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yumna
Junior Member

since 1999-07-02

Posts 13
alexandria.egypt

0 posted 1999-07-02 09:18 PM

As you were sleeping
I came and knelt by your bed
tucked the covers up to your head
and sat watching you.
you were sleeping in peace
with a soft smile on your face
your breathing steady and slow
a soft rythametic flow.
a hair tendril was astray
and on your eyes it lay
I set it back
to your hair so black
and run my fingers
through your silken waves.
contrasting with your dark hair
your skin was so fair
glowing with a sleepy flush
smooth under my touch
your resting lashes so long
your features from sleep no longer strong.
I sat back and watched
the beautiful picture you made
and in my mind I wondered
about what you were dreaming
as you were sleeping.

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

1 posted 1999-07-02 09:38 PM

Welcome to the family! This poem was so warm and loving..reminded me of tucking my kids into bed at night! I look forward to reading more from you!

Alain DeLaCendres
Member

since 1999-07-02

Posts 119
Ohio

2 posted 1999-07-02 10:18 PM

Very nice. It brought back memories I had intentionally forgotten..bittersweet remembrance..Great poem. I liked it.

Sally S.
Senior Member

since 1999-06-07

Posts 847
Ohio

3 posted 1999-07-02 11:51 PM

What a pretty poem. I enjoyed it very much. I too, thought of my children as I tuck them in at night. Very nice....

azblond
Senior Member

since 1999-07-01

Posts 637
The Steamy Desert

4 posted 1999-07-02 11:57 PM

Sigh...this is so remnisent of how long you can stare at someone you love, just enamoured by the steady sound of their breathing.

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Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

5 posted 1999-07-03 08:02 AM

Very, very nice....
Do settle in and give us more of your wonderfully introspective work...

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Ron

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-05-19

Posts 8669
Michigan, US

6 posted 1999-07-03 08:27 AM

Nice poem, yumna. And welcome!

I need to ask you to change your email address to a valid one, however. Every time someone replies to this thread, I get an email saying the server can't find you.

Thanks, and I look forward to seeing more of your work...

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