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1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

0 posted 2007-12-12 08:34 AM

The Facing Page

have I made you wait too long
in chill of night with wrinkled sheets
I too take the darkness gathered
smoothing frayed edges lonely
picking at threads loosely hanging
days ink pours quicker at night
a well that never ceases to run dry
daily I struggle with the blank
missing the facing page of my life
it is not something frivolous or forgotten
and words unsaid whisper in my heart
can you hear them above your own tears
salt is a flavor I have come to recognize
a taste uneasy but acutely acquired

"no darkness has ever been deep enough to extinguish my personal knowledge of love" Anne Rice

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

1 posted 2007-12-12 08:46 AM

Wonderful metaphor, excellent substance...this one yields resonance long after the read. I'll be back for seconds.

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

2 posted 2007-12-12 08:58 AM

salt is a flavor I have come to recognize
a taste uneasy but acutely acquired

great lines~~ understood

M

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

3 posted 2007-12-12 10:13 AM

Hello Helen....."days ink pours quicker at night" Yes, I can see how this could be true, as I see it here from you.

I also wanted to say a thanks for your reply to me and let you know I was touched by it. Thank you.

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

4 posted 2007-12-13 01:15 AM

days ink pours quicker at night
a well that never ceases to run dry

Now isn't that the truth? Loved this one.

TomMark
Member Elite

since 2007-07-27

Posts 2133
LA,CA

5 posted 2007-12-13 02:18 PM

as beautiful as always. full of emotion.

Tomtoo

lucky
Senior Member

since 2000-01-17

Posts 1601
Idaho

6 posted 2007-12-13 05:56 PM

Helen, always so full of thought... this was delightful...

dale

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

7 posted 2007-12-13 06:04 PM

Even when you are dark, you are light.

((((((((((my lighthouse))))))))))))))

Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural

8 posted 2007-12-13 07:41 PM

Enjoyed

ARCTIC WIND

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

9 posted 2007-12-17 01:44 PM

What is that noise??

...oh...well, will you look at that; you jump started my heart!

Robert Frazier
Senior Member

since 2003-02-06

Posts 1014

10 posted 2007-12-17 09:58 PM

"words unsaid whisper in my heart"

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

11 posted 2007-12-20 11:43 AM

My, how your skills have grown

Poet, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

12 posted 2007-12-20 07:22 PM

OhDearOneSlick~

'words unsaid whisper in my heart'

This touches me~
I, too, have known the saline wash of the night~

Merry Christmas to you and yours dearest lady~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~
Email - noles1@totcon.com

aziza
Member Elite

since 2006-07-09

Posts 2995
Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!

13 posted 2007-12-22 12:39 PM

So good.

A

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