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Magnus
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0 posted 2003-11-03 07:33 PM


For years, I didn’t....and....

I built the mighty dam,  
as waters lapped my heels.
I troweled the great wall,
to hide my reveals.

I forged the rivers wide,
to run from what did hurt.
I'd give, but yet I'd hide
my head in choking dirt.

I am a man.  Blessed be they who
cherish me for this.  My hem
does not show, nor does my
soul, unless I pry open the gate to
where my heart lies.  

My cracks lie beneath mortar
that discloses but a smooth surface.
And of this, one's ponder might divulge
the flaw of what is unseen.

Don’t ask me to cry, for I do so...freely.
Nor should you reach out for a hug,
for I am now, as I write.

Compassion is naught, for it lies
within the letter I wrote.
Should arrive soon.

And for goodness sakes, don’t look for
me to tell my indwelling secrets or shames,
for they rest before me now....within my
open palm...

I am learning...it takes time...  


[This message has been edited by Magnus (11-03-2003 07:34 PM).]

© Copyright 2003 Barry J. Tackett - All Rights Reserved
Martie
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1 posted 2003-11-03 08:50 PM


Barry, dear man...you are beautiful!  
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2 posted 2003-11-03 09:11 PM


Barry~


complete awe....this is so amazing....such an amazing poet you really are....hugsssss and thank you for this.....
Lauren~

i carry your heart with me
i am never without it
you are what a moon has always meant sky of sky
the wonder that keeps stars apart-
e.e.cummings

Magnus
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3 posted 2003-11-03 09:17 PM


Martie,  you haven't seen me in my mirror
lately!!  Yikes!  Thanx dear one...

Gosh Lauren,  you snuck in on me....I am just
a man that is learning self expression,
something that he kept within for a very
long time...and something/one gifted me
with an imagination and a few feelings to
add to the stew....  Thanx...

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4 posted 2003-11-04 10:03 AM



If "that" gave you "this"...
then there's one large smile
looming on your horizon...

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5 posted 2003-11-04 01:58 PM


Magnus~
I've always done a lot of internalizing, as great grandmother said it was the way of thoroughbreds~

Sometimes it has worked against me ... and then I sifted through my thoughts, knowing just what to share with others ... and yes, I now know that self-expression you speak of~

one's ponder might divulge
the flaw of what is unseen.'


THIS is a great thought~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram
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6 posted 2004-07-08 12:08 PM


Beautifull
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Bippity Boppity BUMP this BEAUTY

~*No matter what I search for ...
let me know when it is LOVE that I find*~ <))><

Email -       noles1@totcon.com       

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8 posted 2005-12-11 07:23 PM


good...this one needs a bump...because I forgot to give beautiful very Barry a hug before.     
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9 posted 2006-09-30 09:50 AM


This --- bracing, is all I can say. And I count myself lucky to have come upon it right after this one.... /pip/Forum55/HTML/000830.html
Now THAT is a fine combination!

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