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Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2005-10-08 09:41 PM

This Is My Room

This is my room, the sacred place
Where I meet my sorrow face to face
These is my room, the walls of fright
Where I meet myself in the dark of night

This is the silent sound of a tear
That bathes my heart and reveals my fear
This is the loneliness I must consume
On the blackest night, in the darkest room

These are the sheets that brush my skin
With the feel of love and the pain within
This is the garden where bittersweet bloom
This is my heart, my sacred room

Elizabeth Santos

Martie

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

1 posted 2005-10-08 10:19 PM

Oh Liz.....this makes me want to buy a ticket to Pennsylvania so that I can give you another in person hug! I hope you are ok...this poem sounds so sad and lonely....but I know the feeling...I have a room that is decorated just the same. I love you!!

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

2 posted 2005-10-08 10:23 PM

'Tis also the room where some of the BEST poetry I've ever read is birthed... dear lady - Thank you for that...

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2005-10-09 01:30 PM

We each need a room, whether it be without,
or within us, to find a place to be silent,
or shed a tear, or smile at memories,
maybe even make new moments...

but most certainly, to trace our thoughts
upon a heart.

This, you've done....

Bodger
Senior Member

since 2005-06-12

Posts 1260
Tolerance for a short time

4 posted 2005-10-09 01:48 PM

Beautiful

Bodger

SmartChick
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-09-23

Posts 7081
On A Journey To The Unknown

5 posted 2005-10-09 08:07 PM

Beautiful poem, Elizabeth. We all need our own little space.

Janette

Member Elite

since 2001-07-20

Posts 2843
Chicagoland for now

6 posted 2005-10-09 09:53 PM

"This is the silent sound of a tear"

Yes, but I heard it.

Sad lament but written beautifully.

always seeking joy, adventure and romance and wishing you find the same

froggy
Senior Member

since 2003-06-23

Posts 1893
Michigan

7 posted 2005-10-09 10:04 PM

beautiful but sad too.

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

8 posted 2005-10-10 07:54 AM

Taking great care is this intensity of feeling, impacting what we find in the heart as emotion, and you, dear lady are the heroine…zoned in on intense understanding…there will be fascinating recognition of your own spiritual room, a place of remarkable truth and a willful power of love…which inscribes your heart, mind and words to us…creating
Some very beautiful words, in the poetry of Liz Santos....this, was incredible!

[This message has been edited by LeeJ (10-10-2005 08:25 AM).]

Titia Geertman
Member Ascendant

since 2001-05-07

Posts 5182
Netherlands

9 posted 2005-10-10 06:43 PM

I know Liz, I've a room like that too, but I want you to know that my spirit will always be with you lady Poet Queen, from the moment I've met you (and even before by reading your beautiful words), I've closed you into my heart. I'll never forget those warm welcome hugs you gave me three years ago.
Like the famous words our Queen Wilhelmina's once spoken: "Lonely, but never alone".

Your words are reaching so many hearts.

Titia

Like scattered leaves...my words will flow

Jaime Fradera
Senior Member

since 2000-11-25

Posts 843
Where no tyranny is tolerable

10 posted 2005-10-10 07:08 PM

Hi Elizabeth. Thank you for the fleeting glimpse into your world.
I am curious about your name. Are you of Latin ancestery?
I wondered how someone named Santos might be living in PA ...

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

11 posted 2005-10-10 10:27 PM

To answer the question about my name. My huscand was Brazilian. We at one time lived in Brazil, but later settled in my home town in Pa. He passed away 5 years ago. All of my 4 children look very Brazilian, so the name suiys them much better than it does me.
Thank you for asking

peppermint35
Senior Member

since 2000-05-28

Posts 1106
Texas, USA

12 posted 2005-10-19 03:51 AM

What else can I say but that it flows with feeling.. and yes, sometimes one must find a room of their very own.. some place safe.. within the hollow hills.

Pepper
"Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." Unknown

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

13 posted 2005-10-20 12:23 PM

Very well written!

We all have a room like this; few have the skill and courage to describe it.

Brava!

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

14 posted 2005-10-20 04:02 PM

How well you describe your "room" for all of us. Lovely write!

Angelheart
Senior Member

since 2005-09-08

Posts 754
Jacksonville,FL USA

15 posted 2005-10-20 04:06 PM

And what a quiet place to be. thanks for the sharing.

Poetry can get you very far
-Laura

scorpio
Member Ascendant

since 2002-10-02

Posts 5178
right...there

16 posted 2005-10-20 04:58 PM

The comfort here is indeed cold.

believe in what your heart feels...

Constance
Member

since 2001-07-28

Posts 393
Ohio

17 posted 2005-10-21 02:08 AM

Elizabeth, this is lovely.

sweetwater
Member

since 2002-12-16

Posts 178
Perth

18 posted 2005-10-21 02:52 AM

I agree with others.. absolutely lovely.

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