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caroline
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since 1999-08-16

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0 posted 1999-10-08 08:59 PM

~~*An Early Frost*~~
October's quite a busy month
I'm diligently growing old
And you are like the wind
So employed with growing cold
~*~
Winter last the sparks did fly
Firelight fanned to bright
Spring rain came, the fire died
All left was candlelight
~*~
Little torches carried hope
Each one lit the other
Now I fear an early chill
the taper's heat will smother
~*~
Though the embers warmed my hands
and filled me with desire
The story here is an old one
Never play with fire
~*~
I stand amongst the ruins charred
A lesson too late learned
Growing old while a cold wind blows
Applying numbness to the burns
~*~
In frosty air of death
I inhale my own breath

(c) caroline 1999

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"Tread softly, for I have spread my dreams under your feet"~~William Butler Yeats

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

1 posted 1999-10-08 09:09 PM

Wow! This is fabulous, Caroline. Exquisite!

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Denise

DreamEvil
Member Elite

since 1999-06-22

Posts 2396

2 posted 1999-10-08 09:41 PM

Works wonderfully well it does.

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Now and forever my heart hears ~one voice~.
DreamEvil©

Elizabeth

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Member Ascendant

since 1999-06-07

Posts 6871
Minnesota

3 posted 1999-10-08 10:02 PM

Emotional, Caroline. Thank you.

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*Elizabeth*

"Dwelt a maid belov'd and cherish'd by high and low,
But with autumn leaf she perish'd, long time ago..."

"Something sweet, something sort of grandish, sweeps my soul when thou art near..."

caroline
Senior Member

since 1999-08-16

Posts 1218
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4 posted 1999-10-08 11:17 PM

My thanks to each of you. Your words touch my heart.

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"Tread softly, for I have spread my dreams under your feet"~~William Butler Yeats

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

5 posted 1999-10-08 11:45 PM

caroline, this is a wonderful piece of poetry. It flows like a gentle stream. I really enjoyed it!!

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

6 posted 1999-10-09 06:49 AM

Excellent! I loved this one. Couldn't pick out a line that I liked best as they all are so good!

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