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Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

0 posted 2010-02-23 10:54 AM

A valentines gift
so simple yet cherished
was given to me
and even now

he still can not see

the smile that it brought,
or the joy that it gave
he doesn’t understand
how much he has saved me
from my own thoughts

of negativity;

by his unselfish actions
he’s allowed me
to be me.

His sincere words
spoke so considerately
of a friendship shared
in quiet understanding

of total acceptance
and never demanding
a single thing more
than what it is

but yet he
can never comprehend
that his gift of words
so genuine and kind
blessed me with joyous
state of mind.

An act of kindness
that touched my heart
for what greater gift
could one ever impart
than bestowing upon a poet
a few words spoken
in appreciation,
an earnest token
that I’m still not certain
of how to repay?

The only way that
I know how
to reciprocate
is for me to also say,
the gifted words
I reflect in kind
for I too also find
that the words given

I need return with truth,

I’m a much better person
for knowing you,
too.

©dmsmith 2-21-10

"In yearning for nothing, you will be free to enjoy what you do, free to see the patterns, free to hear the music in all things."
-Barbara Ann Kipfer

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

1 posted 2010-02-23 11:28 AM

you were always a lovely person ms..now you just let it show...cool write!!

Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

2 posted 2010-02-23 12:23 PM

D, the grace of your heart smiles me my friend as does seeing you once again. You're pretty darn nice yourself darkdaddy. hugs n peace ~D

Chalmette Guy
Senior Member

since 2009-03-11

Posts 1257
Louisiana

3 posted 2010-02-23 02:45 PM

Hey D...Good poem about the giving and the receiving of love and affection. The reciprocalness.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2010-02-23 05:12 PM

Nice...James

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

5 posted 2010-02-23 05:17 PM

"what greater gift
  could one ever impart
  than bestowing upon a poet
  a few words spoken
  in appreciation..."

yes Indeed!

a 'write' most fine !!

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

6 posted 2010-02-23 07:40 PM

it is a gift to find your words here Gentle Donna
delicate and sincere
as always

Dadygoose
Member

since 2010-01-01

Posts 162
A Communist country

7 posted 2010-02-23 08:03 PM

Well, Gentle One, I do demand a great big hug.
I am very, very demanding ...
Is it okay to demand a hug? ...
Because I also yearn and long to recprocate.
:-------)
Jaime

Hey, nobody's human!

threadbear
Senior Member

since 2008-07-10

Posts 817
Indy

8 posted 2010-02-23 10:50 PM

exquisitely worded, Donna.
May the shine of your writing never grow dim...
Jeff Shadow Rider

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

9 posted 2010-02-25 06:05 PM

So beautiful and gentle, dear Donna. The blessings have travelled in both directions, no doubt.

You have been missed!

Love,
Margherita

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

10 posted 2010-02-26 11:07 AM

you are a most gracious recipient of that dear friendship given to you

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

11 posted 2010-02-27 12:14 PM

Gentle Spirit - a most telling write, nice to have a gift to open ones heart...

BC

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

12 posted 2010-02-27 01:03 PM

awww! This made me teary-eyed!

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