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SEA
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0 posted 2001-04-10 09:17 PM



He said
"I love you little girl"
I believed him
With the trusting
innocence
Of a young girl
It was so easy
With his Alabama accent
And big brown eyes
At that moment
I loved him too
He touched my heart
with gentleness
and kissed my lips
with a sweetness
I hadn't yet felt
He picked a flower for me
My first
I was 13
I still have that flower
And when I see it
I'm reminded
Of what it means to be young
And to feel love
Even if only
For one day
At the Fair


~SEA~

If I let you into my heart.....
will you promise to stay?
~Sue~

© Copyright 2001 S.E. A - All Rights Reserved
Tiersdin
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1 posted 2001-04-10 09:27 PM


Very touching, SEA, takes me back as well...

Nicely done...
-Tier

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2 posted 2001-04-10 09:27 PM


how could i not love this, even though i think something flew in my eyes while i read it...........

There is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar.
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3 posted 2001-04-10 09:30 PM



What a sweet tender remember!  Very lovely~

Take care,
Melissa~

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4 posted 2001-04-10 09:32 PM


Sea...I loved this, and thank you so much for a tender walk down my memory lane...I needed to smile today!  Beautifully done.
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5 posted 2001-04-10 09:35 PM


a lovely memory, thaks for sharing this...




Greeneyes~


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"Within you I lose myself
Without you I find myself
Wanting to be lost again."
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6 posted 2001-04-10 10:24 PM


Tiersdin~ thank you, glad to take you along  

Jamie~ you are so sweet....thank you  

Melissa~ thank you very much  

Mysteria~ happy to make you smile, as you have a beautiful one!  

Greeneyes~  thank you  

~SEA

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7 posted 2001-04-10 10:28 PM


Oh SEA - the fair! How I remember hoping to find a carnival carnie who wanted to catch my eye...but my only ups and downs were on the ferris wheel...
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8 posted 2001-04-10 10:30 PM


Sunshine~ oh yes...he was and I had no idea they were taboo.....I just knew his smile made my knees weak and he looked at me like no one else had before......   SEA
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9 posted 2001-04-10 11:31 PM


This is amazing as always   First kisses are always fun to remember!
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10 posted 2001-04-10 11:36 PM


SEA-- NOT A CARNIE!!!!--- did ya get a shot after????...heh
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11 posted 2001-04-10 11:40 PM


Brad~ thank you  

Jamie~ I was 13 and didn't know it was a no-no....my dad wasn't happy.....how's that?   I didn't really care too much after I found out....it is still a beautiful memory    

~SEA

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12 posted 2001-04-11 12:13 PM


You deserve a flower every day of yuor life.

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


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13 posted 2001-04-11 12:20 PM


you little rebel you LOL...
a wild child at thirteen  
very cool moment of discovery captured in poetry.
So what kind of flower was it???
inquiring minds want to know LOL  

baby, dont you work so hard for this prize you found ...
it will all be gone when you turn around ...
cuz, nothing lasts forever anyway ...

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14 posted 2001-04-11 01:22 AM


Oh SEA...this is SO sweet    I loved it.

Michael

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"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

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15 posted 2001-04-11 01:28 AM



SEA-
  ahhh...sweet nostalgia...
  i love it    

  hugs,
  ~vicky

"...until you have read the verse on his
heart, you have not truely met the poet."
-vlraynes



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16 posted 2001-04-11 02:52 AM


Oh, sweet trusting thirteen year olds.  Thanks for the memories.  Joyce
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17 posted 2001-04-11 03:23 AM


Very nice Sea...you have a wonderful memory...James
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18 posted 2001-04-11 07:22 AM


just that one flower can bring back so many precious memories!

Dennis

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19 posted 2001-04-11 09:02 AM


ok picking a new flower, for new memories.
But hold on to the memories of time past forever.
Bernie
A smile a day keep the world in  's.

Bernie Slicker

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20 posted 2001-04-11 09:02 AM


Interloper~ you are so sweet....thank you  

Janet~ I have no idea what kind of flower it is....maybe it's a weed for all I know LOL but it has stayed in my heart shaped velvet box for all this time (17 yrs.) and it's lost a few petals here and there, but all in all it's stayed intact very well. Each time I see it, I touch it, and I remember him.  

Auguste~thank you  

Vicky~ awesome to see you! Thank you  

Joyce~ yes, at 13 I was still very innocent....thank you  

James~ thanks sweetie  

Dennis~ thank you...I hold my memories very close  

~SEA

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21 posted 2001-04-11 09:04 AM


Bernie~ I have many new flowers that I've kept....and many more memories too, than you sweet poet    SEA
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22 posted 2001-04-11 09:11 AM


How old was the Carnie guy?
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23 posted 2001-04-11 09:16 AM


Sea,
A lovely write.

SEA
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PK~ 17........ he showed me his driver's license  
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25 posted 2001-04-11 09:18 AM


Seymour~ thank you very much!!    SEA
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26 posted 2001-04-11 10:49 AM


Sea--I don't know how I missed this flower magic....kept for all these years..that's what keeps me in business.  A simply lovely poem!
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27 posted 2001-04-11 06:55 PM


this will always be my favorite poem from you. . .

thank you. . .  

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

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28 posted 2001-04-11 07:07 PM


SEA, this truly is adorable! What a sweet little read...made me smile. Thanks for that  
~Becky~

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29 posted 2001-04-11 07:16 PM


SEA,

this is a touching
photograph of sweet
nostalgia

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30 posted 2001-04-12 01:19 PM


I love this memory visit. *S*
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