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Beneath The Hand Over Your Heart
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Beneath The Hand Over Your Heart |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas 
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Beneath The Hand Over Your Heart I walk along the beach following the line where sea meets sand. Shells scramble away from me on tiny crustacean legs, and waves recede, wind rushes by and away like breath trying to leave; and even the sand is disappearing - giving way to the gray of rock. I look back from where I'd come, find fog rushing in, obscuring the tracks of me, the line where sea meets sand, the trails of crustaceans that ran for their lives, all disappearing as if to say . . . No, there’s nothing left for you here. Nothing, you said, remains here – and beneath the hand over your heart . . . I die. Lovers come together, swap breath for breath consuming one another with passions fire; and then, one walks alone on a sandy beach turning to the gray of rock - where shells run away, waves ebb and flow, erasing a soul's imprint in the sand, and breath wants only to leave – because Nothing, you said, remains here – and beneath the hand over your heart . . .you said, I died. © w.james beard, jr. february 2005 - revised july 2011 |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Jimmy, You have a way of writing to my heart. I am always so happy to see that you have posted a poem. I don't know where you are going to take me, but I know that the journey is there and I am excited to go on it. Thank you. Alison |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
I am happy to see you posting again too, Jimmy. Your poetry always touched my heart and makes me think. Ida |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
I guess I'm once again standing with the ladies on this poem too and I ditto their praise. You write from the heart to the heart beautifully. Lori |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yes, indeed, that is exactly how it can feel when the love goes away . . . Just kije death. ~ Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get. ~ |
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ebonygirl Member Elite
since 2011-07-14
Posts 2000California U.S.A |
Enjoyed reading your poem, ebonygirl |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Jimmy...You do know how to touch the heart. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
waves ebb and flow, erasing a soul's imprint in the sand, and breath wants only to leave And you take my breath and leave my heart aching... this brings so many memories. *S* Beautiful and so very touching! |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Wow...nice...James |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
Excellent write J. JL  |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
This leaves one with a deep longing. Beautifully sad... very well done. Michael |
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Prasad Nataraj Senior Member
since 2008-05-29
Posts 1149Bangalore,India |
Longing and separation so well expressed. Fine writing. "The secret behind survival of mankind is kindness and love within our hearts" |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Ah, this is truly a beautifully crafted piece of work. Surreal-like in its ambiance, but reality pushes its way through to tell the tale of one person's quite marvelous discovery of the mind. ~ If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it. ~ |
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