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Margherita
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0 posted 2011-11-11 05:47 AM



     


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Solitary dance


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Into the night sky I have cast my tears
the moon reached down to taste my lips
it increased its halo to the size of my loneliness
expanding the colours of my sorrow
in reflection of ice crystal heart beams.

The trees bent to the howl of the wind
falling leaves were caught into a wild whirl
I raised my arms to touch the moon’s face
it smiled its golden smile and asked me to dance
upon the wind’s breath I drifted through space.

Now I move to the tune of love’s memories
stretching my whole being across time
all the past emotions adhere to my skin
I let them play out their impulses of light
melancholic reverberations reach inside.

I close my eyes and dance through the night
slowly your smile fades into nothingness
I stored it within the frame of a secret constellation
from where it will haunt my dreams sometimes
while I move to the eternal tune of deep soul sighs.

Into the night sky I have cast my tears.
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© Copyright 2011 Margherita Rueger - All Rights Reserved
JerryPat2
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1 posted 2011-11-11 07:37 AM


What a beautiful, sad piece, Margherita. The loneliness and the elements attempt to disarm those feeling was special and endearing. I liked this poem

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways ~*~

Margherita
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2 posted 2011-11-11 08:16 AM


Thank you, dear Jerry, for your loving comment.

Michael
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3 posted 2011-11-11 07:50 PM


Sad and yet exquisite.  I so felt this one... and more than likely shared thosestars with you from a different vantage point.  

Beautifully done.


Michael

JamesMichael
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4 posted 2011-11-11 10:14 PM


A nice expression of solitary feelings...James
Margherita
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5 posted 2011-11-12 07:02 AM


Thank you so much, dear Michael, for telling me so kindly that you felt this.

Thank you too, dear James, for your loving comment.

I was inspired to write this after seeing Wim Wenders' movie "Pina". It's a tribute to world famous German dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch, who combined dance and theatre "Tanztheater". Mostly the emotions were melancholic, but not exclusively. It was breathtakingly beautiful. I actually said it was dramatically sublime.

In my own dance I included these feelings.

Thank you again.
Love,
Margherita

Earth Angel
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6 posted 2011-11-12 06:07 PM


OH, dear Cosmic Love Spirit, my entire body is alive with tingles. Your poetry touches me with such a titillating angel feather's touch. I feel sparks ~ I see sparks! What a writer! What an imagination! What a lover of life, love, spirit, Nature, and the cosmos!
Bravissima(?), Dolphina!


Angelo Terrestr

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7 posted 2011-11-12 08:37 PM


it increased its halo to the size of my loneliness
expanding the colours of my sorrow

Absolutely gorgeous!! Poem and picture make a perfect poignant presentation! *S*

(a little alliterative.... but true! LOL)

Marchmadness
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8 posted 2011-11-12 10:32 PM


I find it amazing that loneliness, as wretched as it is, can be woven into something so beautiful.
                              Ida

JL
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9 posted 2011-11-13 12:18 PM


"Now I move to the tune of love’s memories
stretching my whole being across time"

Heartfelt read.  Loved this line.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

OwlSA
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10 posted 2011-11-13 12:52 PM


Deeply, deeply beautiful.  Margherita, you understand what real beauty and love is, as few, if any, do!  This has more beauty than a diamond or a star - it has the beauty of a single firefly in a dark night - and I know that you, with your emotional intelligence and maturity, will understand exactly what I mean at all levels.

Owl

easy1
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11 posted 2011-11-19 02:52 AM


Nicely penned, and picture well-chosen.

From the diffused light of December blinks on a Tannenbaum. Shazam!

Word Weaver
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12 posted 2011-11-19 01:16 PM


This is beautiful Margherita. I love the line -

"Now I move to the tune of love’s memories"

- the memories shall sustain us. Happy Thanksgiving my dear.

Marcia


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13 posted 2011-11-19 03:31 PM


beautiful
Margherita
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14 posted 2011-11-20 06:17 AM


Dolphina absorbs with gratitude your sparkling comment, dear Linda, and expresses her joy by dancing upon the waves with renewed energy and enthusiasm! Thank you, sweetheart. You are “bravissima” too, yes!

Thank you so much, dear Ruth! I enjoyed the alliterative comment very much! You are generous with your praise.

After all the pain is a healing process, dear Ida, isn’t it? And besides that we inflict it on ourselves, when we take off our love-shield. When we succeed in keeping our love-shield in place, which means that our love remains whole and pure, not weakened by the solitude, it bounces right back into heart of those who apparently hurt us, but almost never intend to or are aware of it. To dance on is the liberating solution. Thank you so much for your loving comment.

Thank you, dear JL, for enjoying the read and for your kind comment.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart, dear Owl, for your most loving words, that reverberate within my core with all of their poetic beauty.

Thank you, Easy1, for stopping by and for your kind comment.

Dear Marcia, it’s good to read you again. Thank you so much for your loving comment and for the Thanksgiving wishes! I highly enjoyed your specific gratitude poem you posted! Happy Thanksgiving to you too.

Wow, a kind comment from Kenneth, that’s a lovely surprise. Thank you. Interaction brings joy, you see.

Enjoy a happy Sunday all.
Margherita

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