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Tess
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0 posted 2000-03-22 06:51 PM



Child Of the Earth

In the still of the night I go walking,
Moon shadows tenuously follow me,
Sinuously snake across the dusty ground,
Leave crunch, breaking like bones beneath my feet,
'Though I step carefully.

The silent stars proudly display their beauty,
Against the black velvet night.
Orion is my guiding light.

A breeze softly stirs in the towering trees,
As they quietly whisper my name,
Telling my secrets to the infinite darkness.

The slow moving water calls seductively to me,
Let me caress you,
Soothe you,
Cover you with my love.

Unpeeling my day skin I join her.
The cold shook of contact,
Awakens me momentarily from my trance,
Until she rocks me smoothly,
As l melt with her.

We move in a duet for one in fluid motion,
An unending symphony from a single refrain,
Flowing through my body,
Playing in my brain.

Regretfully I wrench myself from the safety of her womb,
Moonbeams dance across my rippled flesh,
I raise my hands to the heavens,
And celebrate my oneness with the earth.

© Copyright 2000 Tess - All Rights Reserved
Rosalind Palafox
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1 posted 2000-03-22 07:32 PM


Thanks for the little journey....  

 "Love knows hidden paths."-German proverb

Marge Tindal
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2 posted 2000-03-22 08:20 PM


Tess~
What a lovely entrance you've made to
the Passion's family of friends.

This poem is simply serene and
in tune with oneness.    
Peaceful serenity awakening.
~*Marge*~



 ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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mete out
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3 posted 2000-03-23 04:58 AM


***Tess,
This is an absolutely fantastic poem.
I read it 3 times over and each time the visuals that formed themselves in my head got more and more vivid.
Fantastic.    
A proud first post.


 I am not a preacher, I just speak the world as I see it.


Tess
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4 posted 2000-03-23 08:05 AM


Rosalind- Happy to take you along on the journey  

Marge -
Thanks for your comments…and the lovely welcome
I'm glad you enjoyed my poem.

Mete Out -
Thank you too for your positive comments on my first post.
I was trying to re-create the scene that I had in my head.




 "What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two
bodies."
-Aristotle

hoot_owl_rn
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5 posted 2000-03-23 10:18 AM


Nice imagery Tess...welcome to passions  
Tess
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6 posted 2000-03-23 11:19 AM


Thanks for the welcome  

Tess

David2
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7 posted 2000-03-23 11:55 AM


Welcome to passions! I have just arrived myself and I must tell you how much I enjoyed your work.
    David2  

Local Rebel
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8 posted 2000-03-23 12:27 PM


Wow it must be spring... everybody's out stargazing...

And what's more amazing is your first poem Tess.. and , gulp, has there really never been a Tess here before..????..

Wow!!!

devina
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Cali
9 posted 2000-03-23 12:41 PM


Lovely entrance...

Welcome!!!!! You've painted the picture well...

 Open arms can be the most fragile in the world...


Martie
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10 posted 2000-03-23 02:23 PM


What a lovely sensory poem..Welcome to Passions
Tess
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11 posted 2000-03-24 01:11 AM


David _ thanks and I've enjoyed reading your work too

Local Rebel - amazing isnt it..when typed Tess in I thought no way….I'll have to think of something else for my name…..but there you go   And its actually not spring here in Australia at the moment   But yes when I wrote that it was Spring time.

Devina  and Martie - Thank you for the welcome   I'm really enjoying all the wonderful poems that are here


 "What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two
bodies."
-Aristotle


Janet Marie
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12 posted 2000-03-24 01:17 AM


tess, this was exquisite...thank you for
taking me on that lovely journey... you are an artist with your pen...welcome, nice to have you here.
take care, jm

 and you can say baby...
baby can I hold you tonight
maybe if told you the right words...
at the right time,
you'd be mine...
baby can I hold you tonight...
tracy chapman



Tess
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13 posted 2000-03-24 11:55 AM


Thanks JM  

It's great to be here!

 "What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two
bodies."
-Aristotle


TerryW
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since 2000-03-23
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14 posted 2000-03-24 05:06 PM


What a wonderful, sensuous journey!  I can almost feel it myself!   Hope to read more of your work soon!

 Terry A. Woodson, Jr.

Poet deVine
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15 posted 2000-03-24 06:45 PM


Welcome to the family! Please check your email for a special welcome. And though it's not spring where you are, you've brought some of it to us with your poem!  


Corinne
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state of confusion
16 posted 2000-03-24 07:11 PM


What a beautiful, peaceful poem!

Corinne

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