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Not a sunset
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Not a sunset |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa 
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Not a sunset but a fire with the devil’s eyes searing through the landscape of inherent nature and the turn from this to that a complete and utter disregard for the beautiful. And we were beautiful before the heat of fear and before the breathing in of smoke ridden atmospheres but now to ash the glorious and once glamorous. And ash unharnessed moves unbound in the wind of circumstance like lovers seeking solace in the arms of many “girls”. So the beautiful now scattered, spread, no longer empowered breaks and severs spirit pacts like they themselves were broken up and togetherness a thing unknown for the duration of a life. But sometimes, just sometimes, wind circles back again and deposits all the scattered bits one upon each other and that pile of ash becomes again… the beautiful. I feel as if I’m beautiful but cannot ere be sure because not a sunset but a fire with the devil’s eyes happened before my time! Helen / 4 April 2009 |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
************************************** feel as if I’m beautiful but cannot ere be sure because not a sunset but a fire with the devil’s eyes happened before my time! *************************************** Never doubt your beauty. It shines in your words from deep inside you. Such a wonderful expression you have given us today and I most enjoyed. I read it twice and will most likely be back. I want to try to capture all it's nuances and I feel as if there are more to enjoy. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
And we were beautiful before the heat of fear and before the breathing in of smoke ridden atmospheres but now to ash the glorious and once glamorous. These lines touched me so deeply! But I agree with Mark... you are beautiful!!! And I hope the winds are kind... to both of us. *S* {{{{{HUGS}}}}} |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Hi Mark - Thank you for your comment. I think "evolution" would require me to put "all and everything" into straight talking but I so enjoy "the story" that I guess it will take many lifetimes to get that one right. The fact that you read it twice is heartening for me. Thanks. Thank you, Ruth. My winds are kind even though they perhaps haven't deposited all my "bits of ash" in one place. We can't really know how many bits are missing so we have to really, really, think ourselves "all together" and, of course, beautiful to overcome the doubt. Thinking is sometimes hard work though. Sigh! Helen |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Once again you have woven a profound piece of poetry, dear Helen. You are the sunrise and the sunset and everything in between, you know. Even devil's eyes are nostalgic for divine beauty. Beauty is a constant of our soul and it's only a question of how we express it or of how deeply we are aware of this. Thought provoking. Love and hugs. Margherita  |
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Oklahoma Rose Senior Member
since 2008-02-28
Posts 1586Oklahoma USA |
Honeybunch, you are Beautiful, and always have been. |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
That is a beautiful thought provoking poem my dear, a pleasure to read. Take care, love. Lindsay |
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