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X Angel
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since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521
Oregon

0 posted 2000-07-12 02:42 PM


extending his hand down to help her
he gently pulled her up the last of the steep slope
to stand near him and gaze at the view

the wind teased the grasses back and forth
ruffling the girl's long honey-coloured tresses
she vainly tried to contain them in one hand
a smile flickering across her lips
like a sunrise after a dark, stormy night

sliding his arm around her, he held her tight
reassuring her with his presence that all would be right

someday

no more hiding their love from the world
no more denying their heart's desire

this his promise
soon, my love, soon

looking again over the hills and slopes
the Highlands of Scotland called to them
in wanton abandon
to run free as the deer that graze there
to fly like the birds that call this home
to live unbound and unfettered
by life's constraints and duties

this his reply
not yet, my love, not yet

oh time was so unfair!
it never slowed
not even for lovers
their time today was over too soon
much too soon

she turned to leave
after a gentle kiss on his cheek
and whispered words of love

she made her way down the steep slope
to the village below
while he waited
watching
making sure she was safe

then he crossed the hill
and slipped down the hidden trail there
to reach the village before her
so he could open his shop doors wide
and welcome his customers with a smile

while she slipped back home to her waiting husband
and stoically faced another long evening
with a man who loved her not

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"Our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything."
--William Shakespeare




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Martini
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since 2000-07-11
Posts 308
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1 posted 2000-07-12 02:55 PM


wow
great poem
keep it up

MagnoliaBlue
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since 2000-05-12
Posts 367

2 posted 2000-07-12 03:08 PM


Hi XAngel  
I would really like to see
this turned into a continuing
story.
You write so well like this.
I was disappointed when I reached
the end and there wasn't anymore.
*I guess thats why they call
it the end. LOL*

Seriously...have you considered it?

MagnoliaBlue


~My Skipper Jim
I love you!
Your Lady June~

X Angel
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since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521
Oregon
3 posted 2000-07-12 05:14 PM


Martini...thank you  

Magnolia....Thanks for your kind reply! I have thought about finishing these poems up, but they never seem to *want* to be finished...maybe it is the unfinished state of my heart that makes these poems refuse to have an ending...
I dunno!   I will *try* harder to finish them for all you people who want the "END"

~Heather

MagnoliaBlue
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since 2000-05-12
Posts 367

4 posted 2000-07-12 06:44 PM


Hi again...
I am sorry for the
misunderstanding...I
don't want it to end  
...I want it to continue...
as in a story. You are
great at writing...the
stories would be great!

MagnoliaBlue


~My Skipper Jim
I love you!
Your Lady June~

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla
5 posted 2000-07-12 06:49 PM


X Angel,
A beautiful story poem. Enjoyed.

X Angel
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since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521
Oregon
6 posted 2000-07-12 07:28 PM


Magnolia...I know whatcha mean! I'll see if anymore can be wrung from this poem to turn it into a story  

Sy..thanks so much! I dunno why I am writing all these epics lately lol..


~H

Kit McCallum
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since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada
7 posted 2000-07-12 09:18 PM


Wonderful XAngel!  Home to the "man who loved her not" ... sigh ... well done!

Best wishes,
/Kit

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