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James_A_Fraser
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since 2003-09-03

Posts 972
Out Making Anticlines

0 posted 2004-11-04 08:34 PM

passing by

this is the time of lasting,
when the flowers must send their parting gifts
to lovers making dandelion wishes
for an early spring

but this
not my time with you
I can’t stay here,
not today

my words stall like kites;
I can’t say hello though I pass too close
and you are there,
always, always there
though never present

not my time
but this, this at least
your eyes say
though you are not here

that there may be other days,
other seasons
or some day in some other season
to be ours again,
no other place to be, no other
anything

forgive me
I do not mean to hurt you
though you are not here

but today I can’t,
can’t stop this
and I can’t stay here

I’ll find another bench,
face another way

for now I mean
and

hope

Martie

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

1 posted 2004-11-04 08:48 PM

Jamie

This poem is so heart touching. So many things in life bring a memory or a someone to light. I know this feeling too.

[This message has been edited by Martie (11-04-2004 10:01 PM).]

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

2 posted 2004-11-04 08:56 PM

Very touching write James...
Heart Hugs~

Now while the leaves still dance on the wind
While the moon and the clouds come spinning
Will you whisper my name again?
Again..and again.

Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

3 posted 2004-11-04 09:05 PM

Good

John

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

4 posted 2004-11-05 09:27 AM

The first poem of my day draped me with smiles... and though I cling to them... this one seeps with sorrow, bringing weep. Some realities are simply heartbreaking...

forgive me
I do not mean to hurt you
though you are not here

but today I can’t,
can’t stop this
and I can’t stay here

I’ll find another bench,
face another way

for now I mean
and

hope

Your pen is a powerful one, my friend... I hope your hopes are fulfilled... Excellent write!

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

5 posted 2004-11-05 10:22 AM

So very poignant...and heartfelt...
Jamie, you must learn to leave hanky alerts...

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

6 posted 2004-11-05 08:58 PM

Always so nice to read your thoughts. I must peruse this some more to understand the depths of you.

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

7 posted 2004-11-05 09:58 PM

I feel the ache in this James

beautifully expressed.

Mxx

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

Zinsser
Senior Member

since 2001-02-27

Posts 1641
Calif.

8 posted 2004-11-24 07:30 PM

OMG the painfilled beauty..
Bravo

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