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Auguste

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since 2000-02-16

Posts 3953
By the sea

0 posted 2001-06-17 04:57 PM

The Salt Air Cloak

by Michael

He wears the salt air
as a cloak
and pulls it tightly
‘round his fragile form.

Hot ocean sand,
like sponge,
draws weariness away,
soaks it up,
and it's there to stay.

Throwing bits of bread
into the air,
seagulls dive and catch,
their calls growing louder,
more urgent.

Dressed in jeans
and shirt,
he’s so out of place
among the barely clothed.

He gets curious looks,
as he rests and paints
ocean,
children at play,
the joy, laughter,
a lovely summer day.

His weeping flesh
he knows can never heal,
but gives thanks daily
for the depths
his heart can feel.

And he is blessed.
He is so very blessed.

Michael Auguste~
There is more depth to the heart than the human mind can comprehend and it only has boundaries when we choose to fence it in.

Zinsser
Senior Member

since 2001-02-27

Posts 1641
Calif.

1 posted 2001-06-17 05:22 PM

  Very Good
Blessed with eyes that can see.... heart that can feel
    Thank you
     Connie

Cerenity
Member Elite

since 2000-02-16

Posts 2637
Escondido-California

2 posted 2001-06-17 07:25 PM

Hi Auguste,

Wonderful, wonderful writing here, sometimes it's quite OK to be out of place, it's a matter of where ones heart lays, beautiful work, loved it.

Love, Cerenity

"God doesn't have to be reminded that we exist.
We have to be reminded that He exist!"

(Writer Unknown)

Lone Wolf
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since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

3 posted 2001-06-17 10:17 PM

He truly is blessed, my friend. Wonderful work, Michael.

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Suetang
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since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

4 posted 2001-06-17 10:22 PM

This was so very beautiful Michael, thank you. Take care.....Sue

Suetang

Auguste

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since 2000-02-16

Posts 3953
By the sea

5 posted 2001-06-18 01:47 AM

Connie,
Yes, quite blessed!  Thank you.

Cerenity,
Thank you for the "Wonderful" and yes, it is okay to be out of place, not a carbon copy of everyone else.  Thank you.

Lone Wolf,
Thank you and yes, he truly is.

Sue.
Hi sweetie.  :-)  Thank you

Michael Auguste~
There is more depth to the heart than the human mind can comprehend and it only has boundaries when we choose to fence it in.

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

6 posted 2001-06-18 03:01 AM

Wow...this is vivid! I could see the contrast of the stark image of him against the beauty of the ocean...very very nice work here!!! You brought me there, m'friend!

Dee
Member Elite

since 2000-08-19

Posts 2330
Queensland, Australia

7 posted 2001-06-18 06:59 AM

Michael, you poems always seem to be so visual. I loved it.

Dee

I wish you every happiness and may you always have the best of the good things in life. a brand

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

8 posted 2004-05-06 04:21 AM

saved_by_grace
Member

since 2005-01-08

Posts 332
In the arms of God...

9 posted 2005-06-12 11:00 AM

remembering our journeys to the beach...and how we both looked out of place

Sunshine

Administrator

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

10 posted 2006-08-04 10:17 PM

Thank you, Archives...

I can see again my Michael in glory...

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

11 posted 2006-08-04 10:32 PM

Remembering..
and missing
our dear friend, Michael.

Paint the Heavens Michael.

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