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Terrina
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since 2003-12-31

Posts 166
California

0 posted 2004-02-12 03:50 PM

I used to walk a golden shore
somewhere in my youth.
Paved by light of midday sun,
by night in midnight moon.

I paid no mind to tide nor time,
nor stars upon the sea.
My feet set firm in golden sand,
they did not call to me.

Apart we were both searching,
we had no pact, no bond.
But together we were like the rocks
that all waves broke upon.

So imagine my surprise
when the sea light caught my sight
My eyes beheld a clipper ship,
lost within the night.

I swam out to her starboard side
and climbed about her bow,
Behind me was my golden shore,
lost in view somehow.

With every bridge this ship would burn,
each harsher than before,
The harder would be my return,
so I left forever more.

I paid my dues, and served in blues,
and went out for my Pac,
I did not know from friend or foe,
so I did not turn my back.

When finally I did realize
the trouble I was in,
I found the course to hard to change,
the sea to vast to swim.

With will and compass broken,
and lost within the night,
I tossed my senses overboard and thus,
gave up the fight.

I fell down on her decks,
and in my dream I dreamt,
The waves had overtaken me
and sent me to my death.

When I awoke, I was aboard
the clipper ship no more,
But lying safe in golden sand,
back on my golden shore.

Now on my feet and thankful
for the warmth upon my face,
How long had I been drifting,
minutes, hours, days?
I searched for you, both here and there,
and to my knees I fell.
My decision had forsaken me,
and I must wish you well.

And in my haste to harbor
all the misery I took in,
I buried my heart in the sand,
and went back for a swim.
With breathing but an option,
my days filled with despair,
I longed again for golden shores,
and hopes of true love there.

Now that I have grown a bit,
I search the sand again
Looking for that broken heart
I buried deep within.
But sifting through my golden sand,
has taken me some time,
A part of me gone missing,
the only part that’s mine.

One day I will dust it off,
and know that I have learned,
The you and I we were, is dead,
the me I am returned.
Soon I’ll walk another shore,
and it will become clear,
That I am once again at home
and hope I’m welcome here.

choshi
Senior Member

since 2004-01-01

Posts 1184
New York

1 posted 2004-02-12 03:54 PM

My, Terrina, what a story you can weave, with such emotion threaded in....~P

LngJhnAg
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since 1999-07-23

Posts 3508
Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion

2 posted 2004-02-12 03:59 PM

Fantastic story - well written too. I enjoyed the flow, and the way you linked everything together so very well.

muted

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since 2004-01-15

Posts 2949
Elapsing, Eclipsing, Evolving

3 posted 2004-02-12 06:29 PM

wow, wow...wow...i felt every "grain" of this...wow...flowed so well into my "crying" places! very very deeply felt!

Grover
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since 2004-01-27

Posts 1967
London, ON, Canada

4 posted 2004-02-12 06:36 PM

Whew! A moving write! Very good writing! Grover.

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

5 posted 2004-02-12 07:28 PM

enjoyed

Richy
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

6 posted 2004-02-12 07:31 PM

Hi Terrina, this happens to me all the time...

I’m usually like on a tire tube or something though

Hey, what can we say, our favorite path, is the one,
that leads us, back home...

And, I’m glad you made it back

Welcome Home!

Richy

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

7 posted 2004-02-12 07:41 PM

Very nicely told Terrina, you have done
well. Thanx for the story...

Sadelite
Member Elite

since 2003-10-11

Posts 2519

8 posted 2004-02-12 11:24 PM

Terrina,
  Yes!  It's great to see a post again.  I think we've been passing in the scrolls.  I told ya back then, I liked your thinking.  Guess what?   That hasn't changed one bit!
Your writing had great imagery then, and  now it seems to have matured into even better writing!  Enjoyed

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

9 posted 2004-02-12 11:47 PM

so very well written and beautifully flowing...had me all the way from start to finish...nice read

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
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10 posted 2004-02-13 03:54 AM

wow! this is an awesome piece! love the ending! Thank you for the heart-story

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