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like a lost balloon |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass 
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this heartache I thought I carried so well carries me leads me on like a lost balloon and the only way to bring it back is follow follow until it comes down Miscellanea started this...... /pip/Forum93/HTML/003363.html |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
we seem to be thinking on the same subject today Ed. I adored this. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Well done Ed.. I love the presentation too. Hugs~Nancy ~ Trace my body with your words, |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Ed~ Perfect for my morning ... I'm chasing a lost balloon today also~ *sigh* *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*No matter what I search for ... |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ed....I know this feeling very well...some days balloons just won't hold still and play fair. "Now, weathered by waiting at the window, even this light day cannot find the balloon in me." |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
A few days ago....ok, while lazing in the spa....I watched four white ballons floating away toward the sea..... later that afternoon when the marine layer had started to wash ashore it changed the wind and I saw two of those balloons floating back, along exactly the path they'd followed earlier. I hope they made it all the way. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> ______________Ratleader______________ |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Makes you wonder what happened to the other two, doesn't it? |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I love this melancholy magnificence... love you noticing the flight of the four... and of the two. *S* |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Hmmm... Did you know, that balloons are actually never lost? They are filled with the very breath that gives them flight. Nice write. Liked the imagery...especially the spa...way cool. TD |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
cool write, Ed, and it makes one wonder about the two that didn't return? did they go find a...more 'suitable' home? |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Ed, this really touched me. My sister was witness to one birthday in my life when I was staying at her home and feeling confused and not knowing which way to turn. She tried her best to make me smile that day and I love her for it. Releasing my birthday balloons to the universe afterwards, helped my spirit regain it's lightness of being. hugs, Chris |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Last I heard, they'd decided to float over toward Hawaii, for the Sea Turtle Choke-Fest..... I'm just glad they went in pairs...that kinda completes it, to have balloon duos breaking out and traveling together..... ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Hi Nightshade....yes, I've had precisely that experience myself... AND...a little secret....around here (eight miles from Disneyland) having a balloon land is a fairly common occurence....when one does, I take my pocket knife and trim away all the excess weight....ribbon or string and anything else, even the little rubber ring on the neck of it if I have to in order to let it lift....and then I set it free again.... ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> ______________Ratleader______________ |
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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan |
I like your distractions |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Much truth here...Very much like a lost balloon. Can't say I have not been there, too common for us guys, huh? |
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andy04 Junior Member
since 2005-11-16
Posts 22New South Wales |
very tuching poem well done!!!! |
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pictureme2 Member
since 2005-11-13
Posts 194 |
Nice write that floated right along. I liked the way you placed the words, sort of floating, short words that kept you hanging on until....the down! Thanks. pictureme2 |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
Ed, You honor me and, of course, inspire me. It makes me wonder what happened to the large turkey balloon released into the wild that had been tied to our mailbox. That's another story to be written, or perhaps, a poem of perservance. Your experience of the white balloons seems almost serendipitous! So glad you shared it in excellent form. miscellanea |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
The word art was very effective.  I enjoy watching balloons sailing across the sky and evetually out of sight. I always felt as though a part of me went with them. On occasion they have returned to view and it was as though they knew I had been watching them and they came back to say, "Hello".  Linda |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
This is beautiful, and your format adds to the ambiance. I loved the responses too. I wrote a poem about a blue balloon a long time ago. I will post it tonight. - Owl |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Ed, the picture tugged on these ole heartstrings of mine.....sad, drifting, and yet an optimism and a knowing all in just a few words....I love it. Happy Thanksgiving. *hugs*....jo |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Ed, I love the way you did this one... the words, the thoughts, the presentation... all of it. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Hugs, Ethel |
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