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Elizabeth Santos
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0 posted 2000-11-13 08:44 PM


Let Me Touch Your Hand

Let me touch your hand one time
Just as you’ve touched my heart
Let me feel the warmth of you
Before we have to part

Hold my hand and let my spirit
Soar into the sky
Let me look with grace into
The deepness of your eye

Allow my senses just one glance
Into the inner you
The pool of life’s contentment
The self, the heart, the true

Then hold my spirit gently
Like a petal soft and light
Feather me with wings of gold
So we as one take flight

Breath my essence, touch my mind
Delve deep into my want
Wrap your dreams around the flow
Of adoration’s font

Carry me on moonbeam trails
To places far and high
Let me touch the sparkling star
That glitters in my eye

So warmly have you written words
Into the shifting sands
Before the tide comes rushing in
Please let me touch your hand

Ellizabeth Santos

© Copyright 2000 Elizabeth Santos - All Rights Reserved
Denise
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1 posted 2000-11-13 09:05 PM


This is breathtakingly beautiful, Elizabeth! So very lovely!

Denise

Rosemary J. Gwaltney
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2 posted 2000-11-13 09:27 PM


This is marvelous, and the last verse gave me goosebumps.  Beautifully written love poem!

Butterflies_dont_cry
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3 posted 2000-11-13 09:55 PM


Your muse and your talent are simply amazing. Beautiful writing Elizabeth~
ethome
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4 posted 2000-11-13 10:04 PM


Ah Elizabeth I just love it when you write a poem like this....this is such a fabulous poem like you can write so well!! I like this part
"Carry me on moonbeam trails
To places far and high
Let me touch the sparkling star
That glitters in my eye."

Makes me think of a song that just floats down from heaven and it's wonderful....I so much loved this one Elizabeth...

"Before the tide comes rushing in
Please let me touch your hand."

I just love it!!!!keep up the good work dear lady....take care...ethome.......

inot2B
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5 posted 2000-11-13 10:14 PM


Wow what power does that hand hold.
Loved these two lines.

Carry me on moonbeam trails
To places far and high

What a trip you can go on.

Balladeer
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6 posted 2000-11-14 12:16 PM


Allow me to give you a hand, Liz  
Daniel J D
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7 posted 2000-11-14 12:23 PM


Well done Elizabeth, keep reaching out with extended hands. Beautiful poem.

Respond to my call and let the waves of my heart fill your life with the wonders of love
(Daniel J D)

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8 posted 2000-11-14 02:14 AM


I seem to like everyone's ending stanzas today.  Good job on your's too!  
tracie66
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9 posted 2000-11-14 06:20 AM


Liz what a delicate and tender piece so superbly written...fantastic read my friend
~HUG~
Tracie~


Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe



Seymour Tabin
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10 posted 2000-11-14 07:49 AM


Elizabeth,
The hand that you would touch anew
Is waiting in the stars for you.
The old one almost out of sight.
A little to the dippers right.
He's waiting there counting time.
And reading every lovely rhyme.
Sy

Sudhir Iyer
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11 posted 2000-11-14 08:07 AM


There is so much you in this, Liz...

So evocative and so beautiful...

regards,
sudhir

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12 posted 2000-11-14 08:11 AM


Breath my essence, touch my mind
Delve deep into my want
Wrap your dreams around the flow
Of adoration’s font
===============================

Probably one of the finest stanzas I've ever read.  Thank you.

Live for love. Without love, you don't live.


rosepetals25
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13 posted 2000-11-14 08:18 AM


Liz,

    I have sooo missed your amazing talent and writings.  This is simply beautiful, as all your writings, that is the only word I can think of for now.  




~~Tara aka rp25 :o)

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14 posted 2000-11-14 10:00 AM


most lovely, most passionate...

Karilea
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I would rather be silent and write, than speak loudly and be bound.
KRJ




SEA
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15 posted 2000-11-14 10:55 AM


*sigh* so beautiful........this touched my heart   -SEA
Elizabeth Santos
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16 posted 2000-11-14 04:48 PM


THank you all so very much for your kind remarks. Each one warmed my heart. I wish I had time to address each one individually.
Your words mean so very much to me

Liz

CocoBaci
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17 posted 2000-11-14 05:04 PM


Elizabeth, absolutely adoring I love this poem!

Coco


bestgirl911
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18 posted 2000-11-14 05:07 PM


As always...beautifully written...It is wonderfully romantic.

Best

Wilfred Yeats
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19 posted 2000-11-14 08:01 PM


As I finger the keys - I note this will be but #19 - in a catalog of praise for a work that deserves not 19 but 2 to 4 times as many responses - When I pray about poetry writing - I ask for just a taste of your ability to communicate so beautifully - and perhaps someday the opportunity to meet the one who writes totally with her heart.
Martie
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20 posted 2000-11-14 08:21 PM


You always touch my heart, sweet Liz...this poem is no exception.
Lone Wolf
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21 posted 2000-11-14 08:22 PM


Elizabeth,

This was lovely writing as always.  

LW


Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats

Gemini
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22 posted 2000-11-14 08:39 PM


Liz-"Of adoration's font"
-striking words, elegantly said, this is awesome!

Alan
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23 posted 2000-11-14 10:19 PM


Very Beautiful. Truely enjoyed the read
Elizabeth Santos
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24 posted 2000-11-15 07:04 AM


Coco. Thanks so much for reading and commenting

Best. Thanks, Glad you liked it

Bill, Your words bring comfort and inspiration to one so insecure about writing. Thank you for your kind words
You always warm my heart

Martie, Just as your words always
touch mine. You have always been an inspiration to me

Lone wolf, Thank you so much

Gemini, Your words mean so much. Thanks

Alan, So glad you enjoyed reading this and I do so appreciate the comments

Liz

Nan
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25 posted 2000-11-15 07:16 AM


Elizabeth, my dear friend... "These are the happiest of times, these are the saddest of times"... Something like that...

I have to prepare myself to open and read your work of late, as I know you're pouring your heart and soul into the enscription of spiritual release... I have to be ready to shed my tears with you.  Your heart and soul are strong... Your writing is exceptional.. I'm proud to call you my peer, and my love and support are yours...

Elizabeth Santos
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26 posted 2000-11-15 08:44 AM


Nan,
You have no idea how much you have honored me with your words. Even to refer to me as a peer brought tears, which are still flowing down my cheeks. For you to have been touched by my poem is a compliment beyond measure. Thank you for your well wishes and for your very kind comments.
Liz

Corinne
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27 posted 2000-11-15 09:32 AM


So lovely and etherial, Elizabeth.

Corinne

suthern
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28 posted 2000-11-15 12:25 PM


This is incredible, Elizabeth!!
Suzanne Arlene
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29 posted 2000-11-15 02:31 PM


This is an amazing poem  .I am so stunned.Took me where i would love to go.  Thank you for the pleasure of reading it. Suzanne
Elizabeth Santos
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Pennsylvania
30 posted 2000-11-15 06:48 PM


Corrine, thanks you so much

suthern, I know you understood this poem. Thank you for reading and commenting, so glad you liked it

Suzzane, Seem you could relate to thib
THanks for the comments

Liz

suthern
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31 posted 2000-11-15 08:26 PM


I do indeed understand... and love it (and feel it) so much I had to come back for another read. *S* Your talent for expressing emotion so eloquently continues to astound me. *S*
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32 posted 2004-06-06 08:10 PM


so beautiful
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