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JamesMichael
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0 posted 2002-01-14 01:11 AM


Within The Reach of Me


I have desired love as much as
any one man possibly could.

I have wished and hoped and prayed
and even begged for love until I knew
if love was around I would.

Now I no longer reach out for love
as it seems love has found its way to me.

Love you are a precious gift from above
that was always within the reach of me.


JamesLee
January13
2002


© Copyright 2002 JamesMichael - All Rights Reserved
Mon Cherie
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1 posted 2002-01-14 01:14 AM


James, does it really?
I mean, does it really come when you stop looking for it? After searching for so long, it is really getting tired, and sometimes I feel like just giving up on love...

_,,,^.^,,,_
Florence

JamesMichael
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2 posted 2002-01-14 01:27 AM


Mon Cherie I can only say it comes as a gift...it doesn't necessarily come to the one that puts out the most effort...but I believe it is good to reach for it and to desire it but there also comes a time when we just need to believe in love...and someday that faith will become a reality...James
peppermint35
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3 posted 2002-01-14 02:18 AM


James, you've written so beautifully what I truly believe to be an absolute fact..

It really seems true that when you stop looking .. you find the truest love ... perhaps right where you've been looking all along.. and when you do.. you wonder why you ever looked so long..

Good one, James.. loved the read!!! :

Hugz,

Pepper
"A poem is the very image of life expressed in its eternal truth."
   Percy Bysshe Shelley

Dee
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4 posted 2002-01-14 05:28 AM


James, and it's about time too.
Dee

I wish you every happiness and may you always have the best of the good things in life.     a brand

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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5 posted 2002-01-14 05:55 AM


James:  I love your writings!  I wish I could get my best friend to believe in this concept! she walks around with blinkers on when it comes to love!!  lol .....well written bello!  ~Roniece~
walker
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6 posted 2002-01-14 07:37 AM


And you are right, great poem.
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7 posted 2002-01-14 07:54 AM


Now I no longer reach out for love
                    as it seems love has found its way to me.
================================================

SBJ ... it dont get any sweeter that those words above ...
sometimes its when we stop trying so hard, --  the things we want the most...
just fall softly in our laps.
wonderful sentiments put to verse...Im so happy for you

Even thru the darkest phase, be it thick or thin
Always someone marches brave, here beneath my skin
Constant Craving ... has always been.


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8 posted 2002-01-14 09:13 AM


James-Love is a gift and so is your poetry to us. Chris

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

[This message has been edited by Nightshade (01-14-2002 09:14 AM).]

Victoria
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9 posted 2002-01-14 09:53 AM


The same thing when you lose something in the house..you find it when you forget all about it ha..

             ~Victoria~

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10 posted 2002-01-14 02:53 PM




(sigh) Soooooooo beautiful, sweet friend, that's the most beautiful part of love, how while we search for it, we find the comfort that true love is also searching at the same time, and the embrace is magical! (big hugggsssss) You are soooooo romantic, sweet friend, may love forever be in reach of you and fill youw ith happiness! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet James, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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11 posted 2002-01-14 04:08 PM


Oh James, I am speechless, this is wonderful. floria
peaches73533
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12 posted 2002-01-14 04:44 PM


James,
I am so happy for you.Have missed hearing your words.
Peaches

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13 posted 2002-01-14 04:46 PM


James,

   I think this one might be my favorite from you.. .yes I am always saying that *chuckles* but you are always topping yourself Well done.

Hugs,
Tara

"My heart is like an open book, for the whole world to read"
     - Motley Crue, Home Sweet Home

J. K. Mitchell
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14 posted 2002-01-14 05:05 PM


You've taken my thoughts and put them in words in a way I never could.
Wonderful!

Startime
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15 posted 2002-01-14 05:17 PM


I LOVE IT!! James you have said it so simply but so perfectly.. Magnificent. **big hugs**

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

Suetang
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16 posted 2002-01-14 05:24 PM


Hello James
This was so very beautiful and it's true what they say that special things come to those who wait as it obviously has for you.
Take care......Sue

Suetang

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