She Picks Her Words Like Flowers

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She Picks Her Words Like Flowers

Haskins
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since 1999-06-26

Posts 85
Dallas, TX

0 posted 1999-06-27 01:48 PM

She Picks Her Words Like Flowers

She picks her words like flowers,
Holds them tightly in her fingers
As she gently rubs the petals
For their delicate perfume.

Arranged like tragic symphonies,
Bouquets of timeless mysteries
Are thrust into my empty hands—
The thorns bite through my skin.

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William Haskins
http://www.ionstorm.com/public/haskins/inner_sanctum.htm

Krystal
Member

since 1999-06-19

Posts 140
Shelton,WA USA

1 posted 1999-06-27 03:13 PM

Wow... This poem is so powerful. It says a lot, I like it!

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Shannon D. Montgomery
("Krystal")

doreen peri
Member Elite

since 1999-05-25

Posts 3812
Virginia

2 posted 1999-06-27 03:44 PM

Wonderful! BRAVO! Very excellent. I can't say enough. Post more!!!

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