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The Bridge Across Forever
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The Bridge Across Forever |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA 
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Hello, I am a new member, and I hope that you will enjoy my poems. . . this is a first for me, I have never done this before. . . this is one of the first poems that I ever wrote, it was written when I was 19. Thanks! Sven "The Bridge Across Forever"* For years I looked for someone that I could call my own. Time after time I thought that I had found the right one. With hair like gold and eyes like the sun. But like birds leaving the nest, they flew away, and left me alone. Time after time I swore to myself, "Never again!" But then the depression would follow. Without someone in my life, I felt so hollow. And I would play the fool again, but the story always wound up the same in the end. As I entered the summer before my twentieth year, My heart saw a ray of sunshine. But my mind said, "Still looking for the one you can't find?" "Forget about your heart, because you won't find her here. But then I met you and the search continued. The topics for our first discussion flew by in my mind. But for some reason, turtles and frogs were all that were on your mind. And my mind tried to think of something witty to impress you. During the summer, our friendship grew. My heart kept saying, "This is the one! This is the one!" But my mind kept saying, "If this is the one," "Don't tell her 'I love you'." But then one day my heart said that it couldn't afford to lose you. My mind kept telling me, "Don't do it! Don't do it!' That was the day I first told you, "I love you". That summer will always be a treasured memory of mine. But there is one part That will always have a special place in my heart. When we shared our love for the very first time. And now, as I sit here across the table from you. I can almost see the tears forming in your eyes. Please remember that it's all right to cry. And as I take you in my arms, the only words that I'll say will be, "I love you." *written after reading Richard Bach's autobiography of the same name. |
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Ohme Senior Member
since 1999-07-17
Posts 816Texas |
Lovely, Sven. Some of the bridges we build last a while then collapse. Others seem to go on forever. Looks like your bridge will last forever. ------------------ Yesterday is history, tomorrow just a mystery. And if today is good to me how could I ask for more? |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Welcome to passions  |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
Sven: Nice to see your bridge is still walked upon.. HUGS ------------------ There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it... |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Hello and thank you my friends. . . but I am afraid that the bridge that I speak of collapsed long ago. . . Sven |
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Denise
Moderator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Beautiful poem, Sven! I enjoyed reading this! Welcome to Passions! ------------------ Denise |
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Alwye
Moderator
Member Elite
since 1999-06-16
Posts 3850In the space between moments |
Yes, indeed a beautiful piece. Welcome to Passions and keep up the great work! ------------------ *Krista Knutson* "If my heart had wings, I would fly to you and lie beside you as you dream....." ~Faith Hill: If My Heart Had Wings~ |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Welcome aboard, Sven...  |
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poetFemmeFatale Member Elite
since 1999-07-25
Posts 2646Arkansas |
Ahh...when we're young, we are impatient in finding the "perfect one"....we think each and every one we meet and love "might" be the right one.....**sigh** It takes time, and it takes looking and searching through many to find "them"...our other half. I compare it to a drawer full of mismatched socks, all thrown in there together...You have to sort through them, one by one...and sometimes it takes a heck of a long time - - but then BAM, you pick the right sock, and you've got a perfect match!  2 blue - or 2 black....You get the picture....we all just need patience! We get in too big of a hurry!  Thanks for sharing - I'll hush now. And Welcome!!------------------ ~~ Lift your head high - spread your "words" and fly - - poetFemmeFatale |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Sven - Lovely writing. When the 'bridge' collapsed ... you learned to swim ! Time to start building bridges again. ------------------ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Welcome to the family! This is a sweet poem! |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Lovley writing, Sven. |
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Allan Riverwood
since 2001-01-04
Posts 3502Winnipeg |
Beautiful piece, Sven! I really love what you described here, especially the ending. It was incredibly uplifting and heartwarming. You wrote this at age nineteen? That's great, I hope to be able to write this well when I'm nineteen!  Welcome to Passions in Poetry. I hope you enjoy reading, replying and sharing your work with the rest of us here! You are bound to be one of the rising stars of Passions, and maybe some day even be one of those big names, like me!  ~Allan Build a man a fire, and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Thanks Allan!! I'm really honored to be here with such fine poets as yourself. . . and, if I ever get to be as big a name as you, then I'll be doing pretty good for myself!!  ---------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Siofra
since 2000-09-28
Posts 551State of Suspended Passion |
It would seem to me, Sir, that you have made a wonderful name for yourself here. This makes me want to go on a search of many firsts by others here at Passions.  A delightful reading of your heart! I am many. |
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Temptress
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
Well, I can't believe I seem to have found your first posted poem here. Its quite lovely, Sir.  I will not bend to the cowardice of a silent judgement. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
God, it's good to go back in time... |
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