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Grinch
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since 2005-12-31

Posts 2929
Whoville

0 posted 2007-07-22 02:33 PM

I didn't count the distance, didn't measure the miles
Of how far your touch was, your kisses, your smiles.
I didn't count tomorrows and yesterdays gone
But I knew in my heart that you were the one.

I clung to my sorrows, lived buried in pain.
Burnt bridges to ashes then lit them again.
Watched silks turn to sackcloth caught tears for fun,
All the time knowing that you were the one.

I watched as the seconds ticked my life away
As I juggled each hour to fill out each day,
Catching minutes of maybes and flashes of sun
Content in the knowledge that you were the one.

Alone I sit cradling dreams in the night
As they melt in the darkness to smother the light
Of the could have and should haves that I left undone
Finding someone has left me and you are the one.

Rick
Member Elite

since 2001-06-21

Posts 2903
Victoria, Australia

1 posted 2007-07-22 03:29 PM

Grinch, this was just so wonderful, I loved it all, sad but a pleasure to read, thank you for sharing your pen my friend.

Rick

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2007-07-22 03:37 PM

Sigh, Grinch...the quintessential lost-love ending! But what a beautifully written heartache.

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

3 posted 2007-07-22 04:50 PM

*goodness*
I absolutely love this...

a total keeper for me

divine chaos
Senior Member

since 2006-07-09

Posts 617
dancing 'neath the moon

4 posted 2007-07-22 06:11 PM

loved the rhythm of this write
.. such a soothing walk into melancholy

~Sheli

By words the mind is winged
~Aristophanes~

StormyB
Junior Member

since 2007-07-18

Posts 42
Ohio Usa

5 posted 2007-07-22 06:34 PM

exquisite view of 'you dont know what you got till its gone'

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

6 posted 2007-07-22 09:17 PM

amazing poem! wish I'd have written this!

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

7 posted 2007-07-23 03:48 AM

Fine writing Grinch...I read your book...James

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

8 posted 2007-07-23 09:22 AM

Alone I sit cradling dreams in the night
As they melt in the darkness to smother the light
Of the could have and should haves that I left undone
Finding someone has left me and you are the one.

I feel I've lived your poem... am still dwelling in this last verse. *S* And you've written both the magic and the melancholy perfectly!!

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