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Trillium
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0 posted 2001-09-08 06:26 PM







A Shadow

The path along the cliff is dim.
The drop below is steep and grim.
Great jagged rocks, a-gleam with spray,
Where wild waves crash and fall away.
I wonder why I'm drawn here?
Perhaps because the view is clear
And I can glimpse infinity,
Where the horizon meets the sea.

Perhaps it is the solitude
That often seems to match my mood.
The vast expanse of sea and sky.
The gulls that hover and their cry
And as I turn away to go,
A strange elation lets me know,
That I am part of all I see.
A shadow on eternity!


Betty Lou Hebert
Published in "Best Writer's of 1995"





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1 posted 2001-09-08 06:44 PM


This is beautiful.  You draw such a vivid picture.  Joyce
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2 posted 2001-09-09 06:04 AM


I can see why this poem got published. Beautiful. I'm glad I got the chance to read it.  
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3 posted 2001-09-10 02:50 AM


Great! every one should have a contemplation place such as this one. very pretty.
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4 posted 2001-09-11 12:02 PM


BettyLou~
Oooooooooooh, I like this~

'I can glimpse infinity,
Where the horizon meets the sea.'


What a wonderful thought~
~*Marge*~

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5 posted 2001-09-11 12:14 PM


Joyce:  Thanks for commenting and glad you could picture the scene.

Mundo:  Thanks for your nice remarks!

Betty Lou Hebert

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6 posted 2001-09-11 12:16 PM


Inanothertime:  Thanks!.  I always find the sea therapeutic.

Betty Lou Hebert

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7 posted 2001-09-11 12:17 PM


Marge:  Thanks for your nice remarks.  I always think of infinity when I see that line at the horizon, where sea and sky meet.

Betty Lou Hebert

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