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inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392
Ohio
0 posted 2004-11-07 11:45 PM

Dismissed at the gate,
the abandonned one
sews herself along
the ruffle of white,

waivering on the
breath of a candle,
she clings to the respite
of blackness, shying
the burial of the sands,
seeking resurrection
within a sweep of
the undercurrents,

with eyes above,
she awaits her lover's return
to fade these dead night hours.





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ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10
Posts 3923
my own state
1 posted 2004-11-08 12:02 PM

some neat spirtual undertones revealed during those dark hours...good write


passing shadows
Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577
displaced
2 posted 2004-11-08 05:18 AM

I know how she feels
littlewing
Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655
New York
3 posted 2004-11-08 07:11 PM

Michele,

I do not believe I have come across more beautiful lines:

waivering on the
breath of a candle,
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