Open Poetry #46 |
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Everywhere you've gone and will go, is where you will always be |
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Kaoru![]() ![]() ![]()
since 2003-06-07
Posts 3892where the wild flowers grow ![]() |
I hold a garden in my hands, kept them closed for so long that only the faint smell of lavender and mint has followed me wherever I may go. And as if you did not know, my soul needs sunlight and water to grow, only you have created such a lonesome shade to keep me small, with you, I haven't any seeds to sow. There is a fierce wind within you, I can hear the chimes when you speak. The bells of your words resonate in the breeze, and stick like wet petals to my memory. And I smell the dirt underneath your fingernails, for miles the wet Earth lingers in every place you roam, from the pulling and picking of the roots, from the death of the morning blooms. When the world is still and quiet, I know you are sleeping. A bed of thorns whispers defeat, the air is stagnant and slow. It is now the stay or go of thoughts, bitter and close to home, that I know a garden can only die if it is first grown. |
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Cpat Hair![]()
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
oh...indeed a pleasure to read you... you've layered this well me thinks, and though it holds a subdued anger and sadness is also seems to hold some though of hope.. truly...enjoyed this. |
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Sunkissed Senior Member
since 2002-12-03
Posts 610 |
A beautiful poem, Karou. Enjoyed reading this. ~Sunkissed ![]() |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
great poem ! |
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1slick_lady Member Ascendant
since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088standing on a shadow's lace |
you are just so incredibly talented that it makes me smile every time i see your name |
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easy1 Senior Member
since 2010-05-22
Posts 1209Southeastern USA |
Many good lines here. Whatever the shade is a metaphor for, it works well in the context you have created. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
darn this is really sad but so good! |
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rosepetals36 Member
since 2010-07-09
Posts 137Pa |
This really struck a chord with me.. I really like it! -- Used to be rosepetals25 :) I never know what to say when I reply to a poem, so ignore the lameness! |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
"There is a fierce wind within you, I can hear the chimes when you speak. The bells of your words resonate in the breeze, and stick like wet petals to my memory." Wow! Excellent write... JL |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Nice...James |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
"And I smell the dirt underneath your fingernails, for miles the wet Earth lingers in every place you roam," Absolutely love this! Sooo good to read yur words again. ![]() |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Great style, beautifully written. Ida |
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