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RMW
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0 posted 2005-02-01 11:55 AM


Only Once

For me, I'm sure, it's only once.
And though a silence in your life
now and then sits with us in the living room,
I've never asked. Convinced, you see,
that what I feel has been enough,
for both of us I am content
to supplement the occasional distance
with acceptance, even peace,
as when I sit on the cliff above the beach
and watch the surf coming and going.
Should it hurt? Is the sand any less intimate
with the sea because it stays? You are the tide,
and if the affairs of men cannot wait,
I must.

RMW

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Sunshine
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1 posted 2005-02-01 11:58 AM


for both of us I am content
to supplement the occasional distance
with acceptance, even peace,

~*~

and just know, in knowing...

Tiersdin
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2 posted 2005-02-01 12:02 PM


So beautifully constructed, Robert, and extra special because of the content.

~tier

Gentle Spirit
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3 posted 2005-02-01 12:05 PM


Convinced, you see,
that what I feel has been enough,
for both of us I am content
to supplement the occasional distance
with acceptance, even peace,

beautiful Robert....lovely.

Martie
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4 posted 2005-02-01 12:27 PM


Bob

"You are the tide,
and if the affairs of men cannot wait,
I must."

Very touching, my friend...one of your best...although they all are!  

passing shadows
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5 posted 2005-02-01 12:29 PM


awesome piece here
LeeJ
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6 posted 2005-02-01 12:38 PM


love your fidelity to self...it beams through thought impressions, with clarity and kindness
RMW
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7 posted 2005-02-01 12:43 PM


Thank you all. Lee J, what kind words. Thank you much. Bob
JamesMichael
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8 posted 2005-02-01 11:35 PM


Nice...James
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