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X Angel Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521Oregon 
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Today, autumn stole in and broke winter's fierce grip upon the earth. As her balmy breezes and slanting sun gently touched my soul. I stopped my tasks and watched the geese flying overhead, calling out their hello's, as I waved. My heart thrilled to know where these travelers had been , and where they had to go even yet. And I longed to be one of them, crying my heart out to the moon. Telling it to stay 'neath the horizon for just a few minutes more, 'til I and my flock reached our night's repose. I longed to take wing and fly! To waft upon the wind, letting nature and God dictate my next stop. I watched until they faded into the mist that hung low over the coastal range. The mist that reminded me that though the gentle breezes and sun smiled down now. In but a moment or two, winter could rear her fierce head and overtake this beautiful day, leaving it but just a faint memory. Until the hands of fate and fortune send another respite from winter to grace my life once more. (But I smiled even still remembering a barefoot day on the Oregon Coast in the middle of January! Knowing that days like that were rare and special, but I'd see them again. Even if I could never take flight with the geese and fly far and away. I know inside my heart there lives eternal springtime.) ------------------ "We have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night" (Tombstone epitaph of two amateur astronomers) |
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Serain Junior Member
since 1999-10-16
Posts 17Gresham, OR |
very very nice i was doing the same... watching the geese already praying for spring oregon weather does that to people who are from there i enjoyed this very much |
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X Angel Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521Oregon |
Thank you  That was my "Today" it was absolutely incredibly beautiful! I was outside in a teeshirt, leggings and Birkenstocks with NO SOCKS!!! I am still smiling ~X~ ------------------ "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." ~Eleanor Roosevelt~ |
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Systematic Decay Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1301That place with padded walls and funny people in white......... |
Very beautiful, X ------------------ Thinking is just what a great many people think they are doing when they are merely rearranging their predjudices. |
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DreamEvil Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396 |
This piece also likes me much. ------------------ Now and forever, my heart hears ~one voice~. DreamEvil© |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
You are more in touch with the actual world (nature) around you than anyone I know. Again, a very beautiful piece I found myself clearly envisioning while reading. I am so glad you found the prose forum, it does suit you well. Michael |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
You have a beautiful gift of expression! I love the feelings you emanate from your words...I can almost feel the warmth of the sun on my face! |
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