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Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

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0 posted 1999-08-31 06:08 AM

Shining

I am Darkness, I am shadow,
I am an uncried tear.
She is brightness, she is the glow -
Of sunshine ever near.

I am sadness, melancholy,
I am the voice of rain.
She is gladness, she is folly,
The recompense of pain.

I am torture, I am shame,
I am the touch of sorrow.
She is pleasure. Passion untame,
She is hope for tomorrow.

I am alone, and in my fear -
I am as cold as ice.
She is comfort, warm and dear,
A glimpse of paradise.

And yet somehow our souls connect -
In the lucidity of dream.
Where a magic only her eyes reflect -
Has made the Darkness gleam.

[This message has been edited by Michael (edited 08-31-99).]

DreamEvil
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1 posted 1999-08-31 06:12 AM

Thank for showing that even the Dark can love. Hail and well met.

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Shall I indulge in flights of fancy hampered by clipped wings?
DreamEvil©

Lost Dreamer
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Somewhere near the Rainbow

2 posted 1999-08-31 08:32 AM

This is great, I loved the way you went from your darkness to her brightness, and how in the end they could connect.

~one voice~
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since 1999-07-08

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3 posted 1999-08-31 08:40 AM

Michael, Michael, Michael... reading your poetry is like going to a symphony.... I sit in enjoyment and sigh.... wishing the music would go on and on...

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~onevoice~

"She looked at her life
like lines, never-ending,
constantly forming,
reforming and bending."

Poet deVine

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4 posted 1999-08-31 09:43 AM

Perfection again! Lovely, sad, beautiful..there are not enough words left in the dictionary to describe your work. One at at time they are wonderful..together, magnificent!

poetFemmeFatale
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since 1999-07-25

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5 posted 1999-08-31 10:55 AM

Oh Michael, I don't know when you wrote this, but it's absolutely beautiful.....what can I say, this has left me breathless....I'm in awe with the magic that you speak.

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I beckon you to come...I lure you with my tongue... - poet FemmeFatale

Michael

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6 posted 1999-08-31 12:04 PM

Your quite welcome DreamEvil.
For everyone else, thank you for the compliments.

As for when I wrote this, Femme, just be careful not to smudge the ink - it's still quite fresh.

Michael

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

7 posted 1999-08-31 12:57 PM

very, very good. Ditto to all of the above.

Nan

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8 posted 1999-08-31 10:32 PM

I think this is one of your best, Michael...

Balladeer

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9 posted 1999-08-31 11:14 PM

He was mister Hot and she was mrs. Cold
He was mister Nickel-plate and she was mrs. Gold
He was mr. Snails, my friend, and she was Escargot
And so they lived quite happily, as everybody knows.

Excellent job, Michael

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