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0 posted 2003-08-05 12:03 PM



I lift
skyward

skyward
holding hard
into a waning
breeze

and in the
rising
hope

hope with
no assurance
that of all times
this time

even this one
desperate time
I am a bird

not a
kite

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Earth Angel
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1 posted 2003-08-05 12:05 PM


Fly high! Fly free!


EA

littlewing
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2 posted 2003-08-05 12:22 PM


Ohh Ed, a bird in flight indeed
God, I love this
xxoo

Jason Lyle
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3 posted 2003-08-05 12:27 PM


I really enjoyed and like your style.

Jason

Martie
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4 posted 2003-08-05 12:50 PM


Ed...I jumped off the garage roof as a child, hoping to do just this....now I try to do it with words, like you just did.  
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5 posted 2003-08-05 03:18 AM


wonderfully painted vision
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6 posted 2003-08-05 10:38 AM


I love this, my friend... You've captured so many feelings in these few words... Your pen soars with the fear/longing/anticipation of freedom... too much soul here to be inanimate kite. *S*
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7 posted 2003-08-05 11:17 AM


This write is just awesome!  A keeper!  ~K~
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8 posted 2003-08-06 10:14 PM


sweet…piped piper

how could I
have known
I was a bird
with a wing
too long
connected to
the pull
of the string
the life
I have known
is that
of a kite
tender hands
now touch
teaching wind
different flight

one good turn deserves another...

Patricia
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9 posted 2003-08-06 10:33 PM


I am a bird
not a
kite

Brilliant!  Certainly words to live by... and as always with your writes, you soar!

Patricia

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10 posted 2003-08-06 10:35 PM



I don't really fly so well Ed... I tried it once in a dream and I landed on the floor.

dale

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11 posted 2003-08-07 12:25 PM


wouldnt you love to fly sometimes??? just take off.....love this...hugsss you


L~

The way you move me
I walk with your shadow
With your silhouette
Leave the light on
It always comes
Back to you

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12 posted 2003-08-07 01:04 AM


Fly free you beautiful bird
Fly to heights that none have heard
For your wings effortlessly make you soar
Till you find the path that is truly yours

I always enjoy reading you.
angelblueyes

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13 posted 2003-08-08 11:03 PM


hope with
no assurance
that of all times
this time

Oh darn, you just had to go there and take a nose dive into the depths of my mind.    

This time?  I hope so too!

A kite only fly's when it catches the wind,  but a bird knows just how far it can go.

  So nice Ed~

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14 posted 2003-08-08 11:34 PM


even this one
desperate time
I am a bird

not a
kite



Ed, my friend, with your
wings spread as a
magnificent eagle, how
could you ever be
mistaken for a kite?
Your Spirit soars, Ed.
Hugs to you

Ethel


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15 posted 2003-08-08 11:51 PM


Ed...Thoughtful write.To imagine for just a moment that we can fly free if only in our minds is wonderful. Thanks for sharing the wind with us on your flight of freedom...Paul

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

Kaoru
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16 posted 2003-08-08 11:52 PM


Thoughtful indeed..

no need for a parachute..

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