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Margherita
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Eternity

0 posted 2012-01-03 07:02 AM

*
In midst of the desert
I howl my yearning
into the attentive silence
of an impending starlit sky
draped around my shoulders
as they shudder for the loss
of your heart shaped skin-cape.

The brilliance of the stars
assembles into a laser beam
aiming at the core of my heart.
With raised arms I stand
under this divinely orchestrated
shower of condensed light
and let myself be engulfed by love.

Candid little teeth of mercy
free me of the thorns
I gathered when I wandered
the lacerating trail of pain.
Tender angel lips brush
over the residual small scars
which dissolve one by one
into the sea of forgiveness.

Overwhelmingly
engulfed by love
I expand to merge with the sun
embracing the whole world.
Visions of peace delight me.

White sheets flutter
in midsummer heat
absorbing pollen
carried by the breeze
preparing to be the canvas
for my future dreams.

Engulfed by love
I am lifted off the ground.
Effortlessly I climb
the giant mountain
of the granitic debris
of all of our sorrows.

On top of it
I inhale billows
of summer scented air
that lingers long
within my soul
before I exhale it again
in sweet bits of radiance ...

that will touch you
with its tiny kisses of light,
for love knows no distance
nor any kind of hindrance.
*

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

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South Louisiana

1 posted 2012-01-03 07:12 AM

This is a deeply moving story of finding that love we all so often want and need. Your detail is amazing, and I felt I was standing beside you out there in that desert, Margherita.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

jwesley
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since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

2 posted 2012-01-03 09:22 AM

There was a time-frame when I spent a lot of time on our southwest deserts and when you're out there in the vastness, the emptiness (of people) and the sounds and sights and smells . . .
you can't help but be a different person, and see everything differently, or run back to "humanity" in fear and confusion.

Enjoyed this...

j.

Margherita
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3 posted 2012-01-03 09:23 AM

Thank you so much, dear Jerry, for letting me know you shared my experience out there. Enjoyed your generous comment!

Dear Jimmy, yes it most certainly has that effect, thank you so much for enjoying this, commenting so kindly.

Margherita

Nicole
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since 1999-06-23

Posts 1835
Florida

4 posted 2012-01-03 11:49 AM

for love knows no distance
nor any kind of hindrance

Ahhh, this makes me breathe a contented sigh and is everything I needed to read this morning. So lovely

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

5 posted 2012-01-03 12:04 PM

As always, this is exquisite in totality and in every miniscule detail, Margherita!

Owl

JL
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since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

6 posted 2012-01-03 12:35 PM

"The brilliance of the stars
assembles into a laser beam
aiming at the core of my heart."

And the brilliance of your heart you have shared with us. Beautiful write Margherita.

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.
Maranatha!

Michael

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7 posted 2012-01-03 02:21 PM

It's amazing how love makes everything seem so effortless while in it. A beautiful expression of a wonderful place to be.

Michael

Margherita
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8 posted 2012-01-04 02:13 AM

Thank you, dear Nicole, for your loving comment. We know the truth of love's power, but we sometimes have to remind ourselves of it ...

Thank you, dear Owl, for your loving and generous comment.

Dear JL, thank you for your kindness in reading and commenting on this.

Thank you so much, dear Michael, for your kind reply. Yes, it is a very overwhelming feeling as I said, it makes one feel very very close to the Source.

Love and joy to all.

Margherita

tracie66
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since 2000-01-18

Posts 4713
Australia

9 posted 2012-01-04 05:19 AM

dearest Margherita - my this is delightful, I enjoyed this immensely.
~hugs~

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe
— W. E. Channing

ice
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since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

10 posted 2012-01-04 06:02 AM

I have been paid a great sum for the time I have spent reading this poem, M
A more generous poet, is hard to find.
Thank you for the payment of enjoyment this morning...but I look at this stanza as an extra added bonus to that salary..

"Candid little teeth of mercy
free me of the thorns
I gathered when I wandered
the lacerating trail of pain.
Tender angel lips brush
over the residual small scars
which dissolve one by one
into the sea of forgiveness."

ca-ching....:-)

Im in the money.

bel1e
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Posts 1631

11 posted 2012-01-04 06:12 AM

loved the color and depth in this~*~*~

Margherita
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12 posted 2012-01-04 01:40 PM

Dear Tracie, thank you so much for your loving warm reply, that delights me!

Dear Ford, thank you from my heart for your very special, most generous comment and for the smiles that you gifted me with.

Dear BabyGirl Poet, thank you so much for taking the time to grace me with your appreciation!

Love to all.
Margherita

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

13 posted 2012-01-04 03:22 PM

you constantly amaze with your words of love.jo

Margherita
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Eternity

14 posted 2012-01-05 11:37 AM

Martyjo, dear friend, and you constantly please me with your loving comments. Thank you so much.

I have a busy time ahead of me and I will be less present on Pip, but will certainly peek in whenever I get the chance.

Love and hugs.
Margherita

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

15 posted 2012-01-05 06:49 PM

Wonderful...especially the last four lines...James

Ringo

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16 posted 2012-01-05 07:48 PM

Margherita- This is overwhelmingly beautiful. If you can express this well in your third language, your words in your native tongue must truly be miracles.

Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting, "WHAT A RIDE

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

17 posted 2012-01-06 12:12 PM

"love knows no distance
nor any kind of hindrance."

Absolutely right, Margherita! Your words always lift the reader up to greet the love you know so well and express so well. I exit with a contented sigh. Thank you.

Love
Helen

ebonygirl
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since 2011-07-14

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California U.S.A

18 posted 2012-01-06 02:09 AM

"And let myself be engulfed by love"

"For love knows no distance
nor any kind of hindrance"

These are my favorite lines.
Being engulfed by love can be beautiful, intoxicating and scary.
Real love is patient, kind, understanding and as you said, Margherita, without distance or hindrance.
Enjoyed your poem, Ms. E

Klassy Lassy
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since 2005-06-28

Posts 2187
Oregon

19 posted 2012-01-07 01:08 AM

Isn't it amazing how even a pinprick of light will dispel gloom and shed the warmer glow of hope upon one's path and thought? So much in this poem, Margherita .... I had to read it several times, and still could go back again.

Your gentle heart beams.

Alison

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20 posted 2012-01-07 01:16 AM

Margherita,

I second what Ringo says. You are such a beautiful and inspiring poet. Thank you for sharing what is inside you.

Love,
Alison

Margherita
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Eternity

21 posted 2012-01-07 05:32 AM

Thank you, dear James, for your most loving comment!

Dear Ringo, it's nice to see you on Pip again! Your most generous comment made my day. I do think that my English teacher (I had my first English lessons in Switzerland when I was 15) would be quite proud too if he had the opportunity to read my poetry, as he said back then that I had the talent to learn the language well. I do think that I have a "good ear", but of course it's still a foreign language and sometimes I do say "funny things". Pip and Pip Poets do have their merits too for giving me the opportunity to improve my skills. I do write in German still but not very often, but I love my native tongue very much of course! Thank you again!

Dear Helen, thank you so much. Your "contented sigh" gives me joy!

Dear Ebonygirl, thank you so much for your kind comment, I enjoyed your considerations. You are right. I think we are IMMERSED in love and when we are aware of this truth, it is overwhelming in its beauty.

Dear Karen, such a beautiful comment from you too, thank you so much, dear Poetess.

Thank you from my heart, dear Alison, I much enjoyed what you said. Funny, after writing my words to Ringo, I had a call from Switzerland from a friend and I learned that our English teacher is well and alive and still lives at the lake of Zurich. He is one of those teachers whom everybody remembers with gratitude.

Love and joy.
Margherita

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

22 posted 2012-01-08 02:20 PM

Your view of the world abd of love is amazing, Margherita.
Ida

Margherita
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23 posted 2012-01-09 07:06 AM

Thank you so much, dear Ida, for your most loving comment.

Margherita

suthern

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Posts 20723
Louisiana

24 posted 2012-01-16 12:20 PM

Every line of this is beautiful and the whole is incredible! But the 3rd stanza and the last lines are ones I keep going back to again and again... the healing and the reaching out to another really touch me. This is exquisite!!

Margherita
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25 posted 2012-01-16 03:51 AM

Dear Ruth, what a pleasure to see your love filled presence again here on the blue pages! Thank you from my heart for your most loving, generous comment on this one.

Love and hugs.
Margherita

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