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SorrowsMystress
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since 2000-04-01

Posts 178
I'm a wanderer, a nomad...I don't live in one particular area, Just wherever I end up.

0 posted 2000-04-03 05:45 AM

Had I Known....

Had I known that the heart
breaks slowly, dismantling itself
into unrecognizable fragments
of misery....
Had I known the heart would leak
emitting it's ache
with a vulgar visisbility
Into the dress-up dining rooms
of strangers.....
Had I known that solitude could
stifle the breath, loosen the mind,
and force the toungue against the
palate.....
Had I known that lonlieness could
permeate, winding itself around the
body in an omnious and beautiful
cicatrix.....
Had I known-
I still would have loved you.
Your brash and violent beauty,
Your heavy comedic face
And your knowledge of sweet
delights.
But from a distance
I would have left you unfrequented
for the delectation of those who
Wanted more and could care less....

Sasikat
Member

since 2000-02-02

Posts 290
St. Petersburg, FL

1 posted 2000-04-03 06:23 AM

This is very good. If there were only a way to "know" some things in advance we would certainly have more options.

Sheila

...the earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the measure of our bodies are the same........... Joseph, Nez Perce Chief

Lost Dreamer
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since 1999-06-20

Posts 2464
Somewhere near the Rainbow

2 posted 2000-04-03 06:38 AM

This poem is excellent, I loved the way you described the feelings, I especially loved:
"Had I known that the heart
breaks slowly, dismantling itself
into unrecognizable fragments
of misery....
Had I known the heart would leak
emitting it's ache
with a vulgar visisbility
Into the dress-up dining rooms
of strangers....."

Brilliant display!

childomine
Senior Member

since 2000-01-25

Posts 818
st. petersburg, FL

3 posted 2000-04-03 08:02 AM

I can only repeat what Sheila and Lost have said. Beautifully written.

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

John the cat
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since 2000-03-23

Posts 357
England

4 posted 2000-04-03 02:39 PM

Beautiful words written with such feeling.

May your roof never fall in and those beneath it never fall out.

Irish proverb.

Songbird
Member Elite

since 1999-12-15

Posts 2184
Missouri

5 posted 2000-04-03 02:47 PM

An excellent piece of art, the portrait of your heart. I will be looking for more of your work.

Munda
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since 1999-10-08

Posts 3544
The Hague, The Netherlands

6 posted 2000-04-03 02:57 PM

This is truly beautifully written.

[This message has been edited by Munda (edited 04-03-2000).]

just_another_fe
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since 2000-02-05

Posts 483
MICHIGAN

7 posted 2000-04-03 10:40 PM

luv it

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