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John Yaws
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since 1999-10-09
Posts 860
Texas

0 posted 1999-11-24 12:11 PM


I love you though you never were...
Nor ever could exist...
Except in labyrinths of the mind,
Among those psychic mists.

A vision, optical delight...
Green eyes, and raven hair...
The grace of some vague nymph, or sprite
You’re waiting for me there.

Where? Beside the crystal sea-
Whose waves lap at my feet...
Where unicorns and satyrs gay-
So joyfully meet.

Where winds of perfume
Streets of gold... seize and hold a spell
Upon unwary sojourners...
And make them wish to dwell...

Among the long forgotten scenes
That only legends knew...
Where gems, and jewels lie about
Thick as the morning dew.

I love you though you never were-
And yet you know me well-
And every vagary of mood...
Ere cometh you can tell.

You know my heart and all my faults
And love me just the same..
And in my melancholy dreams
I hear you call my name.

Your name? I know it, ‘deed I do-
But I shall never tell....
And even though you never were..
My dear, I love you well.

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Live large, people!
~GS~
http://www.geocities.com/montcogunslinger/HomePage.html



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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648

1 posted 1999-11-24 12:19 PM


Ahhhh... this is sooooo beautiful and sad at the same time. I love it!

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Denise


Sally S.
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since 1999-06-07
Posts 847
Ohio
2 posted 1999-11-24 12:20 PM


This is beautiful!!! Why, Sir Gunslinger, I believe you are getting even better..if that's at all posible.
btw....I love you too..OH, this wasn't meant for me was it?? Are you sure I didn't have brown eyes in your fantasy? I assure you, I am real.

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA
3 posted 1999-11-24 08:22 AM


Wow...this was absolutely beautiful. Very nice read GS
Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049
California
4 posted 1999-11-24 11:28 AM


Gunslinger, I knew that cowboy in you was a romantic. This is very beautifully done.
poetFemmeFatale
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since 1999-07-25
Posts 2646
Arkansas
5 posted 1999-11-26 11:37 PM


Oh WOW - - now this is the kind of stuff I love to read, and I just got lucky and happened onto it!! I am finding that I love your work, and the way you write and express your ideas. The lingo you use is beautiful too...somewhat medieval. Aahhh - please write more of this for me to "swoon" in....

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~~ Lift your head high - spread your "words" and fly - - poetFemmeFatale



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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA
6 posted 1999-11-27 12:12 PM


If this poem contained nothing more that the first stanza, it would be excellent. The fact that it continued is much added pleasure. I would love to have written it.
Willem
Member
since 1999-11-18
Posts 139
Inverness, FL, USA
7 posted 1999-11-27 12:34 PM


GS, this is classic fairytale material in
exquisite poetical form. Your first stanza
is a virtual picture by itself. Magnificent!

Willem

Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA
8 posted 1999-11-27 08:50 AM


Simply awesome, GS...
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