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VAS
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0 posted 2001-04-13 09:10 AM



When I Was Old
Virginia Salter

when I was old
the sky was strident gray
my feet were as solid
as water-sated clay
my eyes could see
all things in my way
barring my progress
muting my say

the world lost its glimmer
it decayed in the shade
deer did not meadow
nor feast in the glade
sparrows fell from the sky
as if slain
my moments seemed filled
with a metronomed pain

then someone brought sun
bursting holes in the clouds
wind blew away
each semblance of shrouds
green glistened of new life
flowers followed the rain
the sinew within me
became young again

©April  6, 2000

© Copyright 2001 Virginia Salter - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2001-04-13 09:13 AM


You knew I'd like this one, now didn't you.  In fact I could SWEAR you posted it just for me!

Thank you for this one!




VAS
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2 posted 2001-04-13 09:17 AM


Thanks, Sunshine, glad you enjoyed.  I have to say of the 3 in the past 24 hours, I hope you see "Let Us Dance" a few threads down.
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3 posted 2001-04-13 10:02 AM


1derful!  Once again you weave yours words into an excellent piece!

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


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4 posted 2001-04-13 10:16 AM


Lovely poem,Vas!

A quarter of a century must pass, for the writer to understand what and why he writes.

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5 posted 2001-04-13 10:45 AM


VAS--I very much enjoyed this ray of sunshine...thank you.
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