»
Archives
»
Open Poetry #39
»
The Black Keys
| Open Poetry #39 |
|
The Black Keys |
|
|
passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced 
|
You said you didn't know who I was anymore, and so that made two of us there. Back then, I played on the black keys, off-tune and I didn't care. And damn if I didn't know how much you needed me to put a message in the bottle and toss it out to sea. Time went by. Tomorrows passed. You never did walk away. You spent many nights on the side, just listening to me play. You finally got the message you so patiently waited for, after I finally realized I was worth much more. I got you lookin' at stars again yet you still don't see Orion, but that's okay...you see me... and now we're done with cryin' I still play on the black keys and you sit with an attentive ear, you said it's good to know me again... yeah, that makes two of us here. |
||
| © Copyright 2006 Dixie Lee Bullington - All Rights Reserved | |||
|
Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
I still play on the black keys and you sit with an attentive ear, you said it's good to know me again... yeah, that makes two of us here. Dixie.... love to hear you play! great write RDB  |
||
|
passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
thanks Roniece  it's good to see someone else around here at this hour...it's 11pm here in Florida. |
||
|
Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
ah I'm still in my working hour! It's now 4.50pm Wednesday here RDB |
||
|
Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Dixie - to know yourself is a milestone in life and for another to know you too is a gift from ... God! |
||
|
Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Dixie, getting to know your own self better must surely relay into you liking yourself better!  To know you is to love you! Love & Christmas Light, Linda |
||
|
rwood Member Elite
since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793Tennessee |
Ah, I adore your words. I think when we don't know who we are, we are being our most precious selves without any editing or posing. Stay real, darlin'. Keep it on the "black keys." Love, Reg |
||
|
divine chaos Senior Member
since 2006-07-09
Posts 617dancing 'neath the moon |
Dixie, I do so love reading you, sometimes I think we must be twin souls, 'cause the thoughts that drip from your pen, echo the ones in my heart so often ... ~*Sheli*~ By words the mind is winged |
||
|
passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
Good to see each of you Helen, Linda, Regina, Sheli... I thank you beautiful ladies for your beautiful comments here there was a time when I lived inside of a bottle. To think about that person now, is almost unbearable. I can only thank God that I didn't lose more than I lost and that I'm still alive through it all. I don't know how I stopped, and I couldn't be of any use in AA to help other people as far as how I kicked the habit...all I can say is it was God. |
||
|
trutodaraiders Senior Member
since 2006-12-02
Posts 820CA |
It's nice when people keep themselves in check loved the poem! ~Bill |
||
Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
Do you play more sharps or flats? Poet, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write. |
||
|
twinkyfl1 Member
since 2006-12-15
Posts 133florida |
You played this so well. Every note struck with the right chord. Play on dear Dixie, play on! |
||
|
nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
I've always played off-key Dixie...enjoyed this.  M |
||
|
Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Dixie? C'mere...  Sing in me muse... |
||
|
The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
ah Dixie... off key or not it's a beauty of a tune love that last line! |
||
|
passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
Bill, thanks...yeah I have to do that a lot lately...old age I guess Interloper, a lot more flats I'm afraid June, thanks Maureen, you and me both. It's nice to know I'm in good company. Nancy, good hugs...thanks!Kate, thank you much! |
||
|
JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Enjoyed...James |
||
|
ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Love some of those lines....Well I'm glad you're all done with cryin! Eric |
||
|
Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
There's so much hope in this one! I LOVE the way it comes full circle. Well done. Nan (Pilgrim variety) |
||
|
suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
you said it's good to know me again... yeah, that makes two of us here. It has been such pleasure to watch you through the years... especially now as your poetry gets ever better and you realize your strength and true beauty. *S* This is great! |
||
|
ivordavies Senior Member
since 2007-01-10
Posts 739Chester, England |
There is something melodious and haunting about playing in sharps and flats, like always riding above and seeing below, or reading between the lines, living dangerously, but courageously. Yes it means that maybe we are 'off sync' for a while, but how can we gain understanding unless we have been there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I still play on the black keys and you sit with an attentive ear, you said it's good to know me again... yeah, that makes two of us here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nice to know that you do not disregard all the black keys now, but have learned to use them to your advantage..... An interesting read, Have Fun, Ivor The moment created this second, is a moment that's going to last. |
||
|
Angel4aKing Senior Member
since 2006-09-27
Posts 1372USA |
Wow, I like this. I can't believe I missed it. It made me think of someone form my past that I have been thinkig alot about...Take care, JulieAnn ~~~kingsangel~~~ |
||
|
passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
thank you so much! |
||
|
DreamerSpirit Member
since 2006-10-02
Posts 240Buenos Aires, Argentina |
I loved reading this poem..made me think a lot..i've been absent for a long while..and i'll be absent for a longer time..many problems around me...in any case, Excellent work!.i loved it. Denis. |
||
|
Angel4aKing Senior Member
since 2006-09-27
Posts 1372USA |
I also played on the black keys out of tune...he always did have an attentive ear ya know? Oops I already replied to this one...But reading it a second time it was even better! ~~~kingsangel~~~ |
||
|
|
⇧ top of page ⇧ |
|
| All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format. | ||
