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Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29
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0 posted 2004-09-09 03:23 AM


When the sun sets and night insists
you descend into a sorrowful abyss,
I don’t have the words to say it’s alright
to wander alone in the dark
and perceive in the shadows
a monster grotesque
bedecked in your very own clothes.

I don’t have the words to say it’s alright
to lay blame at your own doorstep
and not wrap up your life in recycled paper
and tie it with string of forward thinking.  

I don’t have the right to tell you I know
If I never have felt your pain
deep down in the pit of my soul
that shivers in fear
and propels heartache
to the surface of my awareness.

And I’m not yet entitled to know  
who walks through the shadows of grief    
but I do have the right,
my God given right,
to decide what I want to say
from what I know
deep down in the pit of my soul.    

From there where a rose retains its petals
and green is the grass in year-round weather
I choose only to say, “Please just know  
deep down in the pit of your soul
I love you today, tomorrow, forever”.      


© Copyright 2004 Helen - All Rights Reserved
Margherita
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since 2003-02-08
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1 posted 2004-09-09 06:37 AM


Very touching and powerfully expressed!
Love, Margherita

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29
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2 posted 2004-09-09 06:49 AM


Thank you, Margherita, for the read and for commenting.  I guess only powerful emotions allow for powerful expression - something like that I suppose.
LeeJ
Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
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3 posted 2004-09-09 07:06 AM


I totally agree, this was an intense read
Written from the core of soul

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
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South Africa
4 posted 2004-09-09 09:07 AM


Hi, LeeJ.  Thanks for the read.  Well, the core of "my" soul is in a bit of a whirl as a result of the emotion of ... excitement first and then, I don't really know - perhaps dismay.  
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