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Temptress
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0 posted 2003-06-09 01:30 AM


So utterly sad
and diminished
is my heart
absent your voice.
This lonliness
burns from within
through layers of tissue
stretched over the color of bone
wounds face
with frowns
that could sink the sun behind clouds
forever.
I am on my knees
asking for your arms
to suspend my fall
and yet you remain
too far away
for bones and tissue
for cords berating your lifepump
with blood
to react with quickness
and catch me
as I fall into darkness
clutching a dehydrating will.
Although my heart
has touched fingertips with yours
my body misses the embrace
of your presence.



You could hurt me with your bare hands. You could hurt me using the sharp edge of what you say. JEWEL

[This message has been edited by Temptress (06-09-2003 02:02 AM).]

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garysgirl
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1 posted 2003-06-09 03:23 AM


Oh yes, Jenn...I know this!!!  
Hugs  
Ethel

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2 posted 2003-06-09 04:24 AM


oh the ache
suthern
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3 posted 2003-06-09 01:30 PM


You've penned this ache perfectly... I especially like the ending quatrain! *S*
the_loner_23
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4 posted 2003-06-09 01:32 PM


Oh the pain. Oh the agony. I know this very well.

Cold hands means a warm heart

Earth Angel
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5 posted 2003-06-09 02:18 PM


Man alive, did you ever bring up some painful memories!--but thankfully, I am so far removed from those times, that the memories are now simply misty watercolor paintings that have faded by the sunlight of my days...

I commend you on this fine piece of emotive writing.

Healing hugs,
Linda

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6 posted 2003-06-09 03:13 PM


TemptyOne~

'my heart
has touched fingertips with yours'


In poignant write, you have left a phrase-of-remember~
This is beautiful, gal~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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ethome
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7 posted 2003-06-09 03:56 PM


Amazing how pain can inspire one to write an account of it with such searching beautiful words.
vandana
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8 posted 2003-06-09 04:16 PM


enjoyed it
JamesMichael
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9 posted 2003-06-09 06:59 PM


Nice writing...James
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The heart of you
10 posted 2003-06-10 09:22 AM


“My body misses the embrace of your presence.”

Words truly spoken from a heart in love, to a heart that hears love.

Thank you.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
--- Albert Camus

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