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haydenjames
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since 2002-02-14
Posts 164
Antigua & Barbuda

0 posted 2002-07-09 10:40 AM


This white package,
with much written
within. Folded,
feelings now
sit on my oak desk.

Scales - to send or not
- tip and sway. Its contents,
I sift emotionally.
With expressions wiped
from my fickle face.

Four of my fingers
trample repeatedly.
On it they patter drumbeats.
A mixture and potion
of candor, potted beneath.

Mist of concepts
vent over waves,
Amidst which I swim.
So as not to drown
I destroy, the envelope.

My poetry is at:  http://www.thehayden.org

© Copyright 2002 hayden a. james - All Rights Reserved
Sunnyone
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since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334
Staffordshire, England
1 posted 2002-07-09 10:54 AM


Oh how many times I have done exactly the same thing!!!!  This is exceptional, and captures the indecision of whether to send or not to send.......great writing!

Open the door and let your adventure begin!!!
  
    


devina
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since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539
Cali
2 posted 2002-07-09 04:53 PM


You've painted this picture well!!!

I think you've made a HUGE mark upon worldly indecision as well...eh???

take care you!!!

Open arms can be the most fragile in the world...



rwood
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since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793
Tennessee
3 posted 2002-07-09 08:31 PM


Hmmmm..decisions..decisions.. A lot of feeling inside something so insignificant..and yet..sooo very meaningful. Fabulous write.

Sincerely,
Reg

Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354
Listening to every heart
4 posted 2002-07-09 08:39 PM



After this much thought,
probably a very, very
good move...

well done, hayden...

Enchantress
Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113
Canada eh.
5 posted 2002-07-09 08:43 PM


Yes, I agree with Sunshine...
If you have to ponder the decision very long..
best not to send.
~Hugs~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989

6 posted 2002-07-09 08:45 PM


Joining the other ladies on this one.  I know all to well how many I have never sent...and am glad I didn't.  Well done.

Enjoy life, this is NOT a dress rehearsal.

{on the wings of words are spirits fly...and our souls are free~me}


mycafe
Senior Member
since 2002-05-23
Posts 584

7 posted 2002-07-09 09:17 PM


You've expressed it so well...for I can almost feel all the emotions in here while reading it!

*mycafe*

Keep counting your blessings

haydenjames
Member
since 2002-02-14
Posts 164
Antigua & Barbuda
8 posted 2002-07-10 09:05 AM


Thanks so much everyone for your kind words. Makes my writings even more fulfilling.

My poetry is at:  http://www.thehayden.org

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