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Martie
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0 posted 2002-10-01 10:08 PM


Restless Heart

The fingers of her heart
tap out the measure of her feeling,
fragile tapered candles they spark
on the cement
where her need sighs words.

All around her
is a garden
growing so much whatnot,
lavished with wings,
bees and hummingbirds
surround her hair of dusk
where embers glow
with cinnamon.

Listen to the sound
of the stretching of her mind,
it is stitching now a minute,
growing colors,
see there the lavender of abandon.

I can see her from this window
that distributes time
wrapped in parchment
and tied with twine.

Her wings are splendid
and her eyes are prisms
that cast a shadow that burns,
burns the quiet heart,
torches the waiting pulse,
breaths air into the coals.

She is watching me,
across the chasm of my vestibule
she paints me with cinnabar
and waits for me
to walk with her
out into someplace else.
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repost from 10-00

[This message has been edited by Martie (10-01-2002 10:09 PM).]

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1 posted 2002-10-01 10:12 PM


"Listen to the sound
of the stretching of her mind,
it is stitching now a minute,
growing colors,
see there the lavender of abandon."


Martie, have I told you lately how much I love your poetry?

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2 posted 2002-10-01 10:13 PM




(big hugggsssssss) Oh Martie, this is soooooooo beautiful and felt a little sad to me too, sweet friend, I hope now being a re-post that this special person you speak of has been reached out to and has felt your compassion just as I wish this for all others who restlessly yearn for the signal! (sigh) God Bless You, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Martie, thank you for sharing!



May love and liht always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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

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3 posted 2002-10-01 10:25 PM


Martie~Dear sweet poetess...you always take my breath away....
and then 'she paints me with cinnabar'.  
Oh gosh!  Beautiful..just beautiful.
~Hugs~

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

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4 posted 2002-10-01 10:37 PM


She is watching me,
across the chasm of my vestibule
she paints me with cinnabar
and waits for me
to walk with her
out into someplace else.

Very beautiful...I enjoyed very much.

H.

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5 posted 2002-10-01 10:55 PM


Martie - you are very talented. These words flow with the beauty of tomorrows...

BC

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6 posted 2002-10-01 11:04 PM


yes..beautiful..im never good at this comment thing..but all I can say is..loved it thank you for your words..

Consider yourself fuzzed

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7 posted 2002-10-01 11:28 PM


I've tried, but I just can't write like this.   Thank goodness, you can!     *hugs*

~Auguste~
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,

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8 posted 2002-10-02 08:36 AM


A novel idea, painting the retiring Sun with female attributes. Enjoyed.

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9 posted 2002-10-02 09:03 AM



I remember this...
I remember the gentle smile of it, too...

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10 posted 2002-10-02 09:23 AM


...see there the lavender of abandon...

What a beautiful line, wrapped within a magical write. I always enjoy your work so much Martie, so unique in style and deep in heart and tone. ThisDiamond

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11 posted 2002-10-02 09:44 AM


Martie - oh, I used to wear Cinnabar perfume all the time!! This is a wonderful write. Might I walk with you...with her....to that someplace else?  Pleeeeeaaase? hugs, Chris

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

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