  If handsome is as handsome does
  Then Love's an ugly child:
  Who never felt a futile lust
  Has surely had it mild.
  It doesn't care for pain or loss,
  A broken heart will bleed -
  But if and when Love gets it right,
  Why then - there's bliss indeed!
    

Poetry is just the evidence of life.
If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. "
Leon Cohen~



© Copyright 2007 Bill Franklin - All Rights Reserved
Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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1 posted 2007-01-23 07:54 PM


simply stunning write my sweet Bill !
RDB

and where have you been?

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

trutodaraiders
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2 posted 2007-01-23 08:01 PM


Sorry I have been very sick...Seems like a get a little better than back to sq 1..Thanks for your wonderful comments

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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3 posted 2007-01-23 08:10 PM


oh no, I will have good thoughts for your speedy recovery - sending you lots of special hugs to you my sweet friend - get well soon!  RDB xx

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

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