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Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

0 posted 2012-01-30 06:27 AM

it was tiptoe up, on hide it pretty
among the peeking limbs of the beckon tree
she said it had been broken once before
but she glued it back with hoping powder
and some tears she found on her cheek skin

it was a toy box of many colors, lovely
pale places with shimmer song reflections
like mirrors that make everything right again
and sigh words she had found beside highways
when she was chasing dreams with netless handles

she dumped out her treasures on my table
pieces of shudder and folded little almostings
she spread them around before my eyes
and asked the daddy man to count their value
as she would trade them for one warm tomorrow

I told her they were too priceless to steal
but I would keep the toy box for her safety
and she could play with her pieces daily
while the sun wore her charms as a pendant
and she wore my eyes like man hand windows

she handed me the key with only a smile attached

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Nicole
Senior Member

since 1999-06-23

Posts 1835
Florida

1 posted 2012-01-30 08:51 AM

Her hands hold so much hope
The way children hold butterflies
Cocooned and full of possibilities,
And color, and simple things

There is freedom in this, and that is nice, even when a key is more than a key.

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

2 posted 2012-01-30 09:18 AM

quote:
while the sun wore her charms as a pendant

Awesome imagery!

Margherita

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

3 posted 2012-01-30 09:28 AM

Ms Nicole...thank you lady friend...am pleased that if is something your eyes try on.

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Ms Mar, thank you lady smile...you bless me with your touch

tracie66
Member Elite

since 2000-01-18

Posts 4713
Australia

4 posted 2012-01-31 04:07 AM

loved all of this but especially the last stanza, well done!

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

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

5 posted 2012-01-31 05:03 AM

Ms Tracie, thank you lady

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

6 posted 2012-01-31 02:47 PM

she said it had been broken once before
but she glued it back with hoping powder

This... is exquisite. *S*

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

7 posted 2012-01-31 02:49 PM

Thanks lady friend.

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

8 posted 2012-02-05 01:48 PM

Dark,

This is one of the most hopeful poems that I have read. It does something to me inside - kind of makes me want to cry because I feel it so deeply. As always and even more than always, I love how you create images with unusual word marriages.

folded little almostings

Love that. Just love it. I am loving this poem and am saving it. This might be my favorite poem ever.

Thank you for writing and sharing.

Ali-san

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