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Lady In White
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0 posted 2003-07-22 10:12 AM



A Love Letter

When one has done all
one can, their world
proceeding on,  
dictating mandates,
regardless,
trying to be
their own person,
do they
learn too soon,
following thrills,
something is missing,
perhaps not even a shout from inside,
but a silent whisper

why did I settle for this course....

Perhaps loneliness had come about,
innate desires to be with some
one
in tune,
not knowing how quickly
untuned with time even the finest
instrument can become....

asking

if not this, then what?

and taking this, when that feeling
still remains of an emptiness
almost indescribable
remaining, laying hollow in our centerness....

So to you, my friend, my love, my center,

Fate,
strange ways guiding us,
perhaps God's hand,
perhaps thread of gossamer
a spider's strand of silk spun airborne,
softly comes to touch us
on the forearm,
calf of a leg,
upon sweat’s brow
of a summer's day,
we gently brush at it
as we would a fly or gnat,
but shiver of touch remains,
if not too busy with
mundane life,
take a moment to feel
a presence that has been
in search all of this time....

It is that,
when we listen
to our inner self,
we allow the feel of our
true mate to touch us
making known to our heart....

the one

so, not a physical attraction,
nor bodies needing bodies
for warmth or comfort,
nor even minds needing
wit and parry of other minds....

but all those things that matter
when even in the midst
of friends, family,
one finds one
looking into the mist at what
might still be out there....
traveling through fog,
one still has sense of
destiny,
unfinished, but nearing time
when all good shall come,
even if we haven't waited,
but are still meant to be....
with one

in my heart,
I am meant to be one man's true love...

I believe it to be you...

I believe in you....

I love you.

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1 posted 2003-07-22 10:28 AM


take a moment to feel
a presence that has been
in search all of this time....

"It is that,
when we listen
to our inner self,
we allow the feel of our
true mate to touch us
making known to our heart....

the one"

I wish I could have said it like you just did love this

garysgirl
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2 posted 2003-07-22 10:36 AM


so, not a physical attraction,
nor bodies needing bodies
for warmth or comfort,
nor even minds needing
wit and parry of other minds....

but all those things that matter
when even in the midst
of friends, family,
one finds one
looking into the mist at what
might still be out there....
traveling through fog,
one still has sense of
destiny,
unfinished, but nearing time
when all good shall come,
even if we haven't waited,
but are still meant to be....
with one

in my heart,
I am meant to be one man's true love...

I believe it to be you...

I believe in you....

I love you.


Oh, Lady, you said this so true. It's just how it is.
Hugs  
Ethel

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just out of reach
3 posted 2003-07-22 10:43 AM


It is that,
when we listen
to our inner self,
we allow the feel of our
true mate to touch us
making known to our heart....

the one


Dear Lady, as they say "your words speak volumes." To-day especially. Lovely. Chris

"At one glance
I love you
With a thousand hearts."


— Mihri Hatun, Turkish poet  

    

Seymour Tabin
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4 posted 2003-07-22 10:44 AM


Lady In White
A lovely, lovely write.

timothysangel1973
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5 posted 2003-07-22 01:39 PM


Very soft, and full of love...this is just beautiful Lady In White
PKreturns
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6 posted 2003-07-22 01:44 PM


I love the ending. I'm not usually one for happy endings, but I'll make an exception for you, Lady.
Earth Angel
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7 posted 2003-07-22 01:44 PM


Been missing your poetry! I guess you were saving up your creative juices to write this beauty!

Huggums,
EA

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8 posted 2003-07-22 04:22 PM


Especially enjoyed the last five lines...
reminds me of how important it is to send our love letters to the right heart...where they will be valued and treasured...James

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9 posted 2003-07-22 05:00 PM


enjoyed
Enchantress
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10 posted 2003-07-22 06:16 PM


"It is that,
when we listen
to our inner self,
we allow the feel of our
true mate to touch us
making known to our heart....

the one"

Beautiful words perfectly expressed dear Lady.
Thank you for gracing our pages today.
~Hugs, Nancy~

~The breeze that kissed you on the face,
    Has held me in the same embrace~

Patricia
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11 posted 2003-07-22 06:35 PM


Lady, I began to quote and then realized I may indeed have to quote the entire poem.  Gracious, I know of what you speak from beginning to end.  What a perfect write you have penned.  I have read it at least a half dozen times and now I think I shall go back again.

Wonderful!

Patricia

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12 posted 2003-07-22 07:03 PM


"in my heart,
I am meant to be one man's true love...

I believe it to be you...

I believe in you....

I love you."
Intensely expressed...I know the feelings you describe...beautiful..

believe in what your heart feels...

JamesMichael
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13 posted 2003-07-22 07:08 PM


Reading and replying again...
worth anothre sensual visit.
A beautiful flow of tender thought and word.
One of my favorites Lady In White...James

Bill Charles
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14 posted 2003-07-22 07:51 PM


Lady In White - my lady, you sure do know how to write a love letter, now if only...

BC

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15 posted 2003-07-22 08:04 PM


Dear Lady in White....

in my heart,
I am meant to be one man's true love...

I believe it to be you...

I believe in you....

I love you.


A beautifully penned love letter.

smiling....

Maree.
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ThisDiamond
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16 posted 2003-07-22 09:40 PM


Such a noble lament in your style...brought a shiver down my spine, as you expressed the searching for destiny.
Many garden's grace. TD

Janette
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17 posted 2003-07-22 09:52 PM


Lovely write here, I truly enjoyed it.
angelblueyes
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18 posted 2003-07-22 10:52 PM


I enjoyed this very much.
angelblueyes

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19 posted 2003-07-23 08:16 AM


Incredible. This poem is one of the best I've red in a while.

We all do need a soulmate, and that is what makes love so beautiful--the tying of two souls into one. I have yet to find my soulmate, by I look forward to the day I do...

~El Campeador

“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” –Robert Louis Stevenson

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20 posted 2003-07-23 05:12 PM



Thank you to all who have taken
a moment to take me back in.

I hope to be around a little more often.

I am glad you have all enjoyed this repost.

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