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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
 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! |
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
I can relate to this... the picking and choosing of each word, carefully, so as not to disclose that emotion screaming on the inside of you. Excellent write, JL. Michael |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Wow JL...so well written....this is hallmark stuff, man. Much enjoyed! |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Okay, on the second try I was able to read it, JL. To love someone and you are forbidden to shout that love to the world, and can only shout it to yourself is a painful price to bear. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
Thanks Michale. So glad you can relate. ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ Bel1e, well thank you, woman! But you are way, way too kind. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Jerry! Thank you sir. And you are so right. 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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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
I enjoyed the read, JL, but I'm beginning to think that the longing for a love that cannot be is such a waste of energy and yet, and yet, we spend it so freely, don't we? |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Well done JL! Bittersweet romantic! |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
Helen: "I shall never give up the ship!" I know I should, but what the heck... ○○-○○-○○-○○-○ Lori: Thank you Ms. sweet lady! 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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ebonygirl Member Elite
since 2011-07-14
Posts 2000California U.S.A |
A knotted heart can only be untied by patient love. Enjoyed your poem, Ms. E |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
Now that is precious! You are so right Ms. E.  Thank you... 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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Nicole Senior Member
since 1999-06-23
Posts 1835Florida |
Oh what a feeling... it made my heart give a bit of a squeeze. That's a hard row to sow. |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
Nicole, Thanks! Not difficult at all. 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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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Better pull that knot tight, J.L. Thats gonna' be a very hard secret to keep.. Very good poem, very nice graphics.. I enjoyed reading it.. |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
fantastic write, loved the emotion and the pic adds to the imagery indeed. Love is the life of the soul... |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
Ice, Thank you sir. I appreciate you taking the time. ╠════─-------- Tracie66, I am glad you enjoyed. 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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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Ah, but what a bitter price that is to pay. Seems too hard to knot that heart so tightly that no one else can get in. Speaking from experience here, a knotted heart can often forget how to beat. So loose the heart and let it beat with passion for sometimes a broken heart is better than no heart at all. I am nothing special...and my name will soon be forgotten,but I've loved another with all my heart and soul,and to me,this has always been enough.~N.S |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Ahh, the sweet longing that hurts and yet how good it feels to put it into words! And you do it well. Lovely work. I enjoyed Elizabeth's reply, as I agree with her. The mere thought of a knotted heart speaks to me of a garden that withers for lack of sunshine. Margherita |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
Hoot, you bet. But silence is golden, and keeping the beats to ones self can be rewarding. Thank you for the nice reply. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Margherita, Thank you for that very kind response. But the garden flourishes. 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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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Fine writing...James |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
I'm not sure we get to pick and choose those we truly love. Sometimes, it seems to me that love tangles like a piece of thread which keeps knotting when you try to sew something up just right... and leaves a lot of loops that unravels everything when cut. A knotted heart makes for a strange arythmia, which can drum so hard you'll swear it's sending smoke signals, when you try to keep it silent. I like this one very much, but it holds a sadness, too.  |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
Thanks James. Klassy Lassy, yes and no and maybe... I am so glad you could relate. Thanks! 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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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
If you were indeed not that one, That I should love, I would nonetheless Even if the words can't be spoken, the love exists... it doesn't go away just because it can't be shouted... or returned. This is bittersweet and beautiful and went straight to my heart... both poem and presentation are incredible! |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
Ruth, you are way too kind. But I love it!! LOL...  Thanks!! 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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