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Lady In White
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0 posted 2002-09-08 07:30 AM



Tell me Why

By strains of a song
           Of why I love you
Wrapped in warm memories
           Tell me why it’s true
Why snapped beans
           And Sunday comics
Are recollections fond
           And held in sigh
Tell me why…

Why doesn’t air disappear
           When a vacuum is in motion?
Why doesn’t sand just leave
           And fall back into the ocean?
Why is up so far
           And down so close?
Why did God create stars,
           Was it for prose?
Why are slant rhymes
           Such a mystery?
Why do bad things
           Come in threes?

Can you tell me why
           I still feel your touch?
Why I still miss you
           So very much?
Why I hear
           Upon the breeze
The softest word,
           Sounds like a please?
Why a heart can
           Reach in strain…
Why this ache
           Is a soft refrain?



And children are held
           By a magic bubble
Their whys a mystery
            But worth the trouble
To see the glint
            In eyes of blue
When explaining my reasons
            Of why I love you.

[This message has been edited by Lady In White (09-08-2002 07:31 AM).]

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ethome
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1 posted 2002-09-08 08:27 AM


That's a lot of questions but they're all beautifully phrased to stimulate the reader's imagination and the point of the poem brings it to a conclusion very nicely....This is very nicely done!
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2 posted 2002-09-08 08:59 AM


Morning Lady,
So good to see you here today...
This is a great write full of wonderful questions...
Enjoyed the read this morning.
~Hugs~

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

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3 posted 2002-09-08 09:52 AM


Lady

like the why's of childhood...some things just can't be explained in words..they just are.  Wonderfully done!

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4 posted 2002-09-08 10:48 AM


OK,  give me about an hour....I am trying to
compose a number of reasons why...after all,
I should have a tremendous arsenal of them,
having a 9 year old in the house with me...

This is deep,  but a treasure...thanks for it!

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5 posted 2002-09-08 11:37 AM




(smiles) This is wonderful, sweet friend, I love it, indeed love has so many questions but while they may not all be able to be answered, it is just a special feeling to know such a love exists! (kiss on cheek) I love this, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet friend, 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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6 posted 2002-09-08 12:14 PM


Sometimes part of the true magic in life is in not knowing the why's and in not seeking the know.  This is a beauty, dear Lady, as are you.  

The stars will shine when I am gone,
the earth will turn on as before,
the gulls, still race along the shore,
the morning star, still kiss the dawn

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7 posted 2002-09-09 12:12 PM


Beautiful!
I love it

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

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8 posted 2002-09-09 12:27 PM


Lots of Q's. The fun of Life comes in searching for all those A's.
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9 posted 2002-09-09 07:00 PM


enjoy
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