Windswept Plains (Challenge from Marilyn)

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Isis
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since 1999-09-06

Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland

0 posted 2000-01-26 01:01 AM

I walk the windswept plains,
With only the memories of you for company,
My soul joins with the descending fog,
No bright beauty today or for me.

I retrace the steps we walked hand in hand,
Missing you all the time,
The wind's song, to me a melody,
With no words or rhyme.

I feel your prescence beside me,
How I wish it was for real,
The sea we gazed at endlessly,
Today looks like cold, grey steel.

In your final hours,
I held your weak body close to mine,
Alone on our windswept plain,
We layed all our fears behind.

You told me how you loved me,
That I was your destiny,
Your weakened hand caressed my face,
This was how you wanted it to be.

The last words you spoke,
'I love you my heart,
I'll always be right beside you,
As I was right from the start'.

Today I walk the plains again,
Remembering our love so strong and true,
Dreaming once again,
Of the love we knew under the blue.

Each year on this day,
The day you left my side,
I come here and remember it all,
The love, the joy, the pride.

I miss you so much my love,
I miss the love we held within,
But only here those memories seem alive,
And in my heart they will never dim.

Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely.
~Isis~
(Sovereign of the Spirit)

lucky
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since 2000-01-17

Posts 1601
Idaho

1 posted 2000-01-26 01:32 AM

very nice work, really grabs...

WolfsMate
Member

since 2000-01-14

Posts 121
New York

2 posted 2000-01-26 03:00 AM

A beautiful heart wrenching tale on love. Excellent.

Isis
Member Ascendant

since 1999-09-06

Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland

3 posted 2000-01-26 05:02 PM

Thanks Guys! Just hope Marilyn sees it!!

Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely.
~Isis~
(Sovereign of the Spirit)

Marilyn
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since 1999-09-26

Posts 2621
Ontario, Canada

4 posted 2000-01-26 06:01 PM

Bravo my sister! Challange well met. I was not sure what would come of this challange but my girl you did beautifully. This was definately inspired. I am still struggling with the challange you issued me, I am not sure if I am going to be able to finish it.

devina
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since 1999-10-28

Posts 3539
Cali

5 posted 2000-01-26 06:19 PM

This one would be perfect for a postcard hun, makes me remember love long lost...just beautiful Isis, and challenge WELL met!

Open arms can be the most fragile in the world...

Isis
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since 1999-09-06

Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland

6 posted 2000-01-26 08:03 PM

Thanks Maz, glad you liked it!

If you like I will issue you an easier challenge : :
Devina thanks to you too, what a lovely response, I could do cards!!

Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely.
~Isis~
(Sovereign of the Spirit)

Severn
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since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

7 posted 2000-01-26 08:06 PM

Wonderful - heartwrenching stuff Isis!

K

'Writing sharpens life;
life enriches writing'
Sylvia Plath

Skyfyre
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since 1999-08-15

Posts 1906
Sitting in Michael's Lap

8 posted 2000-01-26 08:17 PM

Beautiful work ... just curious, what was the challenge?

--Kess

Full fathom five thy father lies,
Of his bones are coral made,
Those are pearls that were his eyes;
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange...

--William Shakespeare, from The Tempest

Isis
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since 1999-09-06

Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland

9 posted 2000-01-26 08:25 PM

Thanks Severn and Skyfyre.
Skyfyre the challenge was simple windswept plains

Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely.
~Isis~
(Sovereign of the Spirit)

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

10 posted 2000-01-26 10:27 PM

A challenge very well met, Isis.

Isis
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since 1999-09-06

Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland

11 posted 2000-01-26 11:00 PM

Thanks Sir Balladeer

Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely.
~Isis~
(Sovereign of the Spirit)

Alwye

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since 1999-06-16

Posts 3850
In the space between moments

12 posted 2000-01-26 11:08 PM

Definitely a tale about love that stings the heart. This gave me a wistful, longing feeling, for I can relate to the sentiments. Beautiful work Isis, just like always.

*Krista Knutson*

~*Like a lion, without fear of the howling pack,
Like a gust of wind, ne'er trapped in a snare,
Like a lotus blossom, ne'er sprinkled by water,
Let me, like a unicorn, in solitude roam.*~ Hymn Of Buddha

Isis
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since 1999-09-06

Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland

13 posted 2000-01-26 11:46 PM

Thanks Alwye

Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely.
~Isis~
(Sovereign of the Spirit)

hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

14 posted 2000-01-27 11:08 AM

Challange well met

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

15 posted 2000-01-27 11:44 AM

This is lovely! *S*

Sven

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since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

16 posted 2000-01-27 12:50 PM

Isis. . . this is beautiful. . . I know exactly what it's like to go back to place shared. . . the feelings are usually strongest there. . .

I have saved this one. . . challenge well met my friend. . .

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That which gives light must endure burning
--Victor Frankl

Isis
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since 1999-09-06

Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland

17 posted 2000-01-27 05:30 PM

Thanks Hoot, Suthern and Sven

Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely.
~Isis~
(Sovereign of the Spirit)

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