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Marilyn
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since 1999-09-26
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Ontario, Canada

0 posted 2000-08-07 09:20 PM


The angels watch the flickering,
As embers slowly fade.
As hope of what was meant to be,
Becomes that which once was stayed.

They watch as trains within the night,
Pass by without a thought.
They cry as souls that truely match,
Go on when loves not caught.

Into a life from loving heart,
A soulmate, only one.
Who listens, who can understand,
Undo the things once done.

For only once a lifetime,
Does this soulmate cross your path.
Just lack of faith can blind you,
From the warmth of love to bask.

The angels weep in sorrow,
For the chance that once was lost.
For though they both were blinded,
They will always pay the cost.

Of what was missed this lifetime,
And for what they truely seek,
For what is truely mighty,
But they only saw as meek.

For strength still has a weakness,
As this is humanity.
In life there's sweet surrender,
Just to save our sanity.

So here I stand in silence,
As the tears are softly shed.
Here I stand surrendered,
To a faith that's surely dead.

For faith in ones we care about,
Is all we have to give.
And faith in love and soulmates,
Is what we need to live.

The angels cry for embers,
As they slowly start to fade.
The angels weep for hope now lost,
And dreams they could have made.


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When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shodows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face...

William Butler Yeats




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

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hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA
1 posted 2000-08-07 09:42 PM


Marilyn, goodness I've missed your work as well as you. Hauntingly beautiful my dear friend.
catalinamoon
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The Shores of Alone
2 posted 2000-08-07 10:08 PM


Marilyn, this is just beautiful. I believe the first of yours I have read. Tale of hope and faith, and very touching.
catalinamoon

Practice can make anything perfect...even grief can become an art.
Merrit Malloy


Balladeer
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3 posted 2000-08-07 11:18 PM


This is fine writing, Marilyn. It's very good to see you posting again ")
Nan
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since 1999-05-20
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4 posted 2000-08-08 04:07 PM


Very nicely done, indeed - We really do need to stop and notice those who cross our paths, don't we?  We never know what special souls are there by happenstance...
Marilyn
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since 1999-09-26
Posts 2621
Ontario, Canada
5 posted 2000-08-08 04:09 PM


Ruth.....Thankyou so much my dear friend. It is good to see you out and about again as well. Your sweet, touching work has always been one of my favorites. Miss you.  

catalinamoon.....I have been around here for almost a year. I have posted in almost every forum we have around here...lol. I am glad that you have enjoyed this piece.  


Mike...You know that my lack of posting is not because of my lack of writing nor my lack of loving this place. It is simply an access issue at the moment. I hope that I can be back with a vengence in the near future.     


Naniness...you snuck in there on me...lol. You are very right my friend. Fate, destiny...whatever name you call it does have it's job in our lives. What we need is to have our eyes open.


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

RobertB
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since 1999-09-26
Posts 1104
Champaign, IL
6 posted 2000-08-08 06:52 PM


Marilyn,

What beauty in sadness there is.

You have found it my friend and that is what carries us through...no matter how sad the beauty of life.


Robert

if you can dream; you can fly...if you are flying; you are dreaming.



Poet deVine
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Hurricane Alley
7 posted 2000-08-08 08:23 PM


Welcome back..nice to read you again.  
Wren
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since 2000-07-05
Posts 312

8 posted 2000-08-08 09:59 PM


Breathtaking! Lovely in all aspects- a real beauty!
-Wren

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

Christopher
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since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296
Purgatorial Incarceration
9 posted 2000-08-08 10:15 PM


Glad you could drop in again m'friend. S'been a while... and I thought I was supposed to be the roving gypsy 'round these parts!  
JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
10 posted 2000-08-08 10:44 PM


Marilyn fabulous style and content...I hope that I catch the one I Love and we will ride the same train together..James
Kethry
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since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082
Victoria Australia
11 posted 2000-08-09 05:32 AM


Marilyn, I only hang around dark passions and I haven't read anything of yours before. This is excellent.
Be well
Kethry.

"It is the image in the mind that links us to lost treasures;
but it is the loss that shapes the image,
gathers the flowers weaves the garland."-

Rex Allen McCoy
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since 2000-01-30
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Sippin a Timmy's in London
12 posted 2000-08-09 01:30 PM


Marilyn ... you poured heart and soul into this one ... too bad those angels couldn't interfere sometimes
good to see you posting again

Rex

Marilyn
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since 1999-09-26
Posts 2621
Ontario, Canada
13 posted 2000-08-09 04:41 PM


Robert...you are so very right my friend. The beauty of life is bittersweet and all the more viberant because of it.  

Sharon...It is nice to be back and I am glad that you had a chance to read me....lol.  

Wren...Thaknyou.  

Chris...Gypsy?? Is that what you are?...lol. Let me see...strikingly handsome, a heart breaker and a will of iron. Yes I guess you fit into the gypsy catagory...lol. It is good to see you to my dear friend.  


James..I hope that you catch that train as well. A heart as good as yours deserves the best.  

Kethry.....I have other works here in dark as well as all most very other forum in this place..lol. I have not had access to my computer for over a month and that is why you have not read me before. I hope I have a chance to read some of your work as well. Thanks.  

Rex....It is good to see you again as well Rex. I have missed this place alot over the last month *sigh*. I am looking forward to reading some of the great poets again.  

Dusk Treader
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since 1999-06-18
Posts 1187
St. Paul, MN
14 posted 2000-08-12 01:16 AM


Wowsers, great poem Marilyn.. Trains screaming by each other in the night, oh I love that metaphor and that image... Such sorrow... Enjoyed this one muchly Marilyn, you've been missed in your absence  

Abrahm Simons

"Keep on dreamin' boy 'cause when you stop dreaming it's time to die" - Blind Melon

jlocke
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since 2000-09-10
Posts 169
CC,TX
15 posted 2000-10-11 03:02 PM


Great writing   *sniff sniff*
LM
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since 2000-08-03
Posts 585

16 posted 2000-10-11 05:42 PM


Wow, this is magical! What a great theme... Aren't we all looking for that one person that will make our life a dream come true? I know I am, and I always have that kreeping fear that I might miss him and never have the chance again. Wonderful writing!
Take Care!

"Most girls want a man with the mean green
Don't wanna dance if he can't be
Everything that I dream up
A man that understands real love"


G. A. Webb
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since 2000-01-21
Posts 441
Stanton, California, USA
17 posted 2000-10-11 10:22 PM


BRAVO!!! This is spellbindingly awesome!!! I wish I had written it...hehe!  
Great piece!  

G

Regret not that which you have done,
Rather that which you haven't


Victoria
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18 posted 2000-10-12 10:43 AM


a lovely poem Marilyn..truly enjoyed..

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
- Paul Valery (1871-1945)

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