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Elizabeth Santos
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since 1999-11-08
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0 posted 2001-12-22 08:58 AM


Grasping at Thoughts

My pen is now grasping at thoughts that appear
Like the wing of a butterfly ever so near
Within reach of fingertips’ wide open bloom
Unable to touch its fine powdery plume

To seize is to lose the most precious of dreams
To capture a phrase is to cage the unseen
The softness of verses innately departs
At its will from an intimate place in our hearts

The visions come creeping and impishly tease
Like a butterfly’s powdery wing to the breeze
To grasp at a thought, to entice from a pen
Is to capture a love that has come to an end

Let the thought bathe in pinks of the warm dawning sun
Just as love, it will softly and silently come

© Copyright 2001 Elizabeth Santos - All Rights Reserved
Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22
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1 posted 2001-12-22 09:50 AM


Dear Poetess Liz...
this is stunning in its imagery and metaphors intend and it is more timely for me than you could know...my ever elusive muse leaves me grasping and begging for every word... so I will take comfort in your closing couplets wisdom. I need that butterfly to light on my pen and give my voice back.
Beautiful write Poetess of Grace.



You're the hidden cost and the thing that's lost in everything I do.
Thats the way love is ... sky blue and black.


2dalimit
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since 2000-02-08
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Mississippi coast
2 posted 2001-12-22 09:54 AM


This was such a pleasurable read. Thank you.

Melton

Kit McCallum
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Ontario, Canada
3 posted 2001-12-22 09:55 AM


Oh dear Liz ... you have captured that moment so perfectly, when the words and phrases drift just softly outside our grasp ... then come tumbling into our minds with a purpose. I loved this my friend.

Best wishes,
/Kit

Denise
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4 posted 2001-12-22 11:05 AM


I wish they would come a little more often to me. Beautifully expressed, Elizabeth!
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