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James_A_Fraser
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0 posted 2004-05-22 09:59 AM


Background

Don’t expect me to say it again.
Of course I’ll never act on this,
though I won’t put on an act anymore.
It won’t change a single part
of your life or mine, and you
know all of the reasons why.
But the word is there, know that too;
a quiet truth in the background of things,
like the sound of wind, like surf,
like the flow of sounds behind you
in a shopping mall, like the beating
of your own heart when you are alone,
just there, seldom to be heard
but once heard, impossible to ignore.
When you hear such things, the sounds
of life, wherever they are with you,
know this truth: there too is my love.



~~J

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1 posted 2004-05-22 10:13 AM


But the word is there, know that too;
a quiet truth in the background of things,
like the sound of wind, like surf,
like the flow of sounds behind you
in a shopping mall, like the beating
of your own heart when you are alone,
just there, seldom to be heard
but once heard, impossible to ignore.

~*~

Smiling here.

Marge Tindal
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2 posted 2004-05-22 10:15 AM


Jaime~
Oh my ...

'When you hear such things, the sounds
of life, wherever they are with you,
know this truth: there too is my love.'


... as beautiful as the heart of the poet that penned these thoughts~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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3 posted 2004-05-22 12:37 PM


A perfect penning to show emotions and stance;  It's sad when for whatever reasons that love can't act, but at least it can be known.  I feel there are many who relate to this and appreciate your poem.

     Sadie

iliana
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4 posted 2004-05-22 01:30 PM


In the background of all of our lives there is the truth which once faced comes to the forefront and buries us until we wade through it until we sort it out.  
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5 posted 2004-05-22 02:21 PM


wow...I love this!
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6 posted 2004-05-24 12:22 PM


a quiet truth in the background of things,
like the sound of wind, like surf,
like the flow of sounds behind you
in a shopping mall, like the beating
of your own heart when you are alone,
just there, seldom to be heard
but once heard, impossible to ignore.

How incredibly beautiful! *S* I love the promise of this... Love doesn't exist because of a proclamation any more than it disappears when voices are silent. Excellent work! *S*

Kazm
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7 posted 2004-05-24 05:49 PM


I remember you from my last time here. It seems so long. The kind of love you are talking about here it is the right kind to have if you can't be always with that person. I try to have this and I wish I had thought of writing this poem.
Martie
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8 posted 2004-05-28 09:47 PM




This won't be the first time, or last, that you've made me cry.  

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9 posted 2004-05-28 11:29 PM


i to have tears in my eyes, this was soulfully beautiful


iliana
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10 posted 2004-05-29 01:04 AM


For my library, indeed!  I feel tears with this.   ....jo
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