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Spot
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0 posted 2006-11-03 03:57 AM


Yours


I went to sleep last night to forget
these are not my memories
not the ones I dreamed
I slept in the soft shirt you left to me
but no- not for me
you left-
not for me
just like the scent that lingers about the room
the assuming touch of tears and jasmine-
yours. But not mine
An accident, woven into the loose fabric under my fingers
unplanned, maybe unreal
if I open the window, let the traces disappear

I wear your absence like a shirt
I dreamt you left last night
these are not my memories
My senses can only feel that yours are not here
my closed window is the expulsion of nighttime fragrance
and the still air becomes the dryness of my eyes
Threads tighten, this fabric feels like chains

these are not my memories
the air whispers to me as it trickles in
your scent is gone
my chains are gone
But this, this is not my guilt
these are not my tears
They were once- yours
but I am not yours
anymore


© Copyright 2006 Lauren - All Rights Reserved
Sunshine
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1 posted 2006-11-03 06:23 AM



This even feels like a dream
the easy flow of repetition...
the constant reminder
of something not real...

well done, Lauren.  Thank you!


Gentle Spirit
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2 posted 2006-11-03 06:28 AM


poignant but so very beautiful.  Nicley done.
Martie
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3 posted 2006-11-03 12:13 PM


Spot...thinking I haven't said welcome yet...so Welcome to Pip!!  Wonderful poem here, I look forward to reading more of your words!
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Canada eh.
4 posted 2006-11-03 12:33 PM


Oh my...this is SO beautiful!!
Welcome...welcome and thank you for this tender write.
Hugs~Nancy

No spring, nor summer beauty
hath such grace...
As I have seen in one autumnal face.
                                    

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