I Long (A tribute to you. My new family)

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Doug Pretorius
Member

since 2001-04-08

Posts 81
Ontario, Canada

0 posted 2001-04-09 06:12 PM

I Long
April 9th, 2001
Copyright 2001 Doug Pretorius

I long to find
it
close at hand
close to heart
I spent time for time
searching
needing to know
we weren't far apart

I long for home
and joy
the fire of passions
the fire left burning
to guide me to the place
I have somehow always known

I long for friends
dear friends
my family, my sharers
in the songs and tears
all that flows
from our depths and ends

I long to be empty
of the sorrows
making room
for the wonders
you share so freely
here in this place
this cyber space
where dreams are free
to roam and soar
To the heights you show
we guide one another
through the journey
that is our soul

I long
for this place of dance
and song
and I have found it
in you
in your elegant
voices of words
speaking beauty
to share
to teach
to learn
the passions
in poetry

I long
no longer

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

1 posted 2001-04-09 06:40 PM

Doug, this is so nice... this place is magical isn't it?! Wonderful tribute to our "home"

SEA

1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

2 posted 2001-04-09 06:43 PM

awwwwwww...thank you..welcome home....helen

Severn
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

3 posted 2001-04-09 07:08 PM

Awwwwwww...

this place is definitely second home to me...and many others - glad you found your way here...

K

All obscurity starts with a danger:
Your dangers are many. I
Cannot look much but your form suffers
Some strange injury
Sylvia Plath

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Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

4 posted 2001-04-09 07:10 PM

We'll leave a light on for ya. We need you to find your way home ... to us.

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

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

5 posted 2001-04-09 07:53 PM

It's interesting how long it takes a newbie to feel this contentment..this comraderie. I'm glad you found your way here..guess that trail of virtual bread crumbs did the trick!

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

6 posted 2001-04-09 07:57 PM

Doug~
What a wonderfully endearing piece.
You are welcomed at the hearth of friends.
Thank YOU for being here.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Doug Pretorius
Member

since 2001-04-08

Posts 81
Ontario, Canada

7 posted 2001-04-09 11:34 PM

Thank you everyone, thank you for your warmth and hospitality!

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