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0 posted 2000-07-07 01:49 PM


The Middle, Chapter II [inspired by Sven]

I saw her
        on the Nile
                her beauty foretold
                          her reign in gold…

         my death was unnoticed
         my arrival was unnoticed…

I was there
        I watched Him walk
                before the world knew
                          what He would do…

          my death was better
          my arrival was unnoticed…

I suffered mightily
        for the Peace
                 that wouldn’t come
                            King’s Lords over rode
                                       I was overcome…

my death now searched
at the place of this birth…

I spoke to Napoleon
          before Josephine arrived
                    he was so alive
                               his passions wouldn’t survive…

of a passing no record
my life of little worth…

only woman, only husband
           to listen to the hoof beats
                    to run from tyranny
                               to explore new lands…retreat…

we found a new world
She had a light in her hand…

I tilled ground
          fought for the right to live
                   beside the red American
                              who held my babe…

you can still see my cross
            over my grave…

today I wonder
            when all things foreign seem right
                       deep in night’s night
                                  in the absence of light

When did I begin?
            When will I really end…


27 June 2000
©Karilea Rilling Jungel




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Helen Keller ~~~

When you want to be loved, look within...KRJ


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X Angel
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1 posted 2000-07-07 02:09 PM


ahhhh this was neat!  

JP
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2 posted 2000-07-07 02:11 PM


Liking iteven more!


Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn.
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3 posted 2000-07-07 02:12 PM


Chapter III is posted, my friends...enjoy!  I hope it meets with your expectations...
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4 posted 2000-07-07 02:15 PM


I loved this....great writing!!! Great story!!  

Julie :)



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5 posted 2000-07-07 02:19 PM


Julie Ann, thank you for letting me know...I hope the ending meets your expectations...

Sunny

~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Helen Keller ~~~

When you want to be loved, look within...KRJ


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6 posted 2000-07-07 02:53 PM


Continuing to love it so off to chapter 3 I go.
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7 posted 2000-07-07 02:57 PM


Thank you Mark!
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8 posted 2000-07-07 06:40 PM


Patience never has been one of my finer attributes......this is great, now, on to chap. 3.     Bonnie
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9 posted 2000-07-08 09:11 AM


This just keeps getting better..wow amazing piece thus far. On to the the last chapter, though I wish there was more....


"Death makes angels of us all and put wings where we once had shoulders, smooth as raven's wings. Jim Morrison

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10 posted 2000-07-08 09:15 AM


Brian, perhaps a different tack, same subject, I will ponder on it...

thank you for your kind comments...

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11 posted 2000-07-08 11:28 AM


Amazing yet again!!

Shows that sometimes we were just players in history. . .and that at other times, we may have made history. . .

Does this speak to the fact that perhaps we are a spirit that fills a new body for each life?  In other words, when my body dies, does my spirit seek another body to fill?  Another life to lead?  Does the spirit still live?  And if so, why do we not take the memories of our past lives with us?  

I'll ask those questions in Feelings. . . please discuss amongst yourselves!!

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That which gives light must endure burning
--Victor Frankl



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12 posted 2000-07-08 11:35 AM


And I will visit feelings just to see where this leads...

thank you...

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13 posted 2000-07-08 11:37 AM


Sunshine,
Good form, good words, good writing. *L*

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14 posted 2000-07-08 11:41 AM


Sy, these comments I will hold quite close, thank you!

Sunny

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Helen Keller ~~~

When you want to be loved, look within...KRJ


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15 posted 2000-07-08 02:03 PM


Karilea,
OK, I will just say one word and move on... I cant wait any longer to read the next part... and the word is

REMARKABLE

regards, sudhir



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16 posted 2000-07-08 02:12 PM


Oh Sudhir, thank you...

Sunny

~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Helen Keller ~~~

When you want to be loved, look within...KRJ


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17 posted 2000-07-08 07:53 PM


Karilea~
You've searched and walked among the spirits of the past -
I'm certainly not surprised to find that we 'walked together' in the past ..... you've known it too ....

'I tilled ground
fought for the right to live
beside the red American
who held my babe…'

A long time in passing - and yet all the yesterdays are brought forward into today.
O'Siyo, my friend.
~*Marge*~



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18 posted 2000-07-09 09:24 AM


Marge, thank you for your kind words...my friend...
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