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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2005-11-10 05:22 PM



Up out of the dark dankness
she glooms and looms
before your opened eye.

You hear her cry,
but cannot move to reply,
for you are frozen...

stuck inside a block of solidified thoughts,
unable to round out the surrounding imagery
and accept it for what it is...
your own reflection in life’s lake,
the one you skimmed over so casually last year,
not anticipating all would eventually fall
and the whipping winds of winter would bring
colder days than those familiar arctic nights.

She glooms at you anyway,
whether you heed her or not
she follows you relentlessly
down that precariously meandering pathway
begging you to stop, look and FEEL
the warmth that resides within the cold.

And in that moment of recognize,
your eyes open wide and you see
the winter of self...
and somehow you find you can accept
the warmth that remains.


© Copyright 2005 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2005-11-10 05:26 PM


oh God Kacy, you floored me with this,
I do believe my new favorite of yours
and absolutely one of your best ever.
Hugs.

Yeah, I'm keeping it.

live for today,
dream of the future,
and learn eternal truths from the past..

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2 posted 2005-11-10 05:54 PM


I agree with Donna. Beautiful Kacy.
hugs, Chris

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

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3 posted 2005-11-10 05:56 PM


If you're expecting a pithy quip, or a joke, I am going to disappoint you Kace.

Congratulations!

You just shut off the "joke machine" in me and all I can do is smile and type:

"Beautiful."


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4 posted 2005-11-10 06:11 PM


thanking you fine ladies for your kind and gentle comments

K? your jokes are always like a persoanl hug to me

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