Open Poetry #41 |
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In Another Life... |
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Ulysses Junior Member
since 2007-09-20
Posts 10 |
In Another Life... In another life I hold your hand, and gaze across that moonlit bay; Where once we stood, in years gone by, constrained to go our separate way, So much unspoken, so much unsaid; So much left locked within my head. And yet the memory returns, and every moonlit night it yearns, To see your face again, unspurned; In another life… In another life I speak the words I longed to say an age ago; When interrupted love lay churned by circumstantial vertigo, And cruel fate and angels wings; Took precedence o’er tender things. And yet I saw you in my dreams, and hot tears cleansed internal screams, To hear your voice again, redeemed, In another life… In another life I kiss your lips, and hold you trembling in my arms; Where worlds ago you only knew the penning of this wordsmith’s charms, Internal longings, whose external sweet; Would ne’er be tasted, ne’er complete. And yet I held as underpriced, the hope of our once promised tryst, To kiss your lips, two hearts now spliced, In another life… In another life I wait for you, my secret heart, my summer’s sun; To finish what a life ago this unexpected love begun, And Ulysses forever lost, Forever found, the threshold crossed; Shall live under Italian skies, and feel the searchings of your eyes, And wait for you, no more goodbyes; In another life… Written about a summer love that could never be; but whose participants vowed to meet 'in another life' before their lives became so complicated. [This message has been edited by Ulysses (09-21-2007 04:37 AM).] |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
quote: Welcome to Pip, Ulysses! This is a beautiful melancholic write. There is a nice rhythm in it. Love, Margherita |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Ulysses Welcome to Passions! I know first hand of first loves that had to go decades before their own destiny could become true... One never knows what the fates hold... Please... Check your email for a Very Special Greeting! " It matters not this distance now " Excerpt, Yesterday's Love |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Hi Ulysses. Welcome to the site, I am fairly new myself. I don't usually like poems about lost love, they are just too sappy for me but I like this one. Hope to see more of your poetry. |
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Ulysses Junior Member
since 2007-09-20
Posts 10 |
Thanks so much for your kind words folks. Real poetry isn't a science, it's a living, breathing, precious thing, and your comments have given me the courage to continue posting. Thankx |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Welcome, I think we all have a secret life, albeit wistful. good work. "late" |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Enjoyed...also reminded me of a love letter that a man sent my ex-wife explaining that he was married with a family and did not intend to leave his family to continue his relationship with her, but in another life perhaps they could have been together...James |
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A Romantic Heart Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-03
Posts 5496Forever In Your Heart |
![]() Welcome To Pip! A True Romantic poem! ![]() ![]() ~ARH ![]() |
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comoloco7 Junior Member
since 2007-09-21
Posts 31MA |
very nice, welcometo the forum.I just became a member of this forum myself today. that poem touched me, I can really relate. Keep it up. In the blood soaked battle field, lay the bones of countless millions who in the midst of battle stopped to rest, and resting they died. |
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Ulysses Junior Member
since 2007-09-20
Posts 10 |
Thanks so much everyone - I was really apprehensive about posting this one - glad you liked it! ![]() |
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