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Elizabeth Santos
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since 1999-11-08
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Pennsylvania

0 posted 2000-07-30 08:01 PM


The Diary

One more page to fill with wonder
Slowly penned by diary’s host
Secrets of today will flow
In future years from journal’s ghost

For as I sit and write my story
Known and seen by only me
Questions far outweigh the words
I’ve written here so carefully

The more I write, the more I ask
Each entry raises one more doubt
Each leaf that’s bound within this book
Asks God what life is all about

These leaves of rich and loving tales
Will through the ages always last
And someone in the future years
Will delve into the family’s past

They’ll read of life so far removed
The customs of a different age
But then they’ll find a haunting question
At the bottom of each page

This old and soiled diary
Will beckon them to onward read
Each story and each question
To fullfill their vacant spirit’s need

The words to them will seem archaic
But soul stays as it was before
And questions they had never asked
Will change their life forever more

Elizabeth Santos

© Copyright 2000 Elizabeth Santos - All Rights Reserved
serenity blaze
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1 posted 2000-07-30 08:13 PM


You are such a pleasure to read...another beauty, Elizabeth!
kitkat
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since 2000-01-11
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Nova Scotia
2 posted 2000-07-30 08:14 PM


A memoirs are a treasure.
ethome
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since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada
3 posted 2000-07-30 08:17 PM


Elizabeth ..you have salted this one with grains of change. Questions will surely be asked as the inquery will be deep indeed. What a wonderful trip you represent here with such warm and drawing reflections........
once again my dear lady....wonderful read.

Paula Finn
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since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546
missouri
4 posted 2000-07-30 08:22 PM


Isnt it wonderful to leave something for our childrens children?

never say never

Toddles
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since 2000-07-24
Posts 396
New Orleans, Louisiana
5 posted 2000-07-30 08:49 PM


"The words to them will seem archaic
But soul stays as it was before
And questions they had never asked
Will change their life forever more"


Particularly liked this stanza... Nice!


Denise
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6 posted 2000-07-30 09:27 PM


So true. Though times and customs change from age to age and place to place, the questions of the soul remain exactly the same. Excellent writing, Elizabeth!

Denise

[This message has been edited by dsnyder (edited 07-30-2000).]

Butterflies_dont_cry
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since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733
Michigan
7 posted 2000-07-30 10:26 PM


Bravo!!! I wouldn't have anyone to talk to if it weren't for my diary...lol well anyone that could keep a secret   Great work once again~
Martie
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8 posted 2000-07-31 12:47 PM


Beautifully penned whether ball point or quill...
the words of Elizabeth will be read futures
still...


Kimber
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since 2000-07-31
Posts 8
Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
9 posted 2000-07-31 02:04 AM


I heard somewhere that "looking into a person's journal is like an entry into
their hearts".
Yours must be touched with kindness.  

Sudhir Iyer
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since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium
10 posted 2000-07-31 04:08 AM


As always, I am impressed...

regards to you Liz,
Sudhir

Jon Mewett
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since 2000-03-04
Posts 1304

11 posted 2000-07-31 04:25 AM


Hi Liz

Your poem brings to mind a poem I wrote recently 'The Book'.

I like your thoughts on this topic very much.

'Great Minds Think Alike'

Now theres got to be a verse there somewhere
don't you think?



Regards

Jon

tracie66
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since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713
Australia
12 posted 2000-07-31 06:50 AM


Beautiful, sweet writings Liz  
Treasured memories will be theres to keep
Love Tracie~


Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe


Marge Tindal
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13 posted 2000-07-31 07:38 AM


Lizzie~
I love diaries.
I often go to antique shoppes
and estate sales to search for those treasures so carefully penned by one
who was and is no more ... but comes
to life in the pages written.

What gems they are.
I have a few tucked away for my brood
to share at another time.

I have my mother's dairy in which she
penned the youthful songs of a girl
of fifteen ... when she met the man
who would become my father.
Talk about a nostalgic treasure ! !  Wow !

Lovely thoughts, my friend.
~*Marge*~



~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com


Kit McCallum
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Ontario, Canada
14 posted 2000-07-31 07:43 AM


Lovely Liz ... I too, used to have a diary, but destroyed it so many years ago.  I guess my poems have now become it's replacement! Wonderful writing Liz!  

Best wishes,
/Kit

TerryW
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since 2000-03-23
Posts 779
Louisville, Mississippi, USA
15 posted 2000-07-31 12:38 PM


Elizabeth~
     This is a treasure, too, my dear!  you have so magically crafted your words upon my heart.  This is beautiful.  I may just have to start keeping a diary, too!



Love Ya~

~you reached inside, you touched my heart,
and I am all the better for it~
Terry A. Woodson, Jr.

chibi_dragon
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since 2000-07-04
Posts 58

16 posted 2000-07-31 12:51 PM


Whoa, this is some good stuff. I can't help but think of it as kind of like The Diary of Anne Frank. It's thought provoking too.
--Chibi

Lone Wolf
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since 2000-03-16
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Lansing, MI USA
17 posted 2000-07-31 09:46 PM


Elizabeth,

What a treasure that diary will be to future generations.  Just think some day a far off decendant of yours will find it and read of your life and loves.  A joy for them I am sure.  Wonderful writing about a lovely topic.  

Lone Wolf


Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats

Jenn E
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since 2000-08-02
Posts 589
Kelowna, BC, Canada
18 posted 2000-08-23 07:04 PM


This was so beautiful. You have really made me stop and think about what will happen to my diary. I sit here looking at my book of inner thoughts and re read your lovely poem. You are a tremendous writer.
Jenn E

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269
Pennsylvania
19 posted 2000-08-23 07:26 PM


Since Jenn brought this back up, I have discovered the many wonderful comments to this poem. Thank you all so much, and i'm sorry this slipped by me.And thank you Jenn for finding it
Liz

Mark Bohannan
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since 2000-06-21
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In the winds of Cherokee song
20 posted 2000-08-24 02:52 AM


I too am glad she brought this back up...it is a beauty and I am sorry I missed it the first go round....

This old and soiled diary
Will beckon them to onward read
Each story and each question
To fullfill their vacant spirit’s need

The words to them will seem archaic
But soul stays as it was before
And questions they had never asked
Will change their life forever more

very beautiful Liz.

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