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It Is You
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It Is You |
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Beki Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1569Newport Beach, CA, USA |
It Is You If I could tear you from my heart I would. I would do anything to ease this ache I live with daily, that gnawing hunger that whispers in my ear "he is not here, he is not here." But the wind that rushes by is the sound of your name. I reach to touch that sound and my arms are like water; empty, fluid, longing to hold you. The rich autumn earth is the color of your eyes; deep, soft, watching every step I take. The taste of rain on my tongue is the shape of your mouth; tender, yielding, forgiving me with every kiss. If I could ease this ache in someone else's arms, I would. But the only truth I know is that my heart was made for loving only one other in all the world. It proclaims that truth every night before I sleep "it is you, it is you." Beki Reese 10/03/99 ------------------ "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 |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Sadly beautiful, Beki! I enjoyed this! ------------------ Denise |
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Beki Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1569Newport Beach, CA, USA |
thank you Denise..I just wish I could make it LOOK the way I wrote it! so frustrating sometimes......I really believe the shape of a poem is an important part of the whole. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Nicely written Beki.....I liked this one although sad ------------------ Man can not discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. |
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Beki Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1569Newport Beach, CA, USA |
Thank you Hoot...I love your signature quote! |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Beki - I really like this. It flows well and you've captured the images incredibly well. I totally agree with you about the shape - it's a great source of frustration to me!  |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
Beki: HUGS ------------------ You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. |
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Beki Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1569Newport Beach, CA, USA |
Thank you Severn and Rainbow :-) |
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Isis Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296Sunny Queensland |
It'd be good, if we could erase the memories sometimes..well done. ------------------ What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny, compared to what lies within us. ~Isis~ (Daughter of Mystery) |
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Beki Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1569Newport Beach, CA, USA |
Oh, if it were only memories...but my love for this man is as real and strong today as it was 20 years ago......with me always. I think this isone of the most truthful, honest poems I have ever written, Thank you all for reading and commenting.  |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap |
Wonderful ... you truly have a gift with words, Beki. Nocht ------------------ "Nunc lento sonitu dicunt, morierus" (Now as I hear this bell tolling softly for another, it says to me, "Thou must die.") |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Very well written, Beki. Your poems are always in great shape to me. |
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Beki Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1569Newport Beach, CA, USA |
Thank you for your generous compliments Balladeer and NOcht . I appreciate the time you take to read my poems :-) |
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