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0 posted 2001-04-10 09:51 AM


Rising Dreams

So quiet, so quiet. Shhh.
Whisper.
It is dark, but not,
it is light, almost,
and within myself
I feel the urge to rise,
always hesitant at first,
the fear of falling ever-heightened.

I am always alone
at this time.
I know it is since
no one must descry:
I can fly!
And I do so,
willingly,
even with the uncertainty
the fear always brings.

Once my mind overcomes
the apprehension,
the magic euphoria of the
uplifting freedom
then emerges, and I can
look ahead,
and back,
upward, and down,
my only fear now of hearing a voice
that will cause me to crash.

This part is the time I cherish
best, the total freedom,
the weightlessness, and
the elegant beauty from the
heights I can reach.
By myself.
Alone.

I share the nightly day-time
firmament with no birds,
no mechanical structures,
no butterflies.
I wonder why
no butterflies.

Sometimes the lift into the
heavens
comes slowly;
other times I am just there
overhead,
looking down
on me.

I hope in my dreams
I shall always be given flight.

©KRJ
28 August, 1999

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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1 posted 2001-04-10 09:54 AM


yes, me too   love this    SEA
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2 posted 2001-04-10 10:59 AM


Peter Pan -is there - come Wendy - - we shall fly -
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like it
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4 posted 2001-04-10 01:28 PM


Karilea,

This is such a pretty piece.  I flew once when I was nine years old.  I've never forgotten the way it felt.  You've described it well.  Thanks.  

Michael

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"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

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5 posted 2001-04-10 03:07 PM


Funny...I always have butterflies!  This was so full of images, I am still flying!  Beautiful my friend.

~*~ I write, therefore I am ~*~

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