sacred words inside (repost for solstice)

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serenity blaze
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0 posted 2002-12-21 08:43 PM

Here I am again...
before you on my knees in bend
I raise my palms unto the sky
and whisper sacred words inside.
Answer me, your lowly slave--
I am desperate--I'm not brave.
But please don't turn your back on me--
the only ears to hear my plea.
Take my pride for it's no cloak.
Take the words on which I choke.
Remove the salt within my tears
pour it on the ice of fears...

Can't you remember how it was?
In the flesh, material...
"Mercy" in my scream surreal,
upon my knees in finalty
a flag of white between my teeth
a clasp of hands in prayer's relief
should my rage become my cage
I beg of you
that you not fade
and from your presence be denied...
for every day, each day I die.

[This message has been edited by serenity blaze (12-21-2002 08:45 PM).]

SEA

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with you

1 posted 2002-12-21 08:48 PM

"Here I am again...
before you on my knees in bend
I raise my palms unto the sky
and whisper sacred words inside.
Answer me, your lowly slave--
I am desperate--I'm not brave."

seriously love this
and that pic! beautiful!

serenity blaze
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2 posted 2002-12-21 08:50 PM

Thanks Sue...but jeez..

I think I need to learn to re-size too,
um, you and I both know?

SIZE does matter!

hugs you.

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

3 posted 2002-12-21 08:53 PM

Karen, this is beautiful....all of it....

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~

inkedgoddess
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since 2002-11-19

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4 posted 2002-12-21 10:21 PM

This is full of heart and soul dark and light and honesty.
A tribute to the winter solstice
....oh, i agree, size does matter, no matter how you
cut it.

[This message has been edited by inkedgoddess (12-21-2002 10:22 PM).]

Balladeer

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5 posted 2002-12-21 10:25 PM

That's quite a prayer, serene one..then "can you remember how it was" is a thought I had never considered before...I like it!

passing shadows
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displaced

6 posted 2002-12-22 03:29 AM

I once felt this way, but it's too much like begging for me now...the way things have become...good write though...well felt.

Paul Wilson

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7 posted 2002-12-22 03:42 AM

Serenity~ Very touching and emotional plea.Enjoyed...Paul

" To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you "

Aenimal
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the ass-end of space

8 posted 2002-12-22 04:14 AM

my knees are raw from the bend, begging to figments of a collective imagination
***I just reread this, i think i'll write something around this it rings in my ears..maybe its the insomnia**

[This message has been edited by Aenimal (12-22-2002 04:15 AM).]

1slick_lady
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standing on a shadow's lace

9 posted 2002-12-22 10:55 AM

"Remove the salt within my tears
pour it on the ice of fears..."

very nice lines here

Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla

10 posted 2002-12-22 11:01 AM

Serenity,
"should my rage become my cage" prophetic words, enjoyed.

regards2you
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California

11 posted 2002-12-22 11:14 AM

Karen,

As far as I am concerned this is an award-winning prayer. Perfect! Seems from the mind, the heart and the soul, true brokenness, with an honesty that is pure. Quite wise, you are.

May we all pray like this, or, better yet, may we all have as much self-awareness, humbleness and ability for this kind of surrender.

This is awesome!

Hugs and warm regards, Pat

..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
"Desiderata"

Mistletoe Angel

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Portland, Oregon

12 posted 2002-12-22 03:13 PM

(sigh) Oh Karen, I believe this is one of your best ever, sweet friend, know He died for you and all of us thus He will never leave you as He is an omnipresent love and faith! (big hugggsssssss) God Bless You, sweet friend, and happy holidays, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Karen, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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

Shakira

wranx
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since 2002-06-07

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Moved from a shack to a barn

13 posted 2002-12-23 04:36 AM

And so?
Each day lengthens.

~yeti friend

bsquirrel

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14 posted 2002-12-23 12:02 PM

The picture both offsets the pain of the words,
and imbues them in it.

Beautiful and sad.

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