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Echo Rhayne
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Canyon Country, CA

0 posted 2000-01-20 03:12 AM


Gaze into my heart, to see how I feel.
Spare me some time, but don't send a bill.
Bestow me the power, to do what I can.
Step into my shoes, to know where I stand.

Present to me, a reason to live.
Take from me, all that I have to give.
Enlighten me, with all that you know.
Turn me loose, but don't let me go.

Touch me, but watch where you touch.
Want me, but not quite as much.
Need me, as I've needed you.
Capture my dreams, and make them come true.

Stay with me, when nobody's there.
Care for me, when no one else cares.
Cover me, when I need to hide.
Walk on me, but don't step on my pride.

Loathe me, but not much at all.
Catch me, if I ever fall.
Rescue me, when I need to be saved.
Carry me, but not to my grave!


 ~*~ ^i^ ~*~ Love is such a lonely art, and death is but a taste. Minds are merely instruments that often go to waste! ~*~ ^i^ ~*~



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PhaerieChild
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Aloha, Oregon
1 posted 2000-01-20 03:20 AM


Echo, this is beautiful!! You have such a magical way with words that cuts right to the heart of everything. This is very poignant!!

 Poetry~ Words falling on paper, painting a dream.

Shawna R. Holder
Boise, Idaho



Rosemary J. Gwaltney
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northern mountains, Idaho
2 posted 2000-01-20 03:31 AM


This is wonderful!  Well worded, well spoken.  My favorite line is the last: "Carry me, but not to my grave!"
Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095

3 posted 2000-01-20 04:04 AM


Echo, this is terrific!! loved it  

 What comes from the heart goes to the heart.
Samuel Coleridge



Marge Tindal
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4 posted 2000-01-20 07:33 AM


Echo-

Again, you have reached in to your heart and have reached mine in doing so.

'Present to me, a reason to live.
Take from me, all that I have to give.
Enlighten me, with all that you know.
Turn me loose, but don't let me go.'

Awesome, just awesome.
~*Marge*~



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Elizabeth Santos
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since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269
Pennsylvania
5 posted 2000-01-20 08:01 AM


You have been writing some fine poetry, dear poet, and I especially enjoyed this one. Please keep up the great writng
Liz

suthern
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6 posted 2000-01-20 09:31 AM


This is great, Echo!! Well done!
hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05
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Glen Hope, PA USA
7 posted 2000-01-20 10:28 AM


Very beautiful Echo  

 At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. ~Plato

Echo Rhayne
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since 1999-09-17
Posts 1495
Canyon Country, CA
8 posted 2000-01-20 04:22 PM


Shawna...I never thought of myself as having magical ways with my words to cut to the heart of everything, thank you, *blush*

Rosemary...I am glad that you liked this!  I too like the last two lines, kind of has a special meaning right now to me  

Dark Angel...Glad you liked it!

Marge...reached into your heart as well did I, eeeeew, that would make quite a mess hehe j/k  Thank you for your comment!

Elizabeth...Well I will keep up the writing LoL, don't know if it is great, but I guess all of you cant be wrong hehe  Hm or can you??  hehe

suthern and Ruth....Thank you both most kindly!

 ~*~ ^i^ ~*~ Love is such a lonely art, and death is but a taste. Minds are merely instruments that often go to waste! ~*~ ^i^ ~*~



Denise
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9 posted 2000-01-20 04:51 PM


Some people write and make me *sigh*
Some make me laugh, some make me cry
Some paint a picture I can see
You do it all and beautifully!!  

Denise

SEA
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10 posted 2000-01-20 10:22 PM


I hope someday to be able to express my heart like you did here! I loved it.-SEA
Marilyn
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Ontario, Canada
11 posted 2000-01-20 10:35 PM


This is so perfectly what I need. Oh you have stolen the words right from my aching heart. Bravo Echo.
Balladeer
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12 posted 2000-01-20 10:44 PM


Echo, there are a plethora of wonderful lines in this piece. It's very hard to pick a favorite. I like them all. Well done!!!
WhtDove
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since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245
Illinois
13 posted 2000-01-20 11:23 PM


Magical? Oh yea, you do have a way with words. I told ya you were gifted!  I love this, one of my favorites!!! One and only who can fit this bill ya know?
Excellent work Mel!

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Where there is faith,
there is love.
Where there is love,
there is peace.
Where there is peace,
there is GOD.
Where there is GOD,
there is no need.

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