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Tennessee Angel Senior Member
since 2000-06-03
Posts 661Tennessee |
Whatever it is you dream, I wish I could dream it too. I envy the nightly visions that seem to cling to you. I want to watch your dreams like a movie on a screen. I want to learn each part and find out what they mean. Each night you go to sleep. I watch you drift away. I wish that I could follow, but I do not know the way. So I study the sky instead. The stars have just begun to gleam. I hear your contended sigh. I wonder what you dream. "That man has shown himself great who has never grieved in evil days and never bewailed his destiny." --Seneca |
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SpitFire Member Elite
since 2000-04-19
Posts 2396 |
~Oh TA,...I know this all too well. Gosh, you've managed to capture and write it so well. Marvelous expression here. Take care. *Peace. |
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nando Member
since 2000-06-09
Posts 87Vaxjo, Smaland, Sweden |
T_A What can I say, The time is 03.39 here in Sweden now, and I can´t sleep... Your poem describes exactely how I feel right now, and thats pretty impressive I think.... Sleep tight LOL  -nando- Ask me how to live your life, and this to you I´ll say: make your choises true and wise, so that when tomorrow will arise, you´ll smile at yesterday... |
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Tennessee Angel Senior Member
since 2000-06-03
Posts 661Tennessee |
Spitfire -- Thanks for your kind comments. I know it well too. nando -- What I wouldn't give to be one of those who can crawl into bed when they take the notion and drift off to sleep. It's a constant battle...most of which I lose. But, hey, I pen my best poetry in the midnight hours. Thanks for stopping here to read my work. "That man has shown himself great who has never grieved in evil days and never bewailed his destiny." --Seneca |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Very well done TA, this flowed beautifully and your thoughts were enchanting. Lovely expression ... I really enjoyed this! Best wishes, /Kit |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
oooh, longing captured and not released. Corinne |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
TennesseeAngel~ I think of it as Musing Time ... it doesn't make me tired when the morning comes. I love the muses that make merry with their mirth in the midnight hours. Join me in another cup of coffee ... and let's just write all night long ! Wonderful thoughts, my friend. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Rosebud1229 Senior Member
since 2000-04-05
Posts 1813North Carolina |
TA I to am the same way I am wide awake at night while the rest of the house is fast asleep. I find though that it's a time I can have my time, of course when morning rolls around i'm a grouch. lol I loved your poem very vivid. Does it ever seem to you when you fall asleep the alarm clock goes off? Of course then your ready to sleep but no sleep for the weary. Oh well! |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
What great thoughts you have here, Angel, to be able to creep into one's dreams and go along for the ride. Believe me, if he is any kind ofa man, you ARE there in his dreams!! Good writing  |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
T*A* This is such a terrific piece!! I think your night skies look better than my nightly dreams though!! Thank you for sharing yet another display of your gift to weave! |
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Tennessee Angel Senior Member
since 2000-06-03
Posts 661Tennessee |
You all are sooo good to me. Your glowing remarks make my poetic efforts worthwhile. Marge -- It's good to know that I'm not the only one who drinks coffee and writes all night long. Sometimes it crosses that line between passion and obsession. Rosebud -- You know exactly how I feel then. I finally decide to go to sleep and the alarm rings. Like tonite, It's after 11:00 and I have to be at work at 6:30 in the morning. Oh well, better do it now while I'm young and don't need the sleep as much. Balladeer -- You make me blush with your glowing compliments. Unfortunately the Him in my poetry is nothing more than a figment of my often over active imagination. Just imagine what I can write when I have someone real to write about.  Butterflies -- Comments like yours make me believe in my poetry. Thank you for always having something sweet and supportive to say. It really means a lot to me. "That man has shown himself great who has never grieved in evil days and never bewailed his destiny." --Seneca |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
Wow. I don't have insomnia, but does waking up in a panic thinking you're late for something count? Nice poem here. I also like the effect. I love thinking about dreams in any way at all. Nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by pure love. Who can predict his comings and goings? "Thoreau" |
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Dusk Treader
Moderator
Senior Member
since 1999-06-18
Posts 1187St. Paul, MN |
Wow, this was great! Just last night I was watching the face of an angel and my thoughts tread that path your poem detailed... Excellent capture of a moment! Abrahm Simons "In a moment lies eternity And in a kiss resides forever" - Krista Knutson my bestest friend! |
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Effigy Member
since 2000-04-11
Posts 486disbelief |
I loved it. I find myself identifing with the poem as I sit in front of the computer, with the clock flashing 2:00am on the corner of the desk. It is a amzing how easy time melts when you have no reality in it. |
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