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By the sea

0 posted 2001-04-16 03:32 PM


This Muse

by Michael


So many words both heard and said
And yet they're often hard to find
To somehow turn into a poem
They just don't seem to come to mind

Oh what to write this early morn
Of love, of hurt, of what has been
Of memories both old and worn
Perhaps to never write again

Sometimes he cannot make a rhyme
No inspiration stirs his hand
A work of art takes so much time
He needs the stars or ocean sand

A work of art this will not be
Just like so many more before
The fire is what this one will see
Rejected lines strewn on the floor

Oh he could write of ocean dreams
The drowning girl he saved one day
But nothing comes to mind it seems
So often times his words will stray

For many years when late at night
He'd turn and there she was to see
She'd put her hand on his to write
He'd thought a poem there wouldn't be

Sometimes she unexpected comes
This vision borne on air so sweet
She strokes his brow and often hums
And then beside him takes a seat

Her presence like a warm embrace
She finds the words he struggles for
She's dressed in satin sewn with lace
He's seen her many times before

To waist her auburn hair has grown
And clothes the curves of womanhood
She only comes when he's alone
And how he wishes that she would

This morning she is nowhere found
This muse that drives him so to write
No hum he hears, there is no sound
She always leaves with coming light

This morn she didn't come at all
And left he was to struggle on
Perhaps the next time she will call
When it is late and he's alone

The poem he hoped to be his best
In fireplace goes until again
Another morn she ventures by
This muse he's come to call a friend

Proust-
"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

© Copyright 2001 Michael Auguste - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2001-04-16 03:41 PM


O I do declare, I saw a muse peeking out somewhere....

in this delightful read, enchanting and bright, why your muse is playing you just right!

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2 posted 2001-04-16 03:52 PM


Michael--You write with such delicate beauty...perhaps your muse was there all along.
Passions Voice
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3 posted 2001-04-16 08:09 PM


I wish that my own muse could speak to me this way.  Thank you.

passion is life. . . ~Diana


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4 posted 2001-04-16 08:18 PM


"Sometimes she unexpected comes
This vision borne on air so sweet
She strokes his brow and often hums
And then beside him takes a seat"

What a wonderfully magical write Michael!  Superb cadence and rhyme ... I do believe she was sitting softly beside you for this beautifully flowing piece!  

Best wishes,
/Kit

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5 posted 2001-04-16 09:46 PM


Simply enchanting Michael...

Elizabeth Anne

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6 posted 2001-04-16 10:56 PM



A most awesome write, Michael!  I'd like to borrow your muse!  

Take care,
Melissa~

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7 posted 2001-04-16 11:04 PM


I enjoy your words, muse or not...*S

~Wynter

"The worst prison would be a closed heart".
...Pope John Paul II



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8 posted 2001-04-17 01:22 PM


Karilea,
Thank you for liking this.  I wrote it a year or so ago and yesterday when I couldn't think of anything to write it made me think of this poem.

Martie,
Your replies are always so supportive.  Thank you.

Passions Voice,
I haven't seen a poem of yours yet.  I'll be looking for them.  Thanks for posting on one of my own.

Kit,
Yes, I do believe she sat in on this one.  Thank you.

Elizabeth Anne,
We are going to have to stop meeting like this.  :-)  Thank you.

Melissa,
Thank you for enjoying my words.  :-)  Yes, you may borrow her if you'd like.

Wynter,
Thank you and by the way, I love your name.  It's very pretty.  :-)

Proust-
"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

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