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Elizabeth Santos
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0 posted 2006-08-18 08:42 PM



Hold Me Like the Night

Do not touch me like the moon beams
Touch a sleeping rose
Cradling just half a flower
In its gentle glows

Hold me like the darkness captures
Everything in sight
Embracing every part of me,
Erasing every light

Hold me in your arms completely
Hold me like the night

Keep my whispering words forever
Safe within your keep
Let the night enfold you in the darkness
As you sleep

Love me like a breeze caresses
Spring time as it blows
Like the mist of morning falls
And hugs the tender rose

Come to me as twilight slowly gathers up the light
Then hold me like the night

Hold me as the midnight hour
Makes magic in the dark
Wrap me up completely in the
Corners of your heart

Blanket me with sweetness, darling,
Shower me with love
In the blackest shadows
Under little stars above

Do not hold me like the moon embraces with its light
Hold me like the night

Elizabeth Santos

© Copyright 2006 Elizabeth Santos - All Rights Reserved
Sunshine
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1 posted 2006-08-18 09:14 PM



Ah, Elizabeth, if you have ever written
a favorite poem of mine, this is it...

It is a song, a tribute,
a memory, a gift...

It is

Lady Santos.

I am writing before the tears spring;
this is a mother's voice
a woman's choice;

a sound of ever,
and voice of clever....

It is ever and vescence...

light, and knowing...
it is choosing a path...
then in its clear
showing

grace and class, elegance and love.

It is a poem from a poet...

and in this knowing...
it is

love.


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2 posted 2006-08-18 09:43 PM


Lis,  it is love, romance,  passion....
softness,  and so very much more.
A most beautiful and tender writing you have
given us.

Elizabeth Santos
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3 posted 2006-08-18 09:49 PM


Sunshine, you honor me.

Magnus, you touch me like the night

Thank you

Liz

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4 posted 2006-08-18 10:05 PM


How tender..how absolutely beautiful!
A new favourite by you Elizabeth for my library.
Hugs~Nancy

For it was not into my ear you whispered
But into my heart..
It was not my lips you kissed
But my soul.

Klassy Lassy
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5 posted 2006-08-19 12:36 PM


Oh!  You speak the language beautifully!   I can not compliment better than sunshine, but it is indeed a lovely and rare poem.  A definite treasure for my library.  

~ Karen

Lighthousebob
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6 posted 2006-08-19 12:47 PM


Elizabeth,

The beautiful flow and imagery of your poem has caressed my heart as I've read your poem out loud now many times over.

So very very comforting.


Thank you for sharing and God bless.

-Bob

Martie
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7 posted 2006-08-19 11:14 AM


Liz, dear friend....not many poems bring me tears...this one did.  
Joyce Johnson
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8 posted 2006-08-19 11:29 AM


you never fail to find just the right phrases to evoke emotion.  Love, Joyce
Marge Tindal
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9 posted 2006-08-19 11:32 AM


LoveliestLadyLizzy~
*sighs* of sheer delight at the beauty of this penning~

I'm claiming this one to place alongside my 'other' favorite of yours~

'Same Time ... Next Life'
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My gawd ... you are soooooooooo word-beautiful~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~
Email -       noles1@totcon.com       

Seymour Tabin
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10 posted 2006-08-19 12:08 PM


Elizabeth,
Your poems touch the deepest of my soul
Love Sy

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