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Starlight over the Ocean
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Starlight over the Ocean |
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Rod Member
since 1999-12-08
Posts 149Auckland New Zealand |
I sat on a lonely beach, watching the tide; The rolling surf echoed on cliffs white and wide. I watched the sand shift and in each tiny grain I saw, ever changing, life’s sorrow and pain. It was as if I were a grain of the sand; My destiny shaped by an almighty hand. And yet, among numbers so countless in view The ones who had touched me, though precious, were few. The darkness descended, and softly, in sighs The ocean was stilled by the heavenly skies As stars without number, arrayed and anointed With light incandescent were duly appointed. The glassy sea mirrored the skies at their ease, Their pastels conveyed on the night rolling breeze; A wave gently murmured, then, soft as a dove My spirit was filled with the light of your love. I felt your last kiss, yet ‘tis not touch alone That renders the softness of sand from a stone; Like lips on your bosom, reluctant to part, The surf touched the sand like my soul kissed your heart. I once was a fragment, a small grain of sand Surrounded by much I did not understand; But you, by your being, by all that you are; You took that small grain… and you made it a star! |
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Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
oh my!! this is beautiful! much enjoyed! RDB  Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight......... |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Oh my, what a lovely, lovely poem! Those last two stanzas were very, very rich! |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Rod~ It is SO GOOD to see you ! Welcome 'home'~ 'I once was a fragment, a small grain of sand Surrounded by much I did not understand; But you, by your being, by all that you are; You took that small grain… and you made it a star!' How very, very lovely are these thoughts~  *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
 absolutely outstanding.... |
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Rod Member
since 1999-12-08
Posts 149Auckland New Zealand |
Thank you all so much for your kind words. I am so delighted to be back. Marge.....you'll never know how much your words "welcome home" mean to me. Thank yo.........you've made my day!! I will tell you all about my "adventures" elsewhere in the fullness of time! Kindest regards to you all Rod |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
"I once was a fragment, a small grain of sand Surrounded by much I did not understand; But you, by your being, by all that you are; You took that small grain… and you made it a star!" Amazing writing~you have great talent. In the midst of winter, |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
I thoroughly enjoyed it all, but found this so very cool... "It was as if I were a grain of the sand; My destiny shaped by an almighty hand. And yet, among numbers so countless in view The ones who had touched me, though precious, were few." how few, how precious, how true.... |
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