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serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

0 posted 2005-04-16 06:10 AM

A lotus blossomed there

we stared

trace the figure fingering
petals of a star and I
shift the sheath of blown to bits
as if it were a water show
fountains dappling in know
as quick as hollow point
she said
"easier to preen"
she smiled
as she stitched the lace in place
with a practiced risening:

"Gather buttons as you sew"
with ribbons from the baby toes
as eyelet loses starch too soon
and little zippers chugging trains
drag upon the plastic tracks
and life is all that we complain
Diapers make a cotton back
and tiny denim pockets laugh
at all the things we think we lack
with our wallets oh-so-big...

a lotus blossomed there

we stared

and life is all that we complain
petal of a star and I
would buy a ticket for that train
shifting sheath of blown to bits
petals of a scar and I
trace the fingers figuring
as quick as hollow point
I scream

the layers of the lilies peal
like bells of brakes upon the tracks
"eyelet" and the starch she lacked
as quick as hollow point are tears,
filling up the pond's despair--

yeah

a lotus blossomed here

and I

will always see her float

in ripples of her grave

I pray:

"A Lotus blossomed here."

I say,

whispering the rings...

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2005-04-16 09:40 AM

Keep whispering into the rings,
m'dear...she's listening,
for she's so near...

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2005-04-16 09:57 AM

Masterfully written, Karen. One of the best LOVE poems I've ever read. I'll be finding a very special shelf in my library for this beauty.
*sigh*

adagio
Member

since 2005-03-19

Posts 449
Marrero, La.

3 posted 2005-04-16 11:48 AM

Good morning Karen nice to read a little beauty in the morning. As you can see by now I have stumbled on to how to post my own stuff. Missed you the other day wanted to say hi.

  loved this one

                adagio

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

4 posted 2005-04-16 11:52 AM

My hand silently to your cheek Karen.
To know this...the feelings are whispers.
TD

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

5 posted 2005-04-16 04:35 PM

sadly beautiful

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

6 posted 2005-04-16 07:15 PM

Absolutely beautiful Karen

mxx

and i knew in the crystalline knowledge of you
~Buckingham/Nicks

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

7 posted 2005-04-18 09:21 AM

You always know just how to reach into my chest and touch the deepest part of me..

and sometimes, that is exactly the reminder I need.

love you lady.

"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

8 posted 2005-04-18 09:45 AM

serenity,
And the ripples flow to eternity.

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

9 posted 2005-04-18 11:09 AM

Eloquence flows from you even in your darkest hours. I think of you often since you lost your sister ~ and every now and then I send you a loving hug.

Love & Eternal Light,
Linda

Aleta
Member

since 2005-04-17

Posts 102
Louisiana

10 posted 2005-04-18 11:25 AM

Brought tears to my eyes...
sad... beautiful.. poignant...

LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

11 posted 2005-04-18 11:28 AM

shift the sheath of blown to bits
as if it were a water show
fountains dappling in know
as quick as hollow point
she said
"easier to preen"
she smiled
as she stitched the lace in place
with a practiced risening:

speechless and sending prayers your way

Hugs Lady

Lee J.

Kaoru

Member Elite

since 2003-06-07

Posts 3892
where the wild flowers grow

12 posted 2005-04-18 12:26 PM

we stared

and life is all that we complain
petal of a star and I
would buy a ticket for that train
shifting sheath of blown to bits
petals of a scar and I
trace the fingers figuring
as quick as hollow point
I scream

the layers of the lilies peal
like bells of brakes upon the tracks
"eyelet" and the starch she lacked
as quick as hollow point are tears,
filling up the pond's despair--

Absolute brilliance...

Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

13 posted 2005-04-18 01:36 PM

brava m'lady...
brava..

and many hugs to you ....

I really want to care,
I want to feel something,
let me dig a little deeper
nah, still nothing~
my give a DAMN is busted. Jodee

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

14 posted 2005-04-18 05:16 PM

thanks for reading

and I realize I'm poor company lately, so I'm trying very hard to leave the writing be, until I have something new to say.

Funny though, even when death becomes montonous, it doesn't lose it's impact for loss.

Thanks for listening to me...and I'll be around.

um...I think.

vlraynes
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

15 posted 2005-04-19 10:59 AM

Just hugging you tight...

Love you, K...

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

16 posted 2005-04-19 11:02 AM

You'd better be around Missy!

Don't know what I'd do if I couldn't experience the gift of reading you!!!!!

So don't get any funny ideas, K?????

smiles and hugs

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