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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2004-12-20 01:06 AM

Higher, higher, higher,
where broken dreams can’t go
and I find I have no wings
folded in my will
to overcome the memory
of emotive love.

Run, run, run away,
to where the ocean roams
but the river is in me
and I carry memories
in the current of my feel.

Too long, too long,
this corridor of dreams
purporting to be real
but death of flesh and bone
no mercy for the soul
destined to rise and run
beyond horizons of the sun.

Sad and lonely is the river
meandering through dreams
and losing force and volume
to life’s everyday demands
purporting to be real.

Spun and tossed in rapids
of purported truths …
and still the river flows!

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

1 posted 2004-12-20 12:53 PM

"where broken dreams can’t go
and I find I have no wings
folded in my will
to overcome the memory
of emotive love"

Loved that stanza!

"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind"
~Sarah McLachlan~

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

2 posted 2004-12-21 04:25 AM

Higher, higher, higher,
where broken dreams can’t go
and I find I have no wings
folded in my will
to overcome the memory
of emotive love.

Aww yes, sometimes life is like a bad dream, then we wake up! Ugh!!

Wishing you a heavenly holiday Helen, and all the best in the New Year~

Love and hugs to one of my all time favorite poets.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

3 posted 2004-12-21 05:04 AM

Susan - thank you so much for the read and for commenting. Much appreciated.

Hi, Bluesy Gal - Me a poet? Nope, don't think so but I can write a little story sometimes. Thank you for your good wishes which are heartily reciprocated.

*Alli4000*

Member Elite

since 2004-03-21

Posts 3188
The World of Poetry

4 posted 2004-12-21 06:40 PM

"Run, run, run away,
to where the ocean roams
but the river is in me
and I carry memories
in the current of my feel.

I liked that part. Very nicely written!

~Alli~

Happy Holidays!

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

5 posted 2004-12-21 06:47 PM

Excellent write Helen!
I like the repetition of words in the first line of each stanza.
Hugs~

Season's Greetings!

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

6 posted 2004-12-21 08:30 PM

nicely shared
thank you

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

7 posted 2004-12-21 11:07 PM

Helen

Life does indeed toss us about at times.....like the river's rapids that suddenly turn to calm and peaceful flow, I wish that for you in the new year, as well as me.

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