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Holding My Heart
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Holding My Heart |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA 
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Holding My Heart All my life, I have waited for my knight in shinning armor, my kindred spirit if you will. Countless nights, I’ve spent dreaming of happier moments sure to come; wondering if I could ever find someone that would awaken lost passions hid deep inside. Wanting not only to live, but to live life to it’s fullest. Wanting more out of life than to simply exist. A heart, once soft, hardened by time. A trust, once freely given, frozen by betrayal. Tears cried enough for a lifetime, with no more to cry. So much easier not to feel, than to feel the hurt. So much easier not to care, than to care too much. I built up walls through which no one could enter; tough exterior to hide my weakness inside. You found it anyway; tore down my walls as I simply watched them crumble to the ground. I told you that it frightened me to feel again. You took my hand and promised it would be alright. Crazy as it seems, I believed you and followed where you led. I stood by as you gently opened the door to my heart. I watched as you grasped it in your hand, tenderly molding it between your fingers until it was soft again. I trembled as I felt the rush of feelings long dead. Then I opened my soul and found contentment. Opened my eyes and truly saw the world. Opened my heart And there I saw you. ------------------ Man can not discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. |
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Echo Rhayne Senior Member
since 1999-09-17
Posts 1495Canyon Country, CA |
Ruth, this is beautiful. Absolutely beautiful! ------------------ ~*~ Time erases and rewrites all the lines. What remains is the poetry! ~*~ |
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Dragoness Senior Member
since 1999-08-07
Posts 513 |
Beautiful Hoot! Love does agree with you. ------------------ Set you heart free and your mind will follow. |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
Hoot: May the feeling always remain.  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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INclan Senior Member
since 1999-07-20
Posts 1024Indiana, USA |
Someone's heart is indeed singing.....(wink). Nicely done, Ruth. INclan |
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Tara Simms Senior Member
since 1999-08-12
Posts 1244Honea Path, SC USA |
Beautiful, Ruth! I think it's wonderful how Tyson has brought all this out in you. The last stanza almost made my heart stop! ------------------ It matters not how strait the gate; How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. --W.E. Henley Visit my poetry website: www.geocities.com/Paris/Musee/9954/ |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Am blushing here...is it that obvious guys  Thank you for your comments Echo,Dragoness, Rainbow, Inclan, and Tara....much appreciated |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
This is gorgeous!! What a poet you are... |
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Munda Member Elite
since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544The Hague, The Netherlands |
Very beautiful. It touched me deeply. |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
Ruth, this is absolutley beautiful. Well done, especially loved the last stanza ------------------ What comes from the heart goes to the heart. Samuel Coleridge |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Severn, Munda and Dark angel, thank you very much |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
You know I love this one, Ruth... |
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Ohme Senior Member
since 1999-07-17
Posts 816Texas |
Very touching, Hoot. And a happy ending. Ohme |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Nan and Ohme, thank you both |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
Lady Hoot: Your words are of a quality rarely matched. I'm glad there is one for you who inspires such beauty. Thanks for sharing that special connection within your poetry. Happy days to you and yours. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Thank you Sir Andrew, you flatter me...now how much do I owe you for that comment ? |
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JoKeR New Member
since 1999-10-13
Posts 8Lake Wales Florida |
This poem really spoke to me, it was as if you were writing from my heart. I really feel what you are saying...You have a very special way with words. And thank you for replying to my poem, this is the first time I have ever made any of my poems public. Thank you again for making me feel like I finally belong somewhere... -Richie |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Richie...thank you and you are welcome here, your talents are very good |
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redwriter1 Member
since 1999-07-22
Posts 480Franklin, TN |
My myyy someone is a very lucky man indeed tonight..... (sigh).. and yes.. it shows... deeply.. don't ever try to hide it.. doesn't come along very often... (smile) ------------------ Kay-lynn **A dream is a wish your heart makes :) |
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
Ruth, through the tears in my eyes, you brought a smile! |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Red...I think I might just be the lucky one Chris...I'm sorry to hear you had tears, but glad to have made you smile |
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Systematic Decay Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1301That place with padded walls and funny people in white......... |
Beautiful poem....It could have been describing the exact experience i had..... ------------------ "Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage." -Billy Corgan- |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
you give me hope |
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