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John Yaws
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0 posted 2001-06-04 06:29 PM


Won’t you hold it tenderly?
It’s timid, and afraid...
Of any sudden motion...
Many times, mistakes it’s made.

Let your speech to it fall softly
And assuage it’s grief and fright...
And try to give it comfort-
For it cries a lot at night.

Won’t you deal with it with candor-
It’s too simple for charades.
Won’t you handle it like crystal?
Before the last of it’s hopes fades.

Won’t you murmur, Please don’t fear me?
Ere the conversation starts...
Won’t you handle it quite gently?
For I’m speaking of my heart.

[This message has been edited by Gunslinger (edited 06-04-2001).]

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Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06
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1 posted 2001-06-04 08:32 PM


Yes, a poem about our hearts is to be cherished indeed!

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee


Titia Geertman
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2 posted 2001-06-05 06:44 PM


It's soft and serene, I like it.

Titia

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Saunni
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since 2000-07-11
Posts 1777
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3 posted 2001-06-05 06:51 PM


Aww, this is so beautiful! You write from a beautiful heart!  

Sauni

Sauni :)
Have you ever known the color grey when the nighttime finds you weak
I have, I've walked that road each time; that's where my angel sleeps

latin passion
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since 2001-04-26
Posts 576

4 posted 2001-06-05 07:17 PM


I like this - very tender write. Almost a lost sparrow.
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