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Martini
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since 2000-07-11
Posts 308
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

0 posted 2000-08-09 03:11 PM



I drove into the large driveway
A feeling of nervousness overtook
I saw them
In the car next to me and felt relieved
I didn't have to walk in alone.

The walk down the steps was long
It felt like an eternity
and as I reached that bottom step
Everyone shouted their hellos

You turned around
so that your back was no longer facing me
and starred, I think you smiled
but I don't remember
All I did was say hello

It was a different hello than everyone else's
somewhat quieter, more sincere
It had been a long time since we had seen one another
You definately smiled after the hello

I started talking to others
but could feel your eyes on my back
watching my every move
and my legs grew week

I was so nervous about doing this again
about facing the past
so that I could move on with the future.
I finally sat down, to calm the feeling of my legs giving out.

The entrance had ended
and the night had begun
would it be a night of memories rehashed?
Or would it just be like every other?

that was left to be determined.

"In three words I can sum up everything I learned about life: It Goes On"
~Robert Frost

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Wilfred Yeats
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since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704
Wilmington, Delaware
1 posted 2000-08-10 11:12 PM


You have a distinct advantage - My name betrays my sex - with an androgenous name and a poem that makes no mention of either your sex or the object of your weak knees - you leave me wondering. - all this is beside the point however - since you created a snapshot - many of us could identify with and did it well - I like it  


Daniel_vv
Member
since 2000-06-28
Posts 61

2 posted 2000-08-10 11:24 PM


Provoking..... a grewat peice telling a numerous stories.
Sunnyone
Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334
Staffordshire, England
3 posted 2000-08-10 11:25 PM


Hi Martini...
          Yes, entrances are nerve-wracking!!
          I hope the night proved to be
                     calming!
               Enjoyed the read!!


Life is a gift....
That is why they call it
'the Present'!


Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song
4 posted 2000-08-11 03:57 AM


Lovely read....well put together and kept the hold all the way through.  So what is/was the outcome....you must do another to let us know.
Martini
Member
since 2000-07-11
Posts 308
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
5 posted 2000-08-11 08:42 AM


Wilfred:
I'm glad you enjoyed and I'll let you in on a little secret, the object of my weakness is a he, he is someone i miss very much in my life right now.  

Daniel:
Thanks so much, i'm glad you enjoyed.

Sunny:
Aren't they though, I almost felt like my legs were going to give out beneath me.  I was amazed how someone who not too long ago knew everything about me and always made me feel completely comfortable al of a sudden made me feel slightly self-consious.

Mark:
As always I love hearing your replys.  I will continue this one so you know how the night went.

"In three words I can sum up everything I learned about life: It Goes On"
~Robert Frost

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