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quietwaters
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since 2002-02-04
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delray beach, florida

0 posted 2002-02-05 09:08 PM



Keep holding me
like no one has ever tried to do
before, while we settle
our togetherness into the gentle
embrace of our mutual limitations

If it pleases you to stay long enough
to know me well past this sunrise,
please do.  I ask nothing better
than for the chance to love myself
a little kinder than I ever did
before you came, for you to teach me
a newer language in the distended
bareness of your throat, couched
in the trusting voicelessness of
honest warmth

When the sun starts peeling off
the shadows between the blinds,
I'll let you make up your mind then,
for both of us,  
if this is all worth keeping...

Like every de javu fullness
of a sudden revelation,
when one precise combination of angle
and sight brings forth all the special worth
of a long-forgotten joy, or the poignancy
of an elusive grief, now remembered,
twice magnified; as if we've lived,
tasted, understood halfway like this before,
in another life...

I'll let you tell me then
if together
we might reach high enough
to touch the beauty of a single star

And if you can tell me
all these...and soon...
please
do


© Copyright 2002 Ree Joy Baldonado - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2002-02-05 09:11 PM




(smiles) You are soooooooo romantic, sweet friend, who would never want to express such feelings of joy like this to you and help boost you to the heavens and stars forever? (big hugggsssssss) May you forever spread your hearts wings and fly to eternal joy, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Ray, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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with you
2 posted 2002-02-05 09:24 PM


"Like every de javu fullness
of a sudden revelation,
when one precise combination of angle
and sight brings forth all the special worth
of a long-forgotten joy, or the poignancy
of an elusive grief, now remembered,
twice magnified; as if we've lived,
tasted, understood halfway like this before,
in another life..."


your writing is amazing, you have a fan

Auguste
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3 posted 2002-02-05 09:39 PM


SEA beat me to it.  I was going to also say you've got a fan.  Most excellent writing!

Michael

Michael Auguste~
There is more depth to the heart than the mind can comprehend and it only has boundaries when we choose to fence it in.  

Startime
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since 2000-10-03
Posts 5918
Canada
4 posted 2002-02-05 09:41 PM


*sigh* what a gentle yearning plead is in your words. This poem is filled with tenderness. It is very very beautiful to read... **big hugs**

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

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14
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Canada eh.
5 posted 2002-02-05 09:47 PM


Excellent....simply exquisite!
~Hugs, Nancy~

~Time has cast a spell on you,
  So you won't ever forget me~

Irish Rose
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6 posted 2002-02-05 09:49 PM


I love your writing, please continue......
it is a blessing to read.

Kathleen--(Kay)
"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee



dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13
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High Springs, Florida
7 posted 2002-02-05 11:49 PM


this..i enjoyed very much....i will have to look for you more..

wonderful writing...

hugs, g

~dgvarner/fallen rain~

"and i'd give up forever to touch you..cause i know you can feel me somehow..." -googoo dolls

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8 posted 2002-02-06 12:07 PM


Well that is a group decision here, I too intend to watch for your work more often as I fully enjoyed your work and its presentation as well.

~* Carpe' Diem  *~

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Deep in the heart
9 posted 2002-02-07 09:53 AM


My first time to read your work.  
I love it!
I look forward to more

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

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