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If I'm Lucky
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If I'm Lucky |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion 
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Someday, I’ll sleep on this pier, shell out three hundred bucks for one night’s stay in a tiny cottage colored in white breakers and blue liquid, safe within the walls of cabin #2, with its views of the sea and cliffs to the north from windows trimmed in shutters with dolphin cut-outs; I’ll share a deck with gulls in the morning or walk to the dock’s end with a cup of tea in hand, greeting boys and men casting their luck to southern swells. If it’s winter, the beaches will be empty save the locals, who leave nothing but transitory footprints. Drying seaweed will be left to pile high at the water’s edge, unlike summer, when it’s scooped away to keep flies at bay and tourists coming. Whales might be migrating offshore, an instant of gray-breaching. I might catch that flicker of shiny reflection with eager eyes; or the dolphins could be heading south to Mexico, stopping to play in waves or to feast on fish dancing near clear lines dangling with bait, and if I’m lucky, I won’t be watching a green flash at sunset with a glass of wine clinking against nothing, won’t feel the sway of my bed on pylons nor hear the crushing rush in my ears without you. |
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skyshine 
since 2002-02-07
Posts 3058Beneath the northern stars |
It just isn't the same without someone there, is it?  ~sky Dreams last for so long, even after you're gone... |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Corinne...I think I know this place, or one very like it near Santa Barbara. Yes, with someone special that kind of place is wonderful, but then anyplace is with someone special. PS..The fire got within 10 miles of where I live. It was very scary and so many lost everything..thanks for asking. |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
Thanks for the trip. Enjoyed the scenes. |
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Obscurity Member
since 2003-12-04
Posts 153In A Melancholic Dream |
Ah yes, sometimes we all imagine how it would be... It's scary isn't it, sometimes how things are just so sureal yet they are dreams? Good work  |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (big hugggsssssss) Awwwwwwww, it must be so beautiful down there on the coast, sweet friend, I can't wait to get to Portland so I can live very close to the ocean! (kiss on cheek) You are a special person and friend, sweet friend, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Corinne, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "You'll find something that's enough to keep you |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Wonderful write...so much enjoyed. You have a fantastic way with imagery.. I was right there! Hugs~ ~ Let peace begin with me... |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Thank you all for your warm, heart-felt comments! Corinne |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Corinne - now this must be one lovely place, as you have described in this writing... BC |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Corinne Been there and it's wonderful. |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
I know that that day will come. . . wonderfully done. . . I've missed reading your work my friend. . . ---------------------------------------------------------- I am tired . . . |
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