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I Didn't Know the Meaning of Good-bye
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I Didn't Know the Meaning of Good-bye |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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How could I have known That good-bye meant forever An eternal parting of the souls The painful singeing of the delicate Fibers of my heart A word branded on my being With the hot iron of destiny So unsuspected Unpredicted I knew our love was delicate Hanging by a star’s thread Dangling from a translucent beam of light Not yet strong enough to pierce the night With it’s own glow But still it existed It was alive and visible Though drifting without a sail Like a raft afloat , never quite reaching shore Yet I waited for you I waited in limbo Even after I heard the last word from your lips The word good-bye, misunderstood Misinterpreted, Too devastating to be real And so I kept on waiting I thought you meant, I’ll see you later I thought you meant, I’ll be back again You’ll see my face in the glow of another dawn You’ll hear my voice in the echoes of your mind Our lips will come to touch again Some night beneath God’s canopy of little star’s I’ll reach for you in the shadows of tomorrow’s wanting I’ll look once more into the depth of your thought And we’ll ride again on the Delight of our togetherness I didn’t understand the meaning of goodbye I didn’t know it meant forever Elizabeth Santos |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Oh Elizabeth... there is no good in some farewells... just the memory of loveworn spells... Karilea If I whisper, will you listen?... I would rather be silent and write, than speak loudly and be bound. KRJ |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Trying a different style for this one..well it's just wonderful!! "I knew our love was delicate Hanging by a star's thread Dangling from a translucent beam of light Not yet strong enough to pierce the night With it's own glow." I love this work it's really marvelous!.... Please take care your poet friend |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Your words never fail to touch me, Liz. And this one especially at this time. Life is so precious and short - let's have fewer goodbyes..let's say hello more often! |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Oh Liz...I do like the way you wrote this!! |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Liz~ This is so delicate ~ It is such a piece of your heart. Love n' Hugs ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizabeth' Melancholia shows in the shadows of your mind. And forever is a hulla hoop of a kind. Circling the essence of your thoughts what ever you have wrought. But it does make for lovely poetry. Love Sy |
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Rosemary J. Gwaltney Senior Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 997northern mountains, Idaho |
Oh, Liz, this is a different style for you - which makes me wonder if anything new has happened? It's very good, and very deep and poignant. My prayers are with you and Tony. The spiritual wind that holds survivors aloft, plants the seeds from which bloom new hope ... R.J.G. |
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Moon Dust
since 1999-06-11
Posts 2177Skelmersdale, UK |
I guess none of us know the meaning of goodbye until we've said it, lovely piece. Sometimes you have to let go and move on, But never let go of the memories. |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
This is very touching, Elizabeth. Beautifully written, lovely images. Very nice! Denise |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Definitely says it all Liz. Slaps one right in the face, doesn't it. And forever is so-o long. One can only accept the memory and move on... jwesley |
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Aimster Member Elite
since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297Charlotte, NC |
Liz- this was both beautiful and very sad. as always your poetry is so touching. something about the way you worded this and the feelings it envoked in me, touched my heart greatly. excellent write. take care. ~amy~ |
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