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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2006-06-02 07:43 PM



We floated happily for a while
upon parallel blue ocean waves,
taking in the feel of love with poetry.
Crested moments swept us out to sea
then back again to reality,
while landlocked mentality
kept all but poetic passion at bay.

Somewhere upon silent silver-laced shores,
our mutual mental meanderings
slowly washed away love in a mourning tide.
So much useless debris, flotsam and jetsom hearts
tossed about like yesterday’s seaweed,
left to rot on the beach of dreams.

I sit and stare in solitude from my vantage point
on a quiet jetty that seeks to reach across the seas,
and wonder what happened, what went wrong.
And as the sun sinks silently into the brooding sea,
I listen to the pitiful screams of seagulls passing by me,
and wonder if the sounds I hear are my own pitiful cries
carried off by the crashing surf?

* an ebbing repeat  



© Copyright 2006 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
Seymour Tabin
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1 posted 2006-06-02 08:13 PM


Midnitesun
All is subjective except the truth.

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2 posted 2006-06-02 10:46 PM


kissing you right back
mr sighguy

Liz Sinclair
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3 posted 2006-06-03 10:04 PM


I think many have been in that position, just none have put it so beautifully.  Thanks for sharing.  Take care, Liz...Carpe Diem



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4 posted 2006-06-03 10:49 PM



It has always seemed to me that the sounds of the gulls somehow adapt to reflect the mood of the listener.

Very nice writing, Ma'am!


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5 posted 2006-06-03 11:03 PM


Liz, what a generous comment. Thanks for the visit.
oh, mrC it is always an honor to have you read my muse. Thank you

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6 posted 2006-06-04 02:54 AM


I felt the ocean spray in this one.
lovely lovely write.
*tipping my pen to you*
cheye xx

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7 posted 2006-06-04 04:25 PM




"So much useless debris, flotsam and jetsom hearts
tossed about like yesterday’s seaweed,
left to rot on the beach of dreams"

This particular wave left me shaken to the core. Powerful work Kacy.

Midnitesun
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8 posted 2006-06-04 06:00 PM


thank you both
for spending a moment here
within this wave of memory

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9 posted 2006-06-05 01:15 PM


A seagull pooped on my sons sandwich once when we were picnicking on the beach..

It's a funny family story.  My son wasn't amused.

Anyway...I digress.  

I loved the penetration of sadness from this Kacy.  You pierced me.

"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

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10 posted 2006-06-05 06:31 PM


Midnite

You write so well it is a pleasure to read your words

Dave

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