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Ladybug
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since 2003-06-17
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Massachusetts

0 posted 2003-06-18 10:43 AM


I watch the tide rise and fall.
It never seems to rise as high as it used to.
So many pebbles,
clustered together, so blurred,
I don't even notice each grain.
I walk along the shore,
sifting through the sand,
holding each pebble in my hand;
so tiny, yet so powerful.
Each beautiful stone pricks me
with its vivid reminder
of distant yesterdays.
But, oh, how they feel so close,
so familiar.
I never want to leave this beach,
the warmth of the early sunrise.
But sunset will come...someday.
The wind whistles so loudly,
its constant cry,
its honesty ringing in my ears.
I fear the day when it shall no longer speak to me,
for then I will know the true pain of which it warns.
The morning sun still shines brightly now.
I know not why I fear the cold night
when the waves will crash harshly
against the unsuspecting sea wall.
As I gaze upon this wonderous landscape
and sink my toes deep into the comforting sand,
I realize how I took this beautiful scene for granted
and how I long to count each pebble once again.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end...

[This message has been edited by Ladybug (06-18-2003 10:46 AM).]

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kadafi09
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since 2003-06-17
Posts 143
California, United States
1 posted 2003-06-18 05:54 PM


it reminds me of a place. of a place that you never wanted to leave, but left. and now you wish to return. touching poem. well written.
~DreamChild~
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since 2001-04-23
Posts 544
in your dreams
2 posted 2003-06-19 01:17 AM


cool...

Freedom is the dream of sleeping reality
                ~DreamChild~

Ladybug
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since 2003-06-17
Posts 236
Massachusetts
3 posted 2003-06-19 08:46 PM


Thanks, Kada and DreamChild!

Kada, you are right, it is about a "place" I wish I could go back to, but not a physical place...it is actually about how time is passing too quickly and I wish I could stay young.  I'm 26, but I feel like my life is passing by so fast, so I am looking back, wishing I could relive my youth and thinking about how I took some of it for granted (like we all do).  Thanks again for your words!

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end...

Always Lisa
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since 2003-06-08
Posts 133

4 posted 2003-06-23 02:44 PM


I'm wondering... Do you always write in free verse? Smiles, and yes, there is a point to my question depending on your answer.

Regards,
always Lisa

Ladybug
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since 2003-06-17
Posts 236
Massachusetts
5 posted 2003-06-23 08:14 PM


Hi Always Lisa!

No, I don't always write in free-verse, but I would say it usually happens.  Most of my poems (at least in the past) have been about my life experiences, so when I write, I just poured the feelings out and it flowed easier in free-verse.  It all depends on my mood and/or the topic, I guess...I've written many "rhyming" poems and also haiku.  It isn't really intentional; usually a poem will start coming to me as I'm driving home from work, or drifting off to sleep, and I just go wherever it takes me.  

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