Out of Nowhere Came a Letter inspired by icebox's "Jack"

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Open Poetry #46

Out of Nowhere Came a Letter inspired by icebox's "Jack"

1slick_lady
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since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

0 posted 2010-07-02 08:46 AM

Out of Nowhere Came a Letter

I read your letter
and glean something
more from it each time
with its honest tender touch
it is like a personal conversation
in the back corner
of a loud dark smoky bar
between two
at a two chaired table
it is raw, deep, and stark
I find myself folding
and unfolding each layer
of pages to reveal you
the real you
the one you hide away
the very clothes around you
and hold so close
it becomes your skin
every line stripping fabric
until at places thread
till there is nothing
but so much more
I see you now
I see you
more clearly than ever before
and the unblemished skin
and scars are beautiful

Cpat Hair

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since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

1 posted 2010-07-02 09:16 AM

very nicely done... it is the onion like layers that so often give us pause to look beneath..and find out own responses, our own inspirations.

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

2 posted 2010-07-02 10:26 AM

Well and thoughtfully written. I am honored my friend.

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

3 posted 2010-07-03 03:35 PM

Beautifully inspired!! What a gorgeous poem, slick lady~

Martie

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California

4 posted 2010-07-03 04:02 PM

This touches me...so sensitively written.

The Lady
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since 2005-12-26

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The Southwest

5 posted 2010-07-03 05:44 PM

deeply felt

Richy
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since 2003-05-03

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6 posted 2010-07-04 06:15 AM

What a dear friend you are Helen, I'm sure Charly loved this it was so tender and heartfelt.

You are a blessing.
Richard xx

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

7 posted 2010-07-09 09:38 PM

What a wonderful tribute, Helen. Only you could write this.
Ida

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