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ellie LeJeune
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since 2000-01-10
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King of Prussia, PA USA

0 posted 2000-05-27 11:35 AM


Oh how the passion flowed
when we first met.
We swam upon loves
deep sea of delight.
The world went away,
just us two, and yet,
no matter that we,
need only loves light
to guide us in this
song of melody,
through years of strife and pain
our song endured.
Kissed my soul your lips
made loves deeper be.
The essence of loves
deepest pain then soared.
Passions height was not
so high as deep is
love that pain refines in
fires kept ablaze,
by hearts entwined that
as true love that tis
deepest love that's truer
than passions days.
So then that passions high
we knew at first,
has come to depths of
passions deepest love,
that quenches souls and hearts
most needed thirst,
to Grace our oneness
God has from above.

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Alle'cram
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since 2000-02-28
Posts 1816
Texas
1 posted 2000-05-27 12:15 PM


ellie, I always enjoy your poetry. I especially liked the line, "fires kept ablaze,"; Lovely reminders written with
true passion.  Blessings, Marcy

Songbird
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since 1999-12-15
Posts 2184
Missouri
2 posted 2000-05-27 04:55 PM


Ellie you are truly blessed. It is so sad that so many marriages end abruptly as soon as the ambers die, losing all hope for a rekindling of the flames that burned so brightly in the beginning. I can relate well to this poem and I apreciate the fact that rebuilding of a marriage, is well worth the effort, in a couple's later years, there is so much comfort and joy sitting together around that old campfire of love, sharing memories and the results of a combined labor of love. I think you know what I am talking about.
ellie LeJeune
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King of Prussia, PA USA
3 posted 2000-05-27 05:21 PM


you bet I do, Septsong. Thanks for your total understanding!

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Elizabeth Santos
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since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269
Pennsylvania
4 posted 2000-05-27 06:26 PM


"So then that passions high
we knew at first,
has come to depths of
passions deepest love",

Ellie, this is one of the most beautifully expressed descriptions of love i ever read. This notion never crossed my mind, but it is so true. Thank you for bringing it to mind. I love when someone puts into words something that is known but never thought. Now I will savor the wonder of your words
Liz

LadySofia
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since 2000-05-16
Posts 238
FL., USA
5 posted 2000-05-27 07:00 PM


Such a sonnet it 'twere. I liked the flow of the fires as they burned bright. This is lovely.

^_^ Amanda


 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate, Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date. Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed; And every fair from fair sometimes declines, By chance or nature's changing course, untrimmed. But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st; Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st.
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
William Shakespeare


deleeme
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since 1999-10-09
Posts 1766
NEW ENGLAND, USA
6 posted 2000-05-27 11:32 PM


Dear Ellie,
  Another beautiful one here.  It is amazing how love changes, our experiences and expectations change- yet Love go on.  I am so happy that your love has grown, matured and flourished over the years.  You are blessed and we by you in the sharing of your life's richness.  Thank you so very much,   David


 "GOD GIVES- but man must open his hand." (German Proverb)


Marge Tindal
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7 posted 2000-05-27 11:58 PM


Ellie~
This is just so lovely ...
I especially like -

'song of melody,
through years of strife and pain
our song endured.'

Keeping the 'melody' alive
is sweet harmony with another heart
that makes your own sing more joyously.

God is good.
~*Marge*~



 ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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ellie LeJeune
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since 2000-01-10
Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA
8 posted 2000-05-29 03:31 PM


Dear Liz, Lady Sophia,David and Marge; thanks for your wonderfully heartfelt words of praise and encouragement Ellie

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