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Martie
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0 posted 2002-06-21 08:04 PM



Sweet Release


Sometimes it is so hard to say
what lays behind the laundry
and these darn old tennis shoes
but I want to dangle this anyway
by the shoestring that is hope
and walk across the rope
into dainty slippers pointing out

But when I play it
I find I am walking backward
away from the blossoms
and the garden is fallow

listen I will tell you
as this fly crawls across the screen
dissecting my thought
with feet that have been
in God knows what obscenity

I will tell you
that I watch the sky for comment
and see it implode
like reverse gravity
and I want to be sucked in
in to this vortex  
and take this ambiguous feeling
and throw it to the core
to a place where I have never been
where there is a cavern
and the echo of my voice
saying yes yes yes yes yes

but it is so far
and there is no map

So I walk on grass with bare feet
and wait for the gardener
to rake up all my thoughts
and pile them into colorful
so I can jump into their center
and toss them into what for
and then lay with them in sweet release
_________
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1 posted 2002-06-21 08:07 PM




(smiles) Oh Maetie, this is soooooo beautiful, sweet friend, I help a beautiful carefree smile reading this, sweet friend, what a wonderful feeling it is indeed to fly free, we all love you so much! (kiss on cheek) You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Martie, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

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2 posted 2002-06-21 08:08 PM


Stunning write Martie, so well expressed, so deep.  PERFECT!!  Nobody releases the way you do lady!

I could have missed the pain, but I'd have had to miss the dance~~(Garth)

[This message has been edited by Gentle Spirit (06-21-2002 08:44 PM).]

Goodknight
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3 posted 2002-06-21 08:08 PM


fine writing and thanks for sharing the release - we all need that once and a while - Paul
Madame Chipmunk
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4 posted 2002-06-21 09:15 PM


So I walk on grass with bare feet
and wait for the gardener
to rake up all my thoughts
and pile them into colorful
so I can jump into their center
and toss them into what for
and then lay with them in sweet releas

You make life sound so intense, Martie...
Intensely good that is!

I enjoyed your release...

~ hugs of release

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

Marge Tindal
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5 posted 2002-06-21 09:55 PM


Martie~

*Marge just SMILES SOOOOOOOOOO BIG*

Love this~

'Sometimes it is so hard to say
what lays behind the laundry
and these darn old tennis shoes
but I want to dangle this anyway
by the shoestring that is hope
and walk across the rope
into dainty slippers pointing out'


You go twinkle toes !
Love n' hugs~
~*Marge*~

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Sunshine
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6 posted 2002-06-21 10:08 PM



quote:
So I walk on grass with bare feet
and wait for the gardener
to rake up all my thoughts
and pile them into colorful
so I can jump into their center
and toss them into what for
and then lay with them in sweet release

I remember...

the_loner_23
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7 posted 2002-06-21 10:09 PM


Enjoyed this a lot.

Cold hands means a warm heart

Mark Bohannan
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8 posted 2002-06-22 01:22 AM


So I walk on grass with bare feet
and wait for the gardener
to rake up all my thoughts
and pile them into colorful
so I can jump into their center
and toss them into what for
and then lay with them in sweet release
_________

And this is why I never worry about whether or not you will make it through the day.  You know the answer to the riddle and you bring your understanding to us in such a beautiful way.  
Big hugs to you sweet one.

Krawdad
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9 posted 2002-06-22 02:26 AM


Martie,
This feels so familiar . . .
That yearning to meld oneself with something, or everything, or anything, or . . .
I enjoyed the feeling and your craft of it.
e

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10 posted 2002-06-22 03:11 AM


this is very nice. Kinda of a good piece of advise for people in despair. Keep on writing. You bring light on all of us.
BluesSerenade
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11 posted 2002-06-23 12:34 PM


*exquisite*  loved the scenery here!
That is some pen you have Martie girl!

Seymour Tabin
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12 posted 2002-06-23 12:44 PM


Martie,
A lovely write and a lovely read.

Dark Angel
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13 posted 2002-06-23 05:51 PM


Oh yes, yes YESSSSS
Can I have what you're having?

I love this Martie, excellent write from you hon.. as always

Magnus
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14 posted 2002-06-23 07:32 PM


And such a wonderful feeling it is...as only
you are capable of expressing so well..

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