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Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

0 posted 2005-09-12 08:50 PM

Sands swallow the grief
of loss, of emptiness that
swarms like a hive of bees
before the winter’s chill
dampens their edginess.

It was yesterday, that time
months ago when a passing
wind carried you...leaving
you lifeless, allowing a
remembrance to swell and
consume...why?

Why must sands swallow
that which wells within me
and bring the dew laden
cacti to the palm of one’s
hand...resting gently,
as gentle pressure prods
the mind...

I see the weed covered walk,
the trees that bear forgotten
fruit, the crops that once rose
rigidly in wait the harvest.

I see the mighty oak standing
ominous over a once trodden
drive, a rusted fence weaving
vines over it’s feet....where
you once stood proudly.....
Surrounded by sons, grandsons
and showered with all that
each could give...

And now....the grasses grow
silently, shrouding the life
that once was....as flowers
rest above you....and
tears flow gently to the cold
earth....as my hand reaches
out, touches that which shall
never again be....as a son
grieves softly to himself and
hopes to one day be remembered
as well...

[This message has been edited by Magnus (09-12-2005 09:40 PM).]

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

1 posted 2005-09-12 08:59 PM

Magnus
Excellent write and one of your best.

ctowen
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since 2001-10-18

Posts 2286
Green Mountains of VT

2 posted 2005-09-12 09:01 PM

this is by far a TRUE HEARTfelt piece my friend.

      very deep and rooted for a time ....

    good to read you again!

     CT

A word in hand is worth two in a hush ... CTOwen/05

Gentle Spirit
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since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

3 posted 2005-09-13 07:42 AM

You have been missed Barry, thank you so much for sharing this beauty. I believe one of your best, and thus marked

Greeneyes

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since 2000-09-09

Posts 9903
In Your Poetic Mind

4 posted 2005-09-13 09:54 AM

wow Barry....this leaves me speechless.....
good to see you...

~~**~~
There are moments when speech
is but a mouth pressed lightly and
humbly against the angel's hands
~~**~~

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

5 posted 2005-09-13 10:12 AM

OhMagnus~
My heart was squeezed by the poignancy of your soft-hearted remembers~

'It was yesterday, that time
months ago when a passing
wind carried you...leaving
you lifeless, allowing a
remembrance to swell and
consume...why?'

Oh, my friend ... why indeed ?

Great big ole *HUGLETS*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

Email noles1@totcon.com

Nightshade

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since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

6 posted 2005-09-13 10:56 AM

Wow. This could be the introduction to a great story! Into my library it goes!
hugs, Chris

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
~Carl Sandburg

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

7 posted 2005-09-13 11:04 AM

Excellent write Barry...
so good to read you again!
Hugs~Nancy

I wait now at the lake or walking by the bay
I wait and listen or put a seashell
to my ear and it all comes back
the wind's soft murmur..and you.

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

8 posted 2005-09-13 11:51 AM

Barry....A memory guarded by the shadow of the oak, the tree will keep safe, as will your heart. This was so poignantly beautiful!

Angelheart
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since 2005-09-08

Posts 754
Jacksonville,FL USA

9 posted 2005-09-13 01:14 PM

thanks for sharing

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

10 posted 2005-09-13 08:11 PM

Beautiful writing, BJ. I can tell it is straight from the heart.

....jo

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

11 posted 2005-10-05 01:43 PM

What a beautiful, loving write. *S*

nakdthoughts
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Posts 19200
Between the Lines

12 posted 2005-10-05 06:22 PM

Feeling this today~~~

M

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

13 posted 2005-10-05 06:49 PM

"Why must sands swallow
that which wells within me
and bring the dew laden
cacti to the palm of one’s
hand...resting gently,
as gentle pressure prods
the mind..."
why indeed
and this piece, my friend
is pure poetry

I FELT this one, deep within my pores

Obsidian Snow
Member

since 2005-08-24

Posts 88

14 posted 2005-10-06 10:45 AM

A tribute written with depth and meaning. She would be so proud.

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

15 posted 2005-10-06 11:27 AM

Oh, to be remembered with such love. I would have felt thrice blessed had I but known. And I am sure your love was felt in life as in death. Great work Mangus. martyjo

Paul Wilson

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since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

16 posted 2005-10-06 11:36 AM

Barry...Tender heart touching write. Memories of those gone but never forgotten and always loved forever. Thanks for sharing...Paul

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

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