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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

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in the shadows

0 posted 2007-05-28 05:20 AM

Sitting sipping tea
here in the early morning still,
all the other animals,
two legged and four,
sleeping peacefully
before the pings and rings of bell
stir them from their quiet dreams;
I'm gathering the bits of will I need
to stand
before the sun can stagger up from cracking the horizon.

Last night
it felt odd to drink champagne without you,
listening to the rain,
thunder all around
and lightning dancing just for me
the way I'd often drawn them down
to make you shriek with glee,
the storm and I
we brought no harm to anyone,
I was careful
just having fun
with steady level buzz on good champagne;
I miss the taste of strawberries,
and you,
with McKennitt playing endlessly
in the background of awareness
until we were exhausted
tired and sore,
holding each other quietly
admiring our stamina
waiting for the dawn,
but last night it was just me
the best that I could do
within my quiet emptiness
and I drank down a magnum of those memories,
alone.

©2007 by icebox

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[This message has been edited by icebox (05-28-2007 10:31 AM).]

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

1 posted 2007-05-28 07:37 AM

Charles , you not only touch the heart you hold it in your hands and gently massage it. misty eyed i read and re read this poem and felt it with you. so sad yet lovely. martyjo

Smiling
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since 2007-05-27

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Barbados

2 posted 2007-05-28 08:22 AM

That was sad , you make me miss it as well it's like the say all good things come to an end , enjoy your champagne and let it's taste take your pain away

Martie

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3 posted 2007-05-28 11:17 AM

icebox...Touched by this

passing shadows
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displaced

4 posted 2007-05-28 12:15 PM

I was not sleeping then
but soft adrift in the same kinds of memories

Drauntz
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since 2007-03-16

Posts 2905
Los Angeles California

5 posted 2007-05-28 01:22 PM

a truly beautiful one and very emotional.
and very powerful and manly.

"but last night it was just me
the best that I could do
within my quiet emptiness
and I drank down a magnum of those memories,
alone."...alone but it does not give a lonely feelings. Every word has a strong voice here.

beautiful. thank you.

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

6 posted 2007-05-28 01:32 PM

but last night it was just me
the best that I could do
within my quiet emptiness
and I drank down a magnum of those memories,
alone.

me, too...more often than I would like

M

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

7 posted 2007-05-28 04:04 PM

...a beautiful haunting

no jokes today, Charly.

This is exquisite. *smooch*

SPIRIT
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since 2002-12-29

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California Desert

8 posted 2007-05-28 04:16 PM

This touches...

Dinah

Honeybunch
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9 posted 2007-05-29 07:46 AM

A most touching write, dear icebox, and one I can relate to but some would say, "thank you for the memories". I wonder though about that - maybe memories hurt more than the not ever having had.

Susan Caldwell
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since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

10 posted 2007-05-29 09:37 AM

"I miss the taste of strawberries,
and you,
with McKennitt playing endlessly
in the background of awareness
until we were exhausted
tired and sore,
holding each other quietly
admiring our stamina
waiting for the dawn,
but last night it was just me
the best that I could do
within my quiet emptiness
and I drank down a magnum of those memories,
alone."

hmmmmmm....does one ever forget? or are we to walk through life with little pieces missing?

You have a way with words.

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

Kahlil
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since 2003-04-12

Posts 1881

11 posted 2007-05-29 09:37 AM

very touching
I always enjoy reading you

K

aziza
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since 2006-07-09

Posts 2995
Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!

12 posted 2007-05-30 01:22 AM

My heart feels you and was deeply moved by your poem. In my mind, this is what poetry is all about.

Alison

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

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USA

13 posted 2007-05-30 10:24 PM

Fond memories....I'm glad you have them. Very melodious melancholy, my friend.....jo

Pilgrimage
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14 posted 2007-05-31 04:42 PM

I enjoyed the way you built the picture, and the feeling.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

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