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fmlbarebackrider2001
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0 posted 2006-03-18 09:12 AM



Sitting here tonight I call up the memory of your face
The easy smile and the twinkle in your eyes
Fixing your gaze on me, I see a question in your eyes
“Trust a man, just one more time?”

Out of habit I shrink back, my body begins to quake
Fear of a broken heart and the torment that it brings
But from somewhere within a tiny voice takes hold
“Do it, just this one last time.”

With an unsteady glance, with a shaky hand
With closed eyes and a heaven ward prayer
I extend trembling fingers to interlock with yours
“Lord, make it work, just this one time.”


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El_Campeador
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1 posted 2006-03-18 09:16 AM


I like it. I have felt like that man before, hoping that somehow I can be an example of someone different, guarding a heart instead of breaking it.

“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” –Robert Louis Stevenson

Seymour Tabin
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2 posted 2006-03-18 09:27 AM


fmlbarebackrider2001,
Enjoyed the read.

OwlSA
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3 posted 2006-03-18 09:38 AM


And I echo you, "Lord, make it work, just this one time."

- Owl

fmlbarebackrider2001
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since 2005-11-16
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West Texas, United States
4 posted 2006-03-18 09:34 PM


Thanks you all for the kind words. This poem holds special meaning to me.

Know yourself before you try to know someone else.

The Lady
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since 2005-12-26
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5 posted 2006-03-19 10:25 PM




I extend trembling fingers to interlock with yours
“Lord, make it work, just this one time.”

You are a brave woman and an excellent poet.


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