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johnt300
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since 1999-09-12

Posts 214
san diego, ca.

0 posted 1999-09-12 09:46 PM

A winding thin gravel road
Etched into mountain,
And circling outside smoke and clouds
Of fire filled air.

A great expanse of sea from one view,
A blind stone corner from the other,
A guess as to what's to come.

Our time with one another
Is as this journey,
Always guessing, exploring,
And always searching.

We watch the whales rise from the depths,
Of a shallow bay,
Half surrounded by cars and cameras,
We fall for the land,
And for each other.

Dream away our hazy tomorrow,
In sheltered evenings
From long drawn days,
Us land loved strays.

Please will you follow me,
Through every hardship,
Through every cloud.

And may we leave this paradise,
The real and the imagined,
And only look back,
With one another at its center.

Elizabeth

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since 1999-06-07

Posts 6871
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1 posted 1999-09-12 09:51 PM

Glad to have ya here, John. This poem is beautiful.

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*Elizabeth*

"Dwelt a maid belov'd and cherish'd by high and low,
But with autumn leaf she perish'd, long time ago..."

Denise

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since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

2 posted 1999-09-12 09:57 PM

Beautiful it is. So romantic!

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Denise

hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

3 posted 1999-09-12 10:05 PM

Tyson,
This is absolutely beautiful. It left me speachless. Lucky is the woman who has these words written for her. I love the lines
"We fall for the land
and fall for each other"
Excellent!!

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"The role of the writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say." ~Anais Nin

johnt300
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since 1999-09-12

Posts 214
san diego, ca.

4 posted 1999-09-12 10:31 PM

Thank you Elizabeth. It is good to be here. There is a lot of talent here and it's nice to see.
Tyson

johnt300
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since 1999-09-12

Posts 214
san diego, ca.

5 posted 1999-09-12 11:22 PM

Elizabeth,
I posted once to you but it never made it. Your post is the only one I see. Like I said before. Thank you for the post. I needed it and appreciate it.
Tyson

johnt300
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since 1999-09-12

Posts 214
san diego, ca.

6 posted 1999-09-12 11:26 PM

Thank you again, Denise.
Tyson

passing shadows
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7 posted 2004-12-24 11:21 AM

oh this is gorgeous!

*Alli4000*

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since 2004-03-21

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8 posted 2004-12-24 07:15 PM

Great write!!

~Alli~

Happy Holidays!

johnt300
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since 1999-09-12

Posts 214
san diego, ca.

9 posted 2005-02-03 10:18 AM

Alli,
Thank you! It's nice when someone reads something 5 years after it's posted. Surprised you found it.

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