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Rupert Evans II
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since 2000-07-03
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0 posted 2000-07-03 09:59 PM


I Never Meant To Hurt You

I never meant to hurt you
Believe you me that was the last thing on my mind
I only wanted what was best for you, for me, for us

I remember when we first met,
How the birds and all nature seemed to stop, letting its anthem of love ring,
The earth spinning on a different axis only for us

Or even when we made love
How the sunrise cascaded over our naked bodies
Licking the salty mixture of sweat, ocean, sand, and blood
Combining to make us one,
If only for a time

I can now see you as you lay in my bed
The moonlight illuminating the beauty that is you
While the light from the fire reenacted fairy tales of long ago on it's pure canvas,
You

The emotions that I felt were so real, so close, so true
That not even the seven seas in all their fury could have the strength to wash them away,
Erasing their vision from my heart, my body, my soul

At nights when I lay alone I found myself reaching out for you
Reaching with heated fingers of need, want, and abandonment
Lusting for a single touch from you to soothe the razor sharp knives driving through me
Knives that only you can send

But now that has past
Leaving a stagnating swamp where our garden use to be
Don't lie to me, to yourself, to your heart that you don't feel it too
I can see it in your eyes as we kiss good night beneath what use to be
Our sky, our stars, our Milky Way

I catch a glimpse of it in your touch
Withering the soul you once brought to life
Causing me to close like the sensitive plant to an unsensitive touch

And then you say I've changed
You tell me that I am not the man you fell in love with
The one that held you at night wiping sins from your eyes,
Massaging your heart with my fingertips


You say that I lied to you when I promised that I would never let go
That our love was different, special, endless

But, I didn't
I will never let go of what we had,
Hidden deep between the rythmic beating of my heart,
In the canals reserved for memories

You will always be a part of who I am
For through you I learned to love differently, specially, endlessly


So now my love I let you on your way,
Free to take the road reserved for those that were truly loved
Truly loved freely, wholly, and completely

I will tie a string of gold cord around your foot,
Not to trip you,
But for you to find your way back to me in times of need and warmth
Knowing that in me, you have found your endless



© Copyright 2000 Rupert Evans II - All Rights Reserved
SEA
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1 posted 2000-07-03 10:08 PM


Rupert~ this is so very romantic, WOW!   -SEA

Live,Love,Laugh :) ~SueB



Leigh Anne
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since 1999-06-15
Posts 48
Scottsboro, AL USA
2 posted 2000-07-04 01:11 AM


I just know you wrote this poem for me my first true love (LOL), but as I've always told you, your poetry is magical.  I love it!  Keep it up, and may you find much inspiration in your life, in which you never settle.  For in 20 years, may we meet face to face and say we never settled!  Love you!

Leigh Anne~ proud Mother to Dakota.
To be a mother is to accept your heart will forever walk outside your own body!"

Mark Bohannan
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3 posted 2000-07-04 01:35 AM


Oh where does the magic go?  Very romantic and very true for so many.  Great job on this one.
CocoBaci
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4 posted 2000-07-04 01:41 AM


This captured me from start of verse and at the end .. " I will tie a string of gold cord around your foot not to trip you ... " O my, this was soooooo romantic and incredible how you penned the ending.
Lovely read for me tonite

Coco

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554

5 posted 2000-07-04 02:48 AM


Or even when we made love
How the sunrise cascaded over our naked bodies
Licking the salty mixture of sweat, ocean, sand, and blood
Combining to make us one,
If only for a time

I can now see you as you lay in my bed
The moonlight illuminating the beauty that is you
While the light from the fire reenacted fairy tales of long ago on it's pure canvas,
You

The emotions that I felt were so real, so close, so true
That not even the seven seas in all their fury could have the strength to wash them away,
Erasing their vision from my heart, my body, my soul

---------------
But, I didn't
I will never let go of what we had,
Hidden deep between the rythmic beating of my heart,
In the canals reserved for memories

You will always be a part of who I am
For through you I learned to love differently, specially, endlessly


So now my love I let you on your way,
Free to take the road reserved for those that were truly loved
Truly loved freely, wholly, and completely

I will tie a string of gold cord around your foot,
Not to trip you,
But for you to find your way back to me in times of need and warmth
Knowing that in me, you have found your endless
-------------
WOW...
this redefines devotion...
this poem should be in the dictionary under devotion...
OR amazing imagery...
superb, intense writing...
take care,
jm


What the caterpillar calls the end ...
The world calls a butterfly
~LaoTzeTao~
~Butterflies are meant to be free~


JulieAnn
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since 2000-06-12
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6 posted 2000-07-04 03:39 AM


Dark and deep...but I liked it...reminded of somethign my ex might write if he wrote that is!!! LOL....Great work!!   welcome to passions.....

Julie :)



Rupert Evans II
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since 2000-07-03
Posts 13

7 posted 2000-07-04 11:58 AM


I would just like to thank everyone that read and commented on my poem.  It is great to be able to put words from your heart onto paper and still have people understand what you are saying. LOL  Thanks a lot and take care  
Rupert

Leigh Anne
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since 1999-06-15
Posts 48
Scottsboro, AL USA
8 posted 2000-07-04 03:07 PM


What is going on with your modesty?  This is a wonderful poem, that only a fool could not understand!!!  You truly have a gift.  Keep posting!  
Corinne
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since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167
state of confusion
9 posted 2000-07-04 03:12 PM


a lovely, sad tale of love here. Thank you for sharing with us.

Corinne

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State of constant confusion!
10 posted 2000-07-04 04:14 PM


Rupert, I just want to say.....

Amazing this is , so well thought out and penned like you were standing , watching the very essence of heartache and lnging

keep 'em coming my friend

Leigh Anne
Junior Member
since 1999-06-15
Posts 48
Scottsboro, AL USA
11 posted 2000-08-10 05:31 PM


My dearest Rupert,
I am posting because my eyes are tired of searching for more posts of yours.  Please post more poems in the forum soon!  You inspire me, always have, and I need some inspiration lately.




Leigh Anne~~~
To be a mother is to accept your heart will forever walk outside your own body!"



Artistic
Member
since 2000-08-09
Posts 107
Colorado/Rochester, NY
12 posted 2000-08-11 12:40 PM


Oh Rupurt!  So beautifully done and so beautifully spun a tale!  Caught my heart...!



~Artistic~

"Dreams are the touchstones of our characters"
-Henry David Thoreau

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