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Elizabeth Santos
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since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2001-12-31 05:38 AM



My Own Pace

It’s time to let the hours swiftly pass along their way
Too weak to wrap my fingers round the moments of a day
Too wise to try to hold the flow of life as it unfurls
So swiftly under golden bridges, rushing water swirls

I used to savor setting suns that clung to mountain’s edge
I’d linger well beyond the crimson glow on field and hedge
But now it seems the sun moves faster round the spinning earth
As I try to grasp each holiday, each birthday, and each birth

With pace of daily rhythms I no longer can compete
My footprints mark a shorter distance tread by weary feet
The sands I walk are finer now, well filtered through life’s sieve
But come to me, for I still have a wealth of love to give

Elizabeth Santos

© Copyright 2001 Elizabeth Santos - All Rights Reserved
Joyce Johnson
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1 posted 2001-12-31 12:52 PM


Thi is beautiful elizabeth and you have a wealth of lovely words to give also.  Happy New Year Joyce
DJLI
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since 2000-06-21
Posts 237
TN, USA
2 posted 2001-12-31 02:40 PM


i can relate quite well to this.  you have a wonderful way of expressing your thoughts, keep it up.

life is like a road: full of pot holes and dead ends.

Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263

3 posted 2002-01-01 11:09 AM


I want a book with all of your poetry in it, Elizabeth.

I am/Kathleen/

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269
Pennsylvania
4 posted 2002-01-01 12:49 PM


THank you,dear poets for your kind comments.
And Kathleen, you honor me
Thank you
LIz

ellie LeJeune
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since 2000-01-10
Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA
5 posted 2002-01-03 12:25 PM


Ah, Liz; You have captured the essence of time fleeting ....perfection in poetry always are your writings...love, Ellie

A friend hears the song in my heart, and sings it to me when my memory fails.

Wikket
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since 2000-01-29
Posts 340
Santa Clara, CA USA
6 posted 2002-01-03 04:49 PM


All I can say is beautiful...it's people like you that give others hope.  Thanks...

~~Jamie  

"...This is how you remind me of what I really am, this is how you remind me..." --Nickleback

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