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Beki
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since 1999-09-15
Posts 1569
Newport Beach, CA, USA

0 posted 1999-09-21 09:13 PM


The first time I posted this it got all screwed up so I am posting again..apologies to the three who already read it....

The Way It Goes

This is the way it goes,
the way your heart
turns in upon itself.

You turn one day and see his face;
you've never seen him there before,
but he smiles and it's like coming home.

You share the days and then the nights,
Then one day you turn again,
and he is gone.

Your heart beats his name
like an ancient chant,
your arms are like water.

You dream his voice every night,
hear his step at the door,
but he is not there.

You know that he is gone
but your heart won't open for the fact,
it lingers in the air outside you.

You pull your scarf closer against your ears
and breathe his name into the wind.
Winter will be colder now.

© Beki (1989)



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"We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion.....the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?"
--John Keating, Dead Poets Society

© Copyright 1999 Rebecca Reese - All Rights Reserved
Justbleu
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since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329
Oregon, Originally From Alaska :)
1 posted 1999-09-22 01:14 AM


Very well written...but sad!!

I hope everything is good with you!!



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"Is she living in a dream, Is she playing make-believe???"
Justbleu


hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA
2 posted 1999-09-22 10:30 AM


Beki....an excellent piece of writing, thanks for sharing!!!

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"In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus

Beki
Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1569
Newport Beach, CA, USA
3 posted 1999-09-23 05:17 AM


I am fine JustBleu...wrote this piece long years ago but am very proud of it so I still post once in awhile. And thanks Hoot, I appreciate how you always read my posts :-)
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