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Open Poetry #2

The Gatekeeper's Tears

caroline
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since 1999-08-16

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0 posted 1999-09-05 01:36 AM

The Gatekeeper's Tears

When wailing calls from castle halls
no one hears the sound
When sadness falls from towers tall
a loneliness abounds

Yet from outside these crumbling walls
should a soul in need give shout
the castle drawbridge never stalls
giving safety to those without

No crystal ball, no white-horse stall
just warmth and comfort found
By one and all whose lives were mauled
or those who feel beaten down

But one voice so small on deaf ears befalls
the weeping of the gatekeeper's tears
The silence recalls as the moonlight palls
that even the stoic have fears

caroline 1999
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The only man worth your tears will never make you cry...

Wesley the Blue
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since 1999-09-02

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1 posted 1999-09-05 01:49 AM

how true, how often do we realy think about those that make us float through our troubled times. Thanks for the poem, it is great.

Nan

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2 posted 1999-09-05 08:43 PM

This one needs to start back at the top - It's a great poem...

caroline
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3 posted 1999-09-05 08:47 PM

Awwww

gee, thanks Nan...glad you enjoyed this.

And thank you too, Der Keit...I am enjoying your work.

[This message has been edited by caroline (edited 09-05-99).]

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

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Tamarac Fla

4 posted 1999-09-05 09:43 PM

Caroline,
I agree with Nan. I believe this to be one of your best.

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

5 posted 1999-09-06 02:16 PM

We are all seeing marvelous growth in your work. Keep stretching...

Balladeer

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6 posted 1999-09-06 02:29 PM

Thanks, Nan. Missed it the first time and I'm sorry I did. A wonderful flavor and message to this poem. Nice job. indeed.

passing shadows
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7 posted 2004-04-16 11:45 PM

awesome!

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