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Saunni
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since 2000-07-11
Posts 1777
West Virginia

0 posted 2003-08-20 03:37 PM


Fire And Ice

It ran as deeply as the river that was before us
As moving as it's waves making their way to land
It's as vivid as it was when it first graced my eyes
And, I'm still there with the memories clutched in my hand...

Just to expose my palm would mean letting you go
When I'm in grip for dear life and here holding on
Understand when you left that river was as blue as my heart
And, by the time you read this our river will be gone...

For, I've always known life to be much like fire and ice
Ever warm, ever cold, just paying existent's price
A path to often traveled engraved from where I've been
But, this time, I did those miles in the arms of a friend...

I climbed those hills to a past to high to look down
Feeling the flames of those memories the hours had found
I felt the coolness, going back, that was left with the winds
Oh, until you cleansed that fire and ice from my skin...

There was radiance and kindness all in such gentle light
Warmness I've never known to come from the deep dark night
Coolness to extremes as you soothed my familiar pain
Oh, just tell me how did you carry the weight of my rain...

So, here it is the evidence of such a hot summer day
But, I am here and so cold now that you've gone away
It's fire and ice I've known and I'm again going through
Waiting to stand, once again, on the stairs of heaven with you...


Sauni:)The Only Time I See The Sun Is When I'm Within That Vanilla Breeze.The Only Time I'm One With The Sun Is When He Shelters Me From The Rain.

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QjQ
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since 2003-04-18
Posts 3756
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1 posted 2003-08-20 04:12 PM


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* * * * > very nice penning < * * * *
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passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26
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displaced
2 posted 2003-08-22 05:12 AM


Saunni, I can feel the pain and joy you've gone through in your life...bittersweet, melancholic, and thank you for sharing it
Sunnyone
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since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334
Staffordshire, England
3 posted 2003-08-22 08:26 AM


Saunni, I can always feel the depth of your understanding of life when I read your writings.  You, my friend, have an insight that escapes most of the population, and it is thoughtful, graceful, and pure.  I always enjoy your writes, but I like this one especially......~S~

Accept these small gifts from my gypsy heart  ~~S~~

Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla
4 posted 2003-08-22 08:40 AM


Saunni
Wonderful write, enjoyed very much.

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