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A Christmas Letter to Lost Love
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A Christmas Letter to Lost Love |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart 
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A Christmas Letter to Lost Love Synchronized with the season Seems to be the only reason That cool brisk wind of fall Has given way to a colder call Throughout the night ringing chimes Sang to and fro by winter’s touch Bringing with them much rhyme Of winter solstice dreams, and such So I fantasized of an icy winter’s land Steaming cocoa, warm mittened hand Snowflakes kissing freckled cheek Children waiting for Santa’s peek Concurrent too, was me missing you Wondering how you are, where you be Seems the wind brought memory Of the long-ago way things used to be So my heart pined to hear the wind sing Across the crystal icy winter scene As it brought back sweet memories Of the long-ago way things used to be For Old Spice was your favorite scent But cool was the way you’d become When warmth had left your heart at home To other horizons you’d then run You left the deep toned chimes behind I could not bear to take them down For they remind me of when you were mine Even though you’ve long since left town So as the breath of cold from north Comes to ring these sweet old chimes Do not pine away for me my dear For one day I shall find better times (c) KRJ slightly revised Orig 12/2000 66900 [This message has been edited by Sunshine (12-09-2011 10:34 AM).] |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
"So as the breath of cold from north Comes to ring these sweet old chimes Do not pine away for me my dear For one day I shall find better times" Love this!!! Classic! I could hear all the old Christmas songs; I could smell the coco warming on the stove; and visualize the fireplace glowing; frost on the windows and snow quietly and softly falling. Thanks for the memories! Merry Christmas!! JL  Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
"For one day I shall find better times." Yes you shall, Sunshine. If I can anyone can, and I have. This is a bitter-sweet remembrance with got good times overshadowed by his coldness and departure. I;m sorry that happened to you, but I feel you have the right attitude about it. There IS someone else and he is right around the corner. I believe that. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Wonderful, my friend, loved these lines: "So I fantasized of an icy winter’s land Steaming cocoa, warm mittened hand Snowflakes kissing freckled cheek Children waiting for Santa’s peek" Could hear all the 'old' songs from behind The Green Door and taste the cocoa with a lump of butter floating on top... Great write. j. |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Love is lost, and new love gained: Though new might cringe to say. That yet a tiny place within A heart For old love, still remains. I say this in response to the feelings I got while reading your poem, dear Sunshine. One feeling that pressed, was of the enormity of the heart as a vessel, a vessel that contains many spaces, and always there are rooms vacant. Some are filled with past love situations... poems like this open the window to those rooms, and a reader , reading, cannot help but open the chambers of their own hearts and be touched by the memories they never will escape.. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
A pleasure to read...James |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Beautiful in its longing, K. Indeed, better times are out there though. Nicely done... but you knew that. Michael |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Beautiful, heartfelt and poignant, dear Karilea! ... and ever so compassionate, as I have come to know you. Love, Margherita |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
"Throughout the night ringing chimes Sang to and fro by winter’s touch" a beautifully sad carol, Karilea!  |
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Nicole Senior Member
since 1999-06-23
Posts 1835Florida |
Oh... I love the chimes you've spoken about; and I love this. I always enjoy your poems This is definitely no exception. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
The beauty and sadness in this had the tears streaming down my face. I cry a lot in Pip, yet I can't stay away for long. Perhaps the tears are the well-kept secret to my inexplicable health. This poem is a sparkling gem. Owl |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
this is beautiful *sigh* Love is the life of the soul... |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Sissie...A memory that chimes in the heart, grows in harmony with time and years. This is such a lovely, heart touching poem! Hugs! |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Your memory and poem touches my heart. Thank you for sharing the beauty of you. xoxoxo A |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Concurrent too, was me missing you Wondering how you are, where you be Seems the wind brought memory Of the long-ago way things used to be I felt the love and longing in your words... and they echo in my heart. I've never been with a love at Christmas... but I've loved and held them in my heart, felt their presence across the miles and anticipated again... now only missing is left. *sigh* This bittersweet beauty touched me deeply. |
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muted
since 2004-01-15
Posts 2949Elapsing, Eclipsing, Evolving |
very, very touching...enjoyed this so much |
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