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Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2001-06-20 07:38 PM

Time top Face the Fears

I lay alone in silent pose
In fragrance of a summer rose
Where moon and starlight softly blend
And silence was my only friend

With wounded heart and love unfound
I huddled on the cold wet ground
Then opening my weary eyes
And gazing upward to the skies

I saw a stranger gazing down
And weeping at the sight she found
She lifted me and gently led
Me to the comfort of her bed

She held me close and soothed my fears
In places far across the years
This stranger then I recognize
Was my own self with aging eyes

The sorrow of her darkest days
Reflecting in a mirrors glaze
And all the unknown hidden lies
Are streaming now from older eyes

The truth can be such wicked strife
To hold inside for half a life
One day the anguish of the past
Comes bursting through a mirror’s glass

I see the old but touch the young
Recalling now the songs unsung
And sorrow much too great to bear
Was saved for future heart’s despair

I look into the mirror’s haze
And see myself in youthful days
So innocent a fragile heart
To bear the weight that life imparts

I found her lying there in pain
A youthful image in the rain
And wept at what I would behold
The fragile hunger of the soul

I picked her up and held her near
For it was time to face the fear
And then I recognized the truth
This girl was me in days of youth

The sorrow felt in time that passed
Was now exposed to me at last
Though tears were all I had to give
She gave me back the joy to live

Elizabeth Santos

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

1 posted 2001-06-20 07:39 PM

this is wonderful. . . flowing with the power of spirit that can only come from your pen. . .

superb. . .

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Zinsser
Senior Member

since 2001-02-27

Posts 1641
Calif.

2 posted 2001-06-20 07:49 PM

Beautiful!!!
To be able to go back
and hold the you of yesterday
What a new tomarrow that would bring

Thank You
Connie

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2001-06-20 07:52 PM

Lady Santos, this is indeed one of the loveliest you have ever penned...

so indeed then, it becomes a keep of the keeper...

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

4 posted 2001-06-20 07:53 PM

Elizabeth,
A very good write. Sy

Auguste

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since 2000-02-16

Posts 3953
By the sea

5 posted 2001-06-20 08:00 PM

Liz,

This is also a keeper for me. A most excellent penning, my friend.

Michael

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.

walker
Member Elite

since 2001-02-11

Posts 2240
Florida

6 posted 2001-06-20 08:05 PM

Very inspiring!

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

7 posted 2001-06-20 08:11 PM

Elizabeth, my friend~

'I picked her up and held her near
For it was time to face the fear
And then I recognized the truth
This girl was me in days of youth

The sorrow felt in time that passed
Was now exposed to me at last
Though tears were all I had to give
She gave me back the joy to live'

I can only say .... thank you.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Kit McCallum

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Member Laureate

since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

8 posted 2001-06-20 08:44 PM

Oh Elizabeth ... I started to copy my favorite verses ... but they are all so exceptional. How many times have I said "this" is my favorite Liz? Oh my ... you really got me with this one ... I've got goosebumps, as if you've read a chapter from my life as well. Excellent writing my friend, truly wonderful emotions you've captured. Thank you for this exquisite read.

Best wishes,
/Kit

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

9 posted 2001-06-20 08:51 PM

Eloquent is the word that comes to mind, perfectly eloquent.

"This rose has seen red, I have been blue
I'm going to Ireland in 2002!" Kathleen.

Janet Marie
Member Laureate

since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

10 posted 2001-06-20 10:53 PM

May I use your words to me to tell you how touching this is...
because your words to me...was a mirror reflection of the things you have given time after time to us.........

quote:
"You are,a poet who is true to self, unashamed to write whats in your heart, and this all comes from having truly lived .... that comes out in your poetry and has often been an inspiration to me and to many others.
You are a wonderful poet and a beautiful soul and I love you lots"

This my dear sweet poet...is a gift you give to us all as well....
heal in your poetry Lizzie...in the release...
grow in your light....you shine in every word.

jm

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

11 posted 2001-06-20 11:23 PM

Thank you so much for reading and commenting on this poem, which I wasn't sure anyone would relate to. Actually this is a true story. About a year ago I had to come to terms with things that happened long ago, and relive the experiences in order to deal with them.
Kit and JM you both brought tears to my eyes
Thank you
Liz

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant

since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

12 posted 2001-06-21 12:32 PM

Liz, if your heart was painted, there would be a picture with beautiful imprinted all over it...

Beautiful is the one who shines in an everlasting smile
... and you do...

This is a gem...

regards,
sudhir

"I was born intelligent - education ruined me"

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