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nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

0 posted 2001-11-17 06:25 AM

Emptying the Mind

It's easier to empty the mind
then it is to touch the soul of another.
Last evening, early, I tried this
as I lay down to open all thoughts
and let them slide down my body.

One by one, I could feel them,
each memory, each thrill, each look shared.
Body sighing, showing signs of withdrawal, struggled.
Reaching for the comfort of a quilt,
even on a warm night, tucking it in tightly
to hold those thoughts close to me.

Until the silhouettes playing behind my eyes ceased,
the glow of the night disappeared
and the silence of my softened breathing
was all that was heard, you remained beside me
'til the very end.

"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart.
It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul."
(J.Garland)

Sunshine

Administrator

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2001-11-17 07:10 AM

Well look here...this is a lovely, and I am the first to read it....

ctowen
Member Elite

since 2001-10-18

Posts 2286
Green Mountains of VT

2 posted 2001-11-17 04:03 PM

You always seem to have a lot on your mind...
it probably does take you time to sort, solve, forget, remember ...
maybe if it would only be easier to have an "IN" and "OUT" box for another day.
A little paint, a few flowers .... presto a whole new "office"!!!!
Wouldn't that be a thought to remember?!?!
Keep smiling!!

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

3 posted 2001-11-17 04:07 PM

Oh Maureen! This is very beautiful...but, such an aching there as well.
Love it...I do!
~hugs, Nancy~

~I've loved you forever, in lifetimes before.~

Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

4 posted 2001-11-17 04:38 PM

There is much comfort in this.

Corinne

Lone Wolf
Member Ascendant

since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

5 posted 2001-11-17 05:59 PM

Sometimes all we can do is wrap those thoughts up and hold them close. Well done.

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

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

6 posted 2001-11-23 05:21 PM

Sunshine..glad you were the first that day to read and respond *s

Craig, my mind never stops ..it drives me  crazy..but in a good way..an in and out box..I like that idea  but what about the thoughts that hang around and won't leave.
A whole new  office with flowers and all...I think I may just do that *s

Nancy~  I ache all the time, I guess it's a part of growing older..*s Thank you.

Corinne ..I am  glad you found comfort in  my words.

Lone Wolf..oh and I have them wrapped up in ribbons...beneath my pillow to get me through my nights. *s Thank you

~Wynter

"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart.
It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul."
(J.Garland)

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