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Jonas
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since 2000-03-03
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0 posted 2000-03-25 02:53 PM


Growing Older

Flickering candlelight
Reflected in the mirror
Creating a dim glow
Illuminating my face
And as I look closely
I see the beginnings
Of creases and lines
Which seem to imitate
The soft waxen folds
Of half melted candles
Which burn behind me

© 12/15/99
Gary Pence



 Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
-Edgar Allen Poe


© Copyright 2000 Gary - All Rights Reserved
Poet deVine
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Hurricane Alley
1 posted 2000-03-25 03:30 PM


Good poem...get some new candles!  
Munda
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since 1999-10-08
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2 posted 2000-03-25 05:01 PM


Great poem Jonas. I guess I better not look in that mirror  
John the cat
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since 2000-03-23
Posts 357
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3 posted 2000-03-25 05:39 PM


A lovely poem..I think I have that mirror too
childomine
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since 2000-01-25
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st. petersburg, FL
4 posted 2000-03-26 10:52 AM


Very good Gary.  I really like this.  The signs of age - the telling of stories without words.

 ...Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is....
Black Eagle
Oglala Sioux holy man


Jonas
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since 2000-03-03
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Oregon
5 posted 2000-03-26 11:36 AM


Poet deVine - ROFL!!!  I do need new candles!

Munda - Thank you...I'm proud of every line and crease, I've earned them!  

John - Thanks for reading. We all have that mirror somewhere I think.

childomine - Thanks for the beautiful comment, I never looked at it that way before.  

 Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
-Edgar Allen Poe


Denise
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6 posted 2000-03-26 02:16 PM


Yep, I've heard it said that the face is the map of our lives! Great poem, Gary!

Denise

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