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dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13
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High Springs, Florida

0 posted 2000-08-16 12:01 PM



one night
i went deep inside--
down into the fear.
i held myself to comfort me--
but i had to get away...
behind a velvet curtain door
i found a little girl.
she was laughing and singing--
and i wanted to join her--
but with my hands i couldnt touch her...
locked behind a broken door
was an empty picture frame.
the glass was shattered
into grains of sand
in the middle of the empty room.
hopes and dreams fell from my eyes
flowing from my heart,
and lonliness overtook me
as death shivered through my soul...
i ran away...
i ran until i found a space
quiet
and yet unfilled
and i stayed a while
to listen
to the rhythm of my heart
beating softly in the stillness
yet bold and ever-present...
when i regained my wandering
i sought a new direction;
i found a room which had no doors
there were no lights
but there was brightness
there was no color
but there was hue;
a black and white rainbow
being filled
speck by speck with wonderous color
making its way to the golden pot--
the future.
then a breeze brushed through
and lifted my feet
so i closed my eyes
and rested my head
as i drifted far away...
when i awoke
i found that i'd been lifted to the
outside--the outside of my soul;
the day that i'd been given
yet
to live...
and so i live.

-dgvarner

"Half of what i say is meaningless; but i say it so that the other half may reach you."
-Kahlil Gibran


© Copyright 2000 dgvarner - All Rights Reserved
Jon Mewett
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since 2000-03-04
Posts 1304

1 posted 2000-08-16 02:27 AM


Wow..I like this one...your trips are dreamy and full of insight....journey on.

Jon

Dennis L. White
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since 2000-02-17
Posts 1463
Michigan, U.S.A.
2 posted 2000-08-16 06:49 AM


DgV,
  A revealing introspective tour, WOW! Good writing!
Dennis :^)

Lakewalker
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since 2000-08-05
Posts 3289
On the streets w/ people
3 posted 2000-08-16 11:02 AM


Very deep poem you have here, I really enjoyed reading it.
dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13
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High Springs, Florida
4 posted 2000-08-16 11:37 AM


jon, dennis, lakewalker: your comments mean so much!  thank you  

dg

"Half of what i say is meaningless; but i say it so that the other half may reach you."
-Kahlil Gibran


Wobbly Head Bob
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since 2000-05-15
Posts 299
Virginia, USA
5 posted 2000-08-16 01:41 PM


Did you find yourself alone and trapped perhaps sometime ago...The picture and broken door so vivid, did you live there?  Maybe not but I felt so deep a depression that trully saddens, I was very glad you found such a wonderous room and that you floated from your soul and were granted a day to trully live.
dgvarner
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Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida
6 posted 2000-08-16 02:07 PM


wob: i lived there in my mind--this was me taking a trip in my mind..sitting and thinking..and it took me 6 mths to write it down in this fashion..(it became a finished product in '92!)..its a poetic look at different spaces in my life..the broken locked door with the broken picture frame--the death..was about my father who died when i was 16..theres more to that, but that was the death that affected me so, at that time in my mind trip..  

thank you for reading..i really enjoyed your reply  

dg


"Half of what i say is meaningless; but i say it so that the other half may reach you."
-Kahlil Gibran


Marsha
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Posts 7423
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7 posted 2000-08-17 05:13 AM


Dee, spoken with real feeling. Testimony to how great your writing is, or as the saying is the proof of the pudding. Well there is the proof! Such a gift! Ovations, cheers, and bouquets by the van load!  
dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13
Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida
8 posted 2000-08-17 11:01 PM


marsha: thank you as always for your faithful watch for my poetry, and for your wonderful replies!!  

dg


"Half of what i say is meaningless; but i say it so that the other half may reach you."
-Kahlil Gibran


Alle'cram
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since 2000-02-28
Posts 1816
Texas
9 posted 2000-08-17 11:32 PM


dvg; This one I really like, lots!!  
Marcy

"a black and white rainbow
being filled
speck by speck with wonderous color
making its way to the golden pot--
the future.
then a breeze brushed through
and lifted my feet
so i closed my eyes
and rested my head
as i drifted far away..."

Lost Dreamer
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since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464
Somewhere near the Rainbow
10 posted 2000-08-18 05:32 AM


dg, great writing here, Wow! what a look you gave, your desciptions were fabulous. : )
dgvarner
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Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida
11 posted 2000-08-18 09:08 AM


alle' :  glad you enjoyed    thank you so much for reading!

LD : thank you bunches for "fabulous"     

i appreciate your replies!  

dg


"Half of what i say is meaningless; but i say it so that the other half may reach you."
-Kahlil Gibran


Lady Lost
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since 2000-07-13
Posts 470

12 posted 2000-08-18 09:11 AM


This is a wonderful poem.  I really enjoyed it.  Next time you see that little girl, try and give her a hug....

Beth

You can never have too much fiction; reality can be such a bore

dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13
Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida
13 posted 2000-08-18 09:34 AM


will do, BETH  

thanks for reading!  dg


"Half of what i say is meaningless; but i say it so that the other half may reach you."
-Kahlil Gibran


Denise
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14 posted 2000-08-18 07:21 PM


Excellent writing, dg!  

Denise

dgvarner
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Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida
15 posted 2000-08-19 09:53 AM


thanks for your kind reply denise  

dg


"Half of what i say is meaningless; but i say it so that the other half may reach you."
-Kahlil Gibran


vlraynes
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since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...
16 posted 2000-08-22 12:53 PM


dg-
  ok...sorry for the delayed response.
  just couldn't find the right words to
  say about this one. such a big piece of
  you wrapped up in this one little poem.
  it really got me!    really glad you
  posted this one.  

  love you,
        tricks  


"I have read your words, and within them
I have found your heart.   -vlraynes

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