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jellybeans
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0 posted 2001-08-28 10:14 AM


I admit it.
I couldn't deal with your
leaving,
and yes I black veiled not only
my face
but also my eyes.
Befriended pretense surmised darkness
to be
pain free,
my silk lined confines would
suffice;
if you were dead, then so
was I.

Day after day in the
comfort of darkness
I cried.
I was wet, but I was fine,
I thought,
within the darkness
of you and I.

I can't remember
exactly when,
I turned, my arm reached past
the limits I had set and
surprisingly, it hurt.
The pain brought realization,
it was the first time
I felt anything in days
and days.
What happened to my
broken heart?
Didn’t I claim it would
never stop hurting?

Then came the day I thought I heard
birds singing.
Birds?
Surely my ears lied.
I gave no birds permission to sing
in my self imposed
night.
Two handed I pushed-
the darkness aside.
I closed my eyes
but it was too late
to go back, like it
or not I was back in the
light.


© Copyright 2001 jellybeans - All Rights Reserved
Cpat Hair
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1 posted 2001-08-28 10:19 AM


I closed my eyes
but it was too late
to go back, like it
or not I was back in the
light.
and in the light, though painful and reluctant in our minds...is where we should be...

very nicely told...a pleasure to read.


serenity blaze
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2 posted 2001-08-28 10:20 AM


I gave no birds permission to sing
in my self imposed


It's a great day for poetry.  
I've HEARD about this happening,
and I am waiting...  

Thank you, jb...You touched my spirit with some hope today.

Lady In White
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3 posted 2001-08-28 01:39 PM



Quite reminiscent of a song from my younger days, so I enjoyed this very much....

thank you...

Marge Tindal
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4 posted 2001-08-28 02:38 PM


JellyBeans~
Oh, this one likes me a whole bunch~
~*Marge*~

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

jellybeans
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5 posted 2001-08-28 02:46 PM


thank you all....I had a hard time feeling this was finished, but my muse refused to revisit it....*shakes her head* so here I am....and gosh it sure is bright  

no really I appreciate your comments....serenity, I know, I never believed it to be so either....but it comes, someday it just comes....cpat, thank you   you are always so kind....lady in white, thank you, yes you seem to have quite a good handle on the light  ...marge, good to see you, and liking my poems...or is it them liking you lol....  

[This message has been edited by jellybeans (edited 08-28-2001).]

shadow974
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6 posted 2001-08-28 03:31 PM


Very nicely written, enjoyed.

Throw your heart out in front of you
And run out to catch it.
ARAB PROVERB

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