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Iloveit
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since 1999-09-02
Posts 1121
NM

0 posted 1999-10-06 09:37 AM


Shadows in poetic recess

The pain sears,
the anguish rips the soul,
it need be shut away
quickly.
And that's that.
Carelessly it is buried.
Today, to breathe,
to exist without this pain
is all that matters.

But a shallow grave means that
simply the tug of a heart string
a stirring in the breeze
a song in the wind
and there it is again
painfully impeding
all forward momentum is lost,
and I sit, tearfully,
bleeding all over again.

But what if one day
I want to take one out
and embrace it
hold it close and drink its essence
learn from my pain and
write on my heart
all that is important
and all that is not?

I have found that memories
need be cared for properly,
examined and mended
the tears worked over,
with thought filled stitches
and then carefully,
in poetic form, saved away.

A slice of time
a version of the pain,
saved, unchanged, for future reference.
For when the wound is deep
the mind in an effort to
paint the past pretty,
can deceive.

I have discovered that I care
for my poetic recesses dearly
for you see...
I learned the hard way.


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©1999 Iloveit



[This message has been edited by Iloveit (edited 10-06-1999).]

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suthern
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1 posted 1999-10-06 09:43 AM


Well done, Lovey... No matter how deeply our memories are buried, they'll come out and visit us again in their own time... Poetic slices of time at least give us the control of when we want to give those memories life. And sometimes our words even touch and help another. *S*
Iloveit
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since 1999-09-02
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2 posted 1999-10-06 09:47 AM


*sigh* yep suthern, exactly...thanks for the well done
hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05
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Glen Hope, PA USA
3 posted 1999-10-06 09:49 AM


Well stated
Denise
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4 posted 1999-10-10 01:13 AM


This is beautiful, lloveit. This spoke to my heart!
Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
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Purgatorial Incarceration
5 posted 1999-10-10 01:48 AM


Don't we all!
But hard earned lessons are the ones that stick with us the best!

Great job!

Pepper
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since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079
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6 posted 1999-10-10 01:57 AM


well written Iloveit.....this is an extremely good piece and made a very moving read

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May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams

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