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Hardrock
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since 2000-02-14
Posts 948
New Hampshire, USA

0 posted 2000-08-01 11:44 PM


Just One Night

I slip quietly out the security door
Of your building.
Looking back as if to see you
Running there, after me.
Only shadows in the darkened hallway.

The latch clicks behind me
And I know
There is no way back in.

I think of you lying there
Four floors up
In your love stained bed
Touseled hair on crumpled pillow
Off in dreamland
Before my footfalls had faded
From your door

Turning down rain padded streets
The aroma of our love sweat
Still clinging to me.
Turning my collar to the cold,
Damp wetness of the early morning mist.

Searching for lights in the distance,
The all night diner.
Desiring nothing more than coffee
and a cigarette,
and the memory of how you loved me
For just one night.

I wish I had asked your name.



[This message has been edited by Hardrock (edited 08-02-2000).]

© Copyright 2000 Marv Hardin - All Rights Reserved
kynder
Senior Member
since 2000-04-11
Posts 537
Tallahassee, Florida
1 posted 2000-08-01 11:46 PM


oh dear marv, now i am crying.  now we both know kynder doesn't cry.  what a piece of work here, friend.  thank you for showing me the other side of all those nites.

kynder

Sunshine can not bleach
The snow,
Nor time unmake what
Poets know.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

MiseryDivine
Member
since 2000-06-13
Posts 114
Chicago! en america...oh lala! i wish i lived in England.....(sigh)
2 posted 2000-08-02 12:44 PM


ooooo lala! me gusta mucho...i like it! cuteness! much love~
~MiSeRyDivine~~

Dedreia
Member
since 2000-07-10
Posts 172
Kokomo, Indiana, United States
3 posted 2000-08-02 01:54 AM


goodness my friend...that was awesome...I wish you had asked her name too....Dee


lotharingia
Senior Member
since 2000-06-04
Posts 897
saarbruecken, Germany
4 posted 2000-08-02 02:56 AM


This is so beautiful, Marvin. In spite of the fact that it is depressing. How did you do that? < !signature-->

Lotharingia
"Dreams are life, reality, creation" Miguel de Unanumo




[This message has been edited by lotharingia (edited 08-02-2000).]

Deborah1
Senior Member
since 2000-06-22
Posts 653
New Hampshire
5 posted 2000-08-02 09:24 AM


OK Hardrock, things are heating up here in NH...It has the lingering aftertaste  of a fine wine...wonderfully vivid!!

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose...--Hada Bejar

catalinamoon
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Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone
6 posted 2000-08-02 09:34 AM


Just amazing, could see, feel and participate in the whole scene. There was a McKuen feel here to me. I like this a LOT!
Lynne Dale
Member
since 2000-07-18
Posts 114
Melbourne Victoria
7 posted 2000-08-02 09:52 AM


I liked it too. It was sensual, erotic and almost conventional.
Be well
Kethry

Kethry.
When dark of night steals your soul. Think of me and be made whole.


Deborah1
Senior Member
since 2000-06-22
Posts 653
New Hampshire
8 posted 2000-08-03 03:41 PM


May I request you make this so I can vote Please??? Thank you....Love Ya Deb

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose...--Hada Bejar

SpitFire
Member Elite
since 2000-04-19
Posts 2396

9 posted 2000-08-03 03:53 PM


~Oh my my Marvin. Hot damn to you!!! This is so incredibly fresh...in the way that you brought me there. Goodness me,...your words got so many senses reacting to them. I could feel this. You have written so totally well of this. I am in awe here. I'll be excused now. Take it EZ. *Peace.
Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049
California
10 posted 2000-08-03 03:54 PM


Very well done, vivid scene here...could see it playing in my mind...
L Tiuch
Member
since 2000-02-04
Posts 151
NY
11 posted 2000-08-03 04:07 PM


Beautiful...sad...and it really touched my heart.  I am sure she wished you'd asked her her name!  Linda
MMoonchild
Senior Member
since 2000-07-13
Posts 1715
PA
12 posted 2000-08-06 12:02 PM


hmmm I have to remember this..and never  get  caught in that positon of not knowing..was a very intriguing read
~~softly
Maureen

Nikolette Sadness
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Member
since 2000-07-29
Posts 337
port richey fl.
13 posted 2000-08-06 12:11 PM


i loved this...added it to my library too  
but as i read it i would haev sworn it was from a woman...hehe
Nik


i was once in love and happy...but you can call me Sadness.

jerralynne
Junior Member
since 2000-08-07
Posts 11

14 posted 2000-08-07 02:56 AM


"The latch clicks behind me / And I know /There is no way back in."

amazing ~ you should have gotten her name though, don't you think? ~ as a woman, even i have done this ~ only i through the name & number away ~ i suppose that could be worse ~ great great poem ~ jerralynne

CAVECANEM
Junior Member
since 2000-08-05
Posts 43
Nevada USA
15 posted 2000-08-09 12:04 PM


You captured a moment in time for some of us. The thoughts, the smells, the feel of those moments spent with another for just one night.
silentsky
Member
since 2000-08-09
Posts 114

16 posted 2000-08-09 08:58 AM


Marvin,
i liked your poem a lot...made me think of how we all live in our own realities...and how we are at times painfully woken from our illusions by some other reality...
kat

Wren
Member
since 2000-07-05
Posts 312

17 posted 2000-08-09 09:05 AM


What a sad, yet sensual poem! The power this one packs is immense! The emotions it portrays are cutting! What can I say? I loved it!
-Wren

The thread of destiny
Unknown by anyone
Unseen by anyone
Winds around your heart
Moist with tears
-Vampire Princess Miyu Theme

a-alibaster
Member
since 2000-01-08
Posts 392

18 posted 2000-08-10 09:58 AM


Hardrock,
I am a bit late, but this is wonderful...two sides to every story...always!!


"There is an alter ego which
dwells in every soul..."
a-alibaster

"I am as I am, nothing more, nothing less,
I am tears of pain, tears of Death.

Click
Member
since 2000-06-11
Posts 202
USA
19 posted 2000-08-10 04:29 PM


I know the empty feeling this puts in ones head.

Click



juliet_2u
Senior Member
since 2000-07-23
Posts 1125
North Carolina
20 posted 2000-08-10 06:50 PM


Man what a read. I could see it all. It was like a movie playing in my head. Awesome Hardrock.
Juls

Joel the wolf
Senior Member
since 2000-04-06
Posts 1333
Angels Camp
21 posted 2000-08-27 12:21 PM


In My search for white dove I somehow missed this great peace of work, this is wonderful my friend, and I'll send it back up to the top.

Joel.

I howl a mournful song, that echos within my chambered heart, for all to read? nay for all to feel.

sonjes
Senior Member
since 2000-02-18
Posts 564
North Carolina
22 posted 2000-08-27 12:55 PM


Thank you to Joel for sending this one back around...I am glad that I had the chance to read this astounding work...One's first thought is a secret affair...and then you weave the reader into your spell and leave them with a feeling of awe at the end...I'm out of breath!

Don't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don't give up and use the chance
To return to innocence.
-Enigma

!!!
Member
since 2000-08-12
Posts 137
VA (U.S.A)
23 posted 2000-08-27 01:37 PM


Sometimes thos one night stands go that way. Other times they actually develop into something more...sometimes. Good poem, and a great job. Keep it up!
firecrakker
Member
since 2000-10-20
Posts 235
Virginia
24 posted 2000-10-21 02:47 PM


Holy cow... I'm rendered speechless.
catalinamoon
Deputy Moderator 1 Tour
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone
25 posted 2000-10-21 08:20 PM


Hey, one of my favorites, brought back again. This poem is so incredible, it deserves another visit here. Shades of Casablanca.
Sandra

darkstar
Member
since 2000-08-09
Posts 230
Port Richey, Fl, USA
26 posted 2000-10-21 10:12 PM


Wow...that kicks a**! that's all I can say...

Dark Star

Kethry
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082
Victoria Australia
27 posted 2000-10-22 04:00 AM


Hadrock,
on second reading this poem rocks as much as the first time.
Be well
Kethry


Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.
Gail Sheehy

Suzanne Arlene
Member
since 2000-10-09
Posts 377
Ontario, Canada
28 posted 2000-10-22 10:14 AM


WOW  This poem made me ask so many questions. Like Why didn't he ask her name? Does he want her to follow or not.I have no answers.Just questions.Good poem  Very good poem.Suzanne
Jannel
Member
since 2000-01-18
Posts 492
Muncie, IN, USA
29 posted 2000-10-22 11:33 PM


this was sweetly sensual, and brought memories maybe not quite as anonymous, but equally short-lived. you did a lovely job depicting this.

jann elizabeth

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
30 posted 2000-10-23 01:36 AM


Excellent writing...James
StarGlow
Junior Member
since 2000-10-23
Posts 40

31 posted 2000-10-23 07:12 PM


Hardrock, good read..enjoyed much.
Isis
Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland
32 posted 2000-10-23 08:42 PM


Excellent work I can't say anything that hasn't already been said, but I HAVE missed your work hon.  
Isis

*Good will towards all beings is the highest religion*
~Isis~Goddess~~Sovereign of the Spirit~


Lady Lost
Member
since 2000-07-13
Posts 470

33 posted 2000-10-24 06:29 PM


This has given me chills...such a vivid portrait, beautifully painted with your words.
Jeremiah Johnson
Senior Member
since 2000-06-08
Posts 1223
Brooksville, Fl, U.S
34 posted 2000-10-24 09:55 PM


My dear friend i must agree with everyone else on this one it's great so theres not much more i can say.

I'm a dying romantic and when i can no longer write i can no longer live -Jeremiah Johnson-


Rosebud1229
Senior Member
since 2000-04-05
Posts 1813
North Carolina
35 posted 2000-10-25 12:21 PM


if only just one night you've captured it in it's true essence so warm and giddy wow!
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