A Woman's Love And Other Absurd Realities

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icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2007-10-09 11:06 PM

Where do women hide their love,
what quiet place is it
that nurtures it through famine,
that lets it shine in memory
as light that casts no shadow,
is it kept with hopes and dreams
packed away to save from breakage
like dishes never used?

When a woman walks barefoot
on the earth,
on the warm and living earth,
there are no footprints to be found;
it is impossible
to leave tracks upon one's self,
and when a woman screams out
in passion,
in frustration or in rage,
there is no difference to be found
in the sound of the panther
hunting for survival in the night.

Where is this place,
love's sanctuary,
is it kept inside her heart,
poets' folly
heart's only a pump
hoping between each beat to retire;
is it kept in legs strong enough to run away,
until one day we can grow
tired from playing evolution's game
of lock and key;
is it folded between her ears,
like doilies knotted
in a crotchet of precious of poetry?

A woman's love
could be hidden anywhere,
though I think it isn't ever hidden anywhere
special
as long as it can be tucked out of sight
quickly,
to defeat random acts of carelessness
in a china shop of life.

©2007 by icebox

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jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

1 posted 2007-10-09 11:25 PM

Haven't been in your world in a while either me friend...and your writing is just a wonderful and thought provoking as ever!

Thanks for allowing me in....

jwesley

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

2 posted 2007-10-09 11:39 PM

Hello Mr. Iceman. What a wonderful write you have
honored us with tonight! And, this is so true......

A woman's love
could be hidden anywhere,

Thanks for sharing your wonderful words with us tonight.
Hugs,
Ethel

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2007-10-10 01:12 AM

I always enjoy your wonderful talent, Icebox. Keep writing and I'll keep reading.
Ida

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2007-10-10 02:20 AM

icebox - yes, of course, you always give us a good and thought provoking read.  Thank you!

Perhaps a woman only hides her love from the "undeserving" (for lack of a better word) and then it's so well hidden that even she can't find it.

Now, I guess what needs to happen is for you to think and write on "why" love is hidden.  I think both sexes are guilty of that so it's okay to do it from a male perspective and perhaps someone out there will write from a woman's perspective.

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

5 posted 2007-10-10 10:29 AM

"Where do women hide their love,
what quiet place is it
that nurtures it through famine"

love those lines.

that quiet place just may suffocate it for good if it stays there too long.

"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

6 posted 2007-10-10 10:34 AM

thoughtful, effectively thought-provoking and powerfully expressive 'write!'

I am especially fond of:

the image of a:

“quiet place…
let(ting love)…shine in memory
as light that casts no shadow…”;

AND love that:

“… can be tucked out of sight
quickly,
to defeat random acts of carelessness
in a china shop of life(!)”

v. serious, long-sustained applause!!

ladylisa
Member

since 2007-04-29

Posts 342
Florida USA

7 posted 2007-10-10 11:30 AM

I really enjoyed this piece. Really liked to relation to china. Our love is a very fragile thing and that is why we hide it sometimes.

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

8 posted 2007-10-10 11:34 AM

I like to hide mine in plain sight.

Oooooh, I'd like to tango wif ya!

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

9 posted 2007-10-10 03:30 PM

Hi icebox

Where do woman hide their love?

I think I know the answer...woman "hide" their love, in plain sight.

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

10 posted 2007-10-10 06:41 PM

quote:
When a woman walks barefoot
on the earth,
on the warm and living earth,
there are no footprints to be found;
it is impossible
to leave tracks upon one's self,
and when a woman screams out
in passion,
in frustration or in rage,
there is no difference to be found
in the sound of the panther
hunting for survival in the night.

Fantastic write, icebox!

... and I agree with Karen's and Martie's reply!

Love should never be hidden, but then you are right, certain circumstances make it necessary...

Love,
Margherita

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