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Edder
Senior Member

since 2003-04-02

Posts 671

0 posted 2008-03-15 02:00 PM

A bough that bends
but does not break
a heart that mends
and yet still aches

the loss of those
we once called friend
the ties that bind
drift with the wind

the long road home
O' how it winds
it calls to me-
unchains my mind

what lies ahead
we can't foresee
the miles behind-
a memory

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2008-03-15 03:58 PM

Dear Edder, this is a very good poem, permeated with melancholy, but in surrendering to what is, you will truly "unchain" your heart and mind.

Love,
Margherita

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

2 posted 2008-03-15 04:05 PM

Edder! ~ What a surprise to see a post by you! It's been quite a while!

May that long and winding road lead you back to hearth and home.

~ May you only carry the warm and pleasant memories with you along the way!

Giving you a warm, welcome-back, pip hug,

Linda

Edder
Senior Member

since 2003-04-02

Posts 671

3 posted 2008-03-15 04:22 PM

Margherita- Thank you so much!

Linda- I'm not so sure that I'm back. My muse has taken a different direction, and it's been almost three years since I've written a verse. This was as big a surprise to me as it was to you.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

4 posted 2008-03-15 06:46 PM

Edder, I enjoyed this poem and hope your muse decides to write again.
Ida

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

5 posted 2008-03-15 08:03 PM

"A bough that bends
but does not break"

The essence of survival, perhaps, is the ability to bend in the wind, willow-like.
Good to read you again, it's been a while!

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

6 posted 2008-03-16 09:31 AM

you have been missed my friend!

and, as usual, your poem is superb in it's ability to slowly caress with much impact.

Oh I have missed you!

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

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