I Found Them....Hidden Away... (Three Letters)

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Magnus

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South Carolina, USA

0 posted 2002-01-11 08:14 PM

I found them yesterday, hidden away..
Three letters, all postmarked from years past.
Addressed to you...at a post office box...
Letters which I want desperately to open.
But....I am afraid...I can’t..

Could I just be overly fearful, imagining?
Surely...they cannot be what I fear most?
For I loved you...loved you as no other..
And I don’t want to lose the memories.

My hand trembles as I hold them.
The paper..now brown, old...stiff..
Not paper that would have held love.
Paper of a turbulent, hurtful time..

I still love you...even though you are gone.
I remember the last moment with you.
Your eyes smiling up at me...a tear falling.
Tears fell from both our eyes that day.
I kissed away your last breath..

Would you want me to know...to open the past?
To bring hurt into a relationship eternal?
Can it only be just me, my silly insecurity?
Or...was it her?...instead of me?

I want to keep you as I knew you...
My knight in armor, my protector..
My suitor, my lover, the essence of me..
I will share this memory with her...if she exists..
Your memory I have...we have...
And I know you loved me...
would love me now..

Marsha

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1 posted 2002-01-11 08:42 PM

Magnus darling boy this is Utterlu Utterly poignantly beautiful

It brought tears to my eyes, I know I'm as sentimental as they come

However the feelings brought out in this excellent piece from you show just how much talent you have

Wonderful writing as always This really is excellent and i love it. This is a keeper for certain

Love and warm stuff
As always
Mushy

To give light to them that sit in darkness..... to guide our feet into the way of peace St John ch2 v1

Balladeer

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2 posted 2002-01-11 08:59 PM

Very touching and with a wonderful flavor to the words, good sir

Victoria

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3 posted 2002-01-11 09:09 PM

If im not mistaken you are taking the womans role here..is that right? Maybe a letter from another woman? enjoyed magnus..i think she should just throw them in the fire..

~Victoria

"To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides."
~ David Viscott

[This message has been edited by Victoria (01-11-2002 09:12 PM).]

Bill Charles
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highways, & byways, for now

4 posted 2002-01-11 09:12 PM

Magnus - perhaps to open them, and remember what was, or perhaps not... I wouldn't know what to do either...

BC

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5 posted 2002-01-11 09:16 PM

This is very good! I was a little confused on the perspective of the poem though. I loved it though!

Noelle

"Hold fast to dreams, for is dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly" Langston Hughes

JamesMichael
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6 posted 2002-01-11 09:37 PM

Interesting...James

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

7 posted 2002-01-11 09:39 PM

Barry....don't open them...let old letters lie....Great write! Hugs, Nancy.

~* A dream is a wish your heart makes... *~

amusemi
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8 posted 2002-01-11 09:53 PM

Stunning!!

Martie

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9 posted 2002-01-11 11:12 PM

Magnus...very poignant poem...perhaps if you held them up to the light, I want to say, but..to trust is part of love.

Mistletoe Angel

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10 posted 2002-01-11 11:17 PM

(big hugggssssss) So so sad, sweet friend, my heart cries out to the sorrow behind these messages! (sad sigh) I too wouldn't know what to do in this situation, but if you want to keep memories and perceptions alive the way they are, then it is best not to open them and keep them in a safe scrapbook or safe place! (big hugggssss) So very heatfelt, sweet friend, I love it! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Barry, thank you for sharing!

May love and light alwyas shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Sunshine

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11 posted 2002-01-11 11:20 PM

Something that should never be found hidden, or otherwise...

well done Sir...

Ivy Rose
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12 posted 2002-01-11 11:46 PM

Magnus...This poem touched me deeply. As a good poet friend of mine wrote, "What you have is never lost," No one can take away what is kept in our hearts. ***Ivy Rose

Magnus

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13 posted 2002-01-11 11:47 PM

reply to all...

IT IS LATE...

I thank each of you for your comments...

I took the woman's role...like looking at
it from her persective at times...helps the
sensitivity come out..

No, not a good thing to find anywhere...

I may follow this up with one where she
decides what to do with the letters...

I think it is obvious that she loved him
very much...and still does..

Duncan
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14 posted 2002-01-11 11:58 PM

Interesting to write from that perspective. If a sequel is coming, I hope she throws them away without reading. She knows all she needs to know. There's my two-cents. lol Very effective write, Magnus.

Irish Rose
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15 posted 2002-01-12 12:28 PM

Letters are special for many reasons. Not like a phone call or
a conversation. A letter is lasting, you have it forever.....
this is very moving, very "life"

Kathleen--(Kay)
A true friend does not love you for who you are, but in spite of who you are." -- Caroline Tran

Startime
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16 posted 2002-01-12 12:30 PM

Oh my yes,,,this has to have a follow up...it is like an important life story unfolding. I love it, Magnus...**big hugs**

more please.

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Bec
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17 posted 2002-01-12 01:19 AM

Magnus...

Don't open them!

Let the past stay in the past. If she wants to remember him the way he was, don't let her open them and be disappointed. If he's a knight in shining armour in her mind, let him stay that way. Wonderful, thought provoking write.

Bec

"Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you. And all you can do is to go where they can find you."
-Winnie-the-Pooh

Kethry
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18 posted 2002-01-12 07:20 AM

Magnus,
Does she open them and will it make a difference to her love? Sequel please, I have to know.
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

Greeneyes

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19 posted 2002-01-12 10:44 AM

I want to keep you as I knew you"

softly romantic, old love letters....lovely thoughts here....I enjoyed this as it brought back many a memory of time...

Lauren~

Tomorrow's another day
and I'm thirsty any way
so bring on the rain

strbbux
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20 posted 2002-01-12 10:46 AM

Very very touching Magnus, I could just picture you trembling with that letter in your hand. good poem. floria

Canuckster
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21 posted 2002-01-12 10:47 AM

Extraordinary. Good assumption of anobviously different voice than your own. Very touching.

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