On A Midnight Bench In Manhattan (old repost)

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icebox
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in the shadows

0 posted 2005-06-04 09:36 PM

(sorry folks, it is an anniversary of sorts and this poem nagged me to do this)

     How long has it been
     since you died in my arms,
     how long since your warmth filled my soul?

     Why is it now that we're real worlds apart,
     I still feel you by me when I'm all alone?

     Why in a crowd do I see your small form
     moving quickly like smoke through a screen;
     how do you borrow the face of a stranger
     just to smile at me through her eyes?

     How does my sense for you stay so alive
     that I still hear you laugh in my dreams?

     why are these tears in my eyes as I write,
     it's thirty-five years that you're gone.

     ©2003 by icebox

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

1 posted 2005-06-04 09:42 PM

oh my..this just aches..
Sending heart hugs your way Sir.

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

passing shadows
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displaced

2 posted 2005-06-04 09:43 PM

it never really does go away, no matter how many years go by

hugs to you

Martie

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3 posted 2005-06-05 12:54 PM

icebox

Midnitesun

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Gaia

4 posted 2005-06-05 01:04 AM

apparently, true love never dies

Canuckster
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5 posted 2005-06-05 01:16 AM

This brought a tear to my eye at the same time that it spread warmth for the knowledge that we can indeed love this deep, and that love is it's own reward.

never try to teach a pig to sing
it wastes your time AND annoys the pig

iliana
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6 posted 2005-06-05 01:53 AM

Haunting is not the adequate word for this, but it is. Hope you don't dwell too long...35 years, my oh my. Wrote something myself once that this made me think of, but all I can remember is the title as it was at least 20 years ago...title was: Where Does Love Go When It Dies?

....jo

vlraynes
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Somewhere... out there...

7 posted 2005-06-05 07:11 AM

"When the power of love overcomes the love
of power the world will know peace."
--Jimi Hendrix

Margherita
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Eternity

8 posted 2005-06-05 07:14 AM

Thank you for sharing this again, it's just too beautiful to be put in a drawer!

I feel like sitting next to you on that bench, holding your hand, while you go through this intense emotion. What has been, never dies, it transforms.

Love and hugs.
Margherita

Earth Angel
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9 posted 2005-06-05 08:44 AM

Those who had truly touch our hearts and souls, are never forgotten. This person will dwell forever in your loving and poetic heart ~ and especially on anniversaries...

Memories can keep us warm on the coldest and dreariest of days.

Sending you a loving hug, Dear Poet,
Linda

latearrival
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10 posted 2005-06-05 12:14 PM

As one who harbors memories, I appreciate this. Best to you icebox, martyjo

icebox
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in the shadows

11 posted 2005-06-05 02:38 PM

Thank you all with all my thanks.

JamesMichael
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12 posted 2005-06-06 08:00 PM

Nice...we always will miss those we have cared for...James

Pilgrimage
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13 posted 2005-06-10 01:06 PM

Because sometimes when someone is gone, they don't leave.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

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