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CSKpoet
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Island in Paradise

0 posted 2002-09-20 11:00 AM




How important must he be
for me to admit I love him?

If I memorize the lines of his face,
or muss his hair,
or step on his toes,
will I begin to love him less
than how he comes to me,
threadbare and weatherbeaten,
in utter vulnerability?

Would loving him less bring me home,
or is my home with that
tender moment of surrender
his eyes will never see...
the look I allow myself in darkness
or between shadows of changing light,
swept up in forevers
no one would ever make me admit existed?

If I glow today, it's simply
because he looked my way.
such plainest of things
make way to my soul
with a childlike certainty
and not without the faintest wonder.

Some things, I guess,
will just grow old with me...
like religion, or gravity,
things turn into laws,
and become as wind,
as fire, as God...
how can there be so much beyondness
to this simplicity?

He comes to me
as a child comes in from the cold.
I will be here for him
for as long as my self-defenses steel me.
there is a sweetness to being needed
for the wrong reasons
and in spite of false dreams.

He just has no idea
how at night I creep
under covers alone,
burning in melancholy......

Poetry is:
Passion, imagination and intellect running together.

Aloha with warmest regards, Cheryl Stewart Koomoa

© Copyright 2002 Cheryl Stewart Koomoa - All Rights Reserved
the_loner_23
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1 posted 2002-09-20 11:03 AM


I love this. Good write

Cold hands means a warm heart

Sunnyone
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2 posted 2002-09-20 11:49 AM



the magnitude of the words: "there is a sweetness to being needed for the wrong reasons" hit me as I read them! What a fantastic thought, and I thank you for putting it there for us to ponder!!  Excellent write, my friend!!

The music is playing..it's your turn to dance! 
    


Mistletoe Angel
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3 posted 2002-09-20 11:31 PM




(big hugggssssss) Oh Cheryl, this is powerful, sweet friend, my heart goes out to you and hope this melancholy no longer fills your heart! (sigh) God Bless You, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Cheryl, 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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4 posted 2002-09-20 11:42 PM


so beauiful and heartfelt

If your afraid of the dark, then why did you come?

Gabriel Frost
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Between midnight thoughts
5 posted 2002-09-21 10:55 AM


Excellent, this has to be one of the most sincere poems i've read in a while.
Gabriel Frost
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Between midnight thoughts
6 posted 2002-09-21 10:57 AM


Excellent, this has to be one of the most sincere poems i've read in a while.
Earth Angel
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7 posted 2002-09-21 03:34 PM


The wistful longing in your words is almost tangible. I feel it. I'm moved by it.

~ Sending you a smile and a hug from across the miles ~

EA

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8 posted 2002-09-22 10:42 AM


Wow!  Cher,  this is very good....and the
feel of melancholy certainly exudes from
it,  particularly the last lines.....

A very nicely done poem.....

Seymour Tabin
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9 posted 2002-09-22 10:46 AM


CSKpoet
Try sleeping without the cover. LOL enjoyed.

CSKpoet
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Island in Paradise
10 posted 2002-09-22 03:09 PM


loner: thanks for the read and kudos

Sunnyone: yes there is a sweetness to being needed..it is the caretaker in me... I appreciate your words and comments..hugs

Noah: well I can't have you all thinking that I have it all rosy can I?..LOL
thanks for your sweet replies and comments

moondust Thanks for the read and comments

Gabriel: thank you, I try to be sincere in all  I say or write. I appreciate you comments very much

EA: well I am pleased if the poem conveys it's message that well..thanks for the kind words

Magnus: wow ..a wow from you tells me I am succeeding in the expression of my muse. thanks for the read and comments.

SY: I laughed at your comment..it is good to lighten up things a bit. I appreciate your read and comments

hugs to all, Cher

Poetry is:
Passion, imagination and intellect running together.

Aloha with warmest regards, Cheryl Stewart Koomoa

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11 posted 2002-09-23 06:14 PM


Cher,
I read this as trying to bridge a pained strength
in order to experience the temporal and fragile.

Damn, this is good...

CSKpoet
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Island in Paradise
12 posted 2002-09-23 11:05 PM


BSQ: yep and damn it is hard to do in real life...I did for many years until i got too tired...thanks for acknowledging this...and smiles for your time!
aloha, Cher

Poetry is:
Passion, imagination and intellect running together.

Aloha with warmest regards, Cheryl Stewart Koomoa

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