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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2005-10-07 12:31 PM



Where you begin and I end;
the edges of our portraits are blurry,
as if the artist was in such a hurry
he dropped the detail brushes from his hands,
to be swallowed by the shifting sands.

The sketchy once-upon-a-time scene,
a distant stretch of warm sandy beach,
our names encircled by a heart,
etched together as if
forever might be real, not fantasy.

But we let the waves of time cover us,
then saw them wash away our foothold,
leaving nothing
but the ridges of our collapse.

And what was supposed to be
a timeless portrait of you and me,
became simply, a blurred memory.  

© Copyright 2005 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2005-10-07 12:34 PM


Kacy....I felt this too....the changing of the way things are, as if washed away by some caprecious wave.  Time is never still, and all things change...wishing you a new sandcastle!  
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2 posted 2005-10-07 12:37 PM


Martie, thank you for letting me know you FELT this.
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3 posted 2005-10-07 09:45 AM


enjoyed this piece
bernie

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Bernie Slicker

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4 posted 2005-10-07 10:22 AM


Midnitesun
You cut this one with a knife. LOL
Beautifully done.

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5 posted 2005-10-07 10:29 AM


Yes mam I've been there. But I refuse to give up forever. Very well done.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

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6 posted 2005-10-07 10:42 AM


"a blurred memory"

how sad..

and how well written.

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7 posted 2005-10-07 11:19 AM


So beautifully written ~ so incredibly sad...

May the next love portrait be picture-perfect and last forevermore.

Painter


Linda

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8 posted 2005-10-07 11:59 AM


Sad but true of so many people embroiled in this thing called life.  I enjoyed the read.
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9 posted 2005-10-07 12:47 PM


Perfect!  This is a beautiful write.  Sometimes, as this does so well portray, in our lives we place all we have into what we perceive as an all or none situation, for better or worse, until the end, etc, etc…  And to our dismay it most often ends up the negative.
Store-up your possessions in Heaven; He will never disappoint you.


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10 posted 2005-10-07 01:55 PM


Oh Kacy..you brought back feelings with this write
that I had thought long gone..
I guess I still have blurred memories.
Hugs~Nancy

~Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile.~

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11 posted 2005-10-07 02:22 PM


I love the write! keep it up! I enjoy it so much!! Things will get better!!!MWAH!
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12 posted 2005-10-07 02:25 PM


Nancy, I'm sorry if this one stirred up a sad memory. But I guess many have experienced this down side of Love.

Thanks to each of you, for reading and leaving your kind comments!

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13 posted 2005-10-08 02:38 PM


the blurs just make the better ones better

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14 posted 2005-10-08 03:43 PM


this makes me sad thank you for sharing this piece

-may the force be with you in poetry

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15 posted 2005-10-08 03:49 PM


Thank you for this one, Kacy, it brought back a great memory for me!  And although it has faded a bit...I'm ever so glad that I had it to begin with...

This was incredible... ...Becka

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16 posted 2005-10-19 03:54 AM


sometimes blurring is a good thing.. perhaps and perhaps.

This is still echoing within me, and I find it hard to find the words...

Pepper
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17 posted 2005-10-19 04:21 AM


"Where you begin and I end;
the edges of our portraits are blurry,
as if the artist was in such a hurry
he dropped the detail brushes from his hands,
to be swallowed by the shifting sands."

Is this perfection, or what!   ....jo

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18 posted 2005-10-19 01:41 PM


You know, I am reading Billy all the Shel Silverstein books (gotta get 'em started early in this genre, ya know?) and God, this reminded me so much of what we have been reading . . .

besides the foremost thing I saw, a collapse of love or a relationship or quite possibly just missing someone, as life tends to do to us, takes away our time, but also I looked so close and saw that sketcy one time scene  and dang Kacy, you just described how it is to write.

*smile*

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19 posted 2005-10-19 02:26 PM


Kacy~
I read you and smile at the neverending beauty of you~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*No matter what I search for ...
let me know when it is LOVE that I find*~ <))><

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20 posted 2005-10-19 04:06 PM


Where you begin and I end;
the edges of our portraits are blurry,
as if the artist was in such a hurry
he dropped the detail brushes from his hands,
to be swallowed by the shifting sands.


Absolutely lovely Kacy

m xx

~i want for myself your trembling~

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