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Knowing When Love is Through..repost for Denise
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Knowing When Love is Through..repost for Denise |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA 
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Once an egg is broken, it can never be replaced. Once a word is written, it can never be erased. Once a shoe has worn out, its usefulness has, too And one of the things of knowing love Is knowing when it's through. Once a flower has wilted, its fragrance disappears. Once a word is spoken, it will echo through the years. Once a match has burned out, it will never flame anew And one of the things of knowing love Is knowing when it's through. Funny all the time spent on half-forgotten dreams. Funny all the energy we waste on foolish schemes. We wouldn't strike that matchstick to watch it flame anew, Why, then, can't we know enough To know when love is through? So, on we go, relentlessly, in spite of tears and pain Trying to stop the leaves from falling Trying to stop the rain, But, once a heart is broken, it will always be in two, And one of the things of knowing love Is knowing when it's through. |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
You can leave, but you can never go back... Well stated master bard... a well written, (of course,) melancholy reminder to be true! |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
This is nicely written...the flow good, the format working well with this piece.the repetative line bring all attention to it....nicely done!! ------------------ "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Very true, Christopher. Hoot, your comments are always welcome and appreciated. Thank you. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
How much pain we could spare ourselves if we could only make the distinction between when to work harder at a relationship and when to let go... Well done, Balladeer! |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Balladeer, I thought this was one of the most beautiful things I ever read the first I read it. Glad to see it reposted, I could never get tired of such excellence. ------------------ Michael Anderson And so, being young and dipt in folly I fell in love with melancholy, But dreams - of those who dream as I, Aspiringly, are damned, and die: EAP |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Thank you, Suthern, and you, Michael, for your kind words. See you in a couple of days! |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
I don't know how I could have missed such an excellent piece! So true, very well written! What talent you have! |
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Lorelei Junior Member
since 1999-09-22
Posts 23Philadelphia, PA |
I absolutely loved this poem! It feels good to read something that I can feel, something that I would probably think, but never do anything about. Keep up the excellent work! |
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Deb Lynne Member
since 1999-08-19
Posts 180Where blue skies meet blue ocean |
Balladeer, this is just beautiful! |
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Iloveit Senior Member
since 1999-09-02
Posts 1121NM |
balladeer, this is incredible, I just loved it. I have been dealing with this in my life right now, so it really talks to me! great work! |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Balladeer, There are few things you don't do well But with this one you hit me on the head. |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Another lovely gem! Thank you for reposting this!  ------------------ Denise |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
sigh....glad I found this gem |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Back to make it a Poetry by Balladeer day! HAppy Birthday |
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Dooglam New Member
since 2007-06-20
Posts 5Pasadena, CA |
I found your writting to be intresting and so true. |
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