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BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

0 posted 2004-10-30 03:38 AM

~*~

I didn't carry a torch
or fall on my knees in despair.
I simply kept a candle burning
lighting up your name.
One I never forgot
after all these years,
wasting the fan on other flames.

Recalling;
moments at a time
a time that was all wrong
and still,
a piece of my heart remained
if you should find it there.

In spite of the silent nights
that stormed my thought process,
I kept you close
and learned to let go in the same breath,
holding onto the notion
that was never mine for the taking.

Yet here we stand
in the middle of distant dreams
leafing through the fall
wrapped up in our reverie
true to love in the making
when I needed you most.

Given to reason why I never lost hope
that you would return safely.
Praying our paths might cross
the bridge that wasn't ours to pass,
a long time ago.

Perhaps it still is not,
not in the same context
for the structure has changed
but does not alter my willingness to reach you
or go where we've never been before
and make it last.

It's all I can do
to open my arms and run with you
for no one ever came so close
when walking away
for all the right reasons,
or showed me the way to love
and believe it.

~*~

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

1 posted 2004-10-30 03:57 AM

"no one ever came so close
when walking away
for all the right reasons,
or showed me the way to love
and believe it."

Only a very special person can do that. I've missed your words, dear Bluesy. May you find that which lasts in spite of changing structures. Take care.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

2 posted 2004-10-30 09:49 AM

Hi Bluesy!
So good to read you again!
Very much enjoyed this keeper!
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~Autumn..the year's last, loveliest smile.~

Gentle Spirit
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since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

3 posted 2004-10-30 10:00 AM

It's all I can do
to open my arms and run with you
for no one ever came so close
when walking away
for all the right reasons,
or showed me the way to love
and believe it.

oh Lorie, sigh....this beauty comes straight from your heart and dear? No matter how the structures might change, may you always find peace within....

so very good to read your words hon.

The greatest beauty on earth, is
found in the hearts of those
who love....

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

4 posted 2004-10-30 12:55 PM

yes

HopeS
Member Elite

since 2000-12-22

Posts 4596
Perth Western Australia

5 posted 2004-10-30 01:47 PM

This is so special !!

Hope

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

6 posted 2004-11-03 04:55 PM

It's all I can do
to open my arms and run with you
for no one ever came so close
when walking away
for all the right reasons,
or showed me the way to love
and believe it.

very beautifully written, Lori...

I don't know how I missed this but glad I backtracked a bit

M

Larry C

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since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

7 posted 2004-11-03 06:43 PM

Lori,
==================================
In spite of the silent nights
that stormed my thought process,
I kept you close
and learned to let go in the same breath,
holding onto the notion
that was never mine for the taking.
==================================

You do know how to write the blues. Motivated in part, it seems to me, by your determination to never give up. I love your writing. But you already knew that.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

DavePage
Member Elite

since 2003-12-21

Posts 2917

8 posted 2004-11-03 06:48 PM

I really liked this

Dave

inkedgoddess
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since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

9 posted 2004-11-03 07:26 PM

for no one ever came so close
when walking away
for all the right reasons,
or showed me the way to love
and believe it.

~*~
right from the inside,
once again a treat to read your blonde heart

Ericc
Member Elite

since 2003-01-31

Posts 4178

10 posted 2004-11-03 07:41 PM

Wonderful write!

Eric

1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

11 posted 2004-11-04 08:40 PM

lori...i printed this out i hope you don't mind...this hit me in a way you have no idea...if i didn't know better i would have thought i had written it...this touches me...i would have e mailed you but yours isn't there...thank you for writing this...helen

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

12 posted 2004-11-05 01:05 AM

Oh, I could relate to this, and hug you for writing it.
TD

Ratleader

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since 2003-01-23

Posts 7026
Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

13 posted 2004-11-05 10:04 AM

At the risk of sounding like a country preacher, I do believe.

Beautifully done, bluesgal!

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______________Ratleader______________

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

14 posted 2004-11-05 11:09 AM

Lori

"It's all I can do
to open my arms and run with you
for no one ever came so close
when walking away
for all the right reasons,
or showed me the way to love
and believe it."

I can see why you do, if this is how he showed you to.

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

15 posted 2004-11-05 11:17 AM

~ "In spite of the silent nights
that stormed my thought process,
I kept you close"

~ "Yet here we stand
in the middle of distant dreams
leafing through the fall"

You sing the blues sooooo very well.

~ May you be forever surrounded with all the love that your beautiful soul and poetic heart deserve.

EA

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

16 posted 2004-11-30 09:05 PM

one more time
for my blonde pal

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

17 posted 2004-11-30 09:12 PM

I second that...and I believe.
TD

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

18 posted 2004-11-30 09:12 PM

Lori, this says so much...and the ending
is so perfect for the emotion that is
carried within the poem....Wishing you the
best, always the best...

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

19 posted 2004-11-30 09:49 PM

I love the ending lines Ms Blues... I've missed reading you.

Maree

into this night i wonder, it's morning that i dread, another day of knowing of, the path i fear to tread.
~Sarah McLachlan~

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

20 posted 2004-11-30 09:51 PM

There's a very good reason why good poems
float back up to the top...

just so they can catch my eye...

some days, we just move so fast in here...

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

21 posted 2004-12-01 05:25 AM

waiting to hear from you Lori..hope all is going as planned and that your visit is comforting

hugs and love
M

choshi
Senior Member

since 2004-01-01

Posts 1184
New York

22 posted 2004-12-01 05:36 AM

Just beautiful!!!

*Alli4000*

Member Elite

since 2004-03-21

Posts 3188
The World of Poetry

23 posted 2004-12-01 04:49 PM

Amazing...

~Alli~

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Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened...

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