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PoeticKnight
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0 posted 2001-04-09 01:53 PM


Strip away the dirt from me
That always holds me down
Wash me clean completely
Let the ashes fall to the ground
Give comfort from your arms
Shelter from the cold wind blowing
With unbound hope and whispered charms
Renew blood that had stopped flowing
Better to feel pain from stricken heart
Than to laugh instead of cry
Better to let things run their course
Than to feel dead instead of alive

One touch is all that is needed
Upon the heart, death defeated


© Copyright 2001 J.M. Landry - All Rights Reserved
Brad Majors
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1 posted 2001-04-09 01:55 PM


So very well done! I love the imagery you used to describe this  
serenity blaze
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2 posted 2001-04-09 02:00 PM


ooh. ya made me say "ooh."  
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Listening to every heart
3 posted 2001-04-09 02:03 PM


Oh, yes!
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4 posted 2001-04-09 02:04 PM


PK, you have done it again.  And well done!

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


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5 posted 2001-04-09 04:33 PM


........I'm touching..........
......can you feel me?.........

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6 posted 2001-04-09 05:19 PM


One touch, indeed...one elusive touch.  Loved every word!

Speak when you are angry--and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret...Laurence J. Peter

PoeticKnight
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7 posted 2001-04-09 05:34 PM


Thank you all very, very much.

SEA, I can't feel anything, I'm numb from the shock of your touch. *L*

Doug Pretorius
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8 posted 2001-04-09 05:48 PM


I found the sentences to be abrupt and choppy, but it actually worked out well! It complemented the content perfectly.

Excellent piece PK!

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9 posted 2001-04-09 06:16 PM


one touch indeed. . .

excellent. . .

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10 posted 2001-04-09 06:18 PM


Absolutely wonderful!  
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