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Old Friend Time |
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TomS Junior Member
since 1999-12-18
Posts 32 |
Old Friend Time Lost my old love's heart years ago For a while knew only ruin Then old friend time patched my soul And I commenced to find sweet union Tireless was my search For new love to fill my need Feigned loves dance with many a damsel But my scared heart would not bleed An umseemly score kept in my head Very few were twice Almost always, only once Painless departures my practiced device Rather than offend I never told the truth Did not say my heart Was not feeling the love of youth Then I met a women of such grace From the town where I was raised Was at my class reunion With love my heart was dazed Was the most perfect evening For months thought of nothing else I kept in touch with my red-haired beauty And tried to be my old self Then she moved back home To be near the offspring of her life With a man whom she had once left But that union quickly ended in strife He beat her with manly fury Was on a cold day Cause she came home with nipples puckered Only a fool would loose her that way I wanted to kill him With anything I could use For to those that I love No one can so abuse At last again she agreed to meet And in that first second I knew My long journey was nearly ended What my heart felt was true But her old lover's fists were too hard And in spite of our healing union She broke it off in the blink of an eye Old friend time and I are having another reunion |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
It sounds as though she just doesn't know how to love the right man, Tom..... |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Love is sometimes not an easy thing...sorry for your loss |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
TomS - This is a tender rendering of an all too frequent situation ... just know that the scars of abuse take a very long time to heal ... if indeed they do. Patience ... tender kindness ... the only salve to place on her wounds. A wonderful piece. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
It's amazing what time can do. If is meant to be, it will be. Liz |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
Very sad story, the story of abuse... I hope she can find it in her to like herself again and rejoin the world of real love... Wonderful piece TomS.... A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extraordinaire! Shannon |
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TomS Junior Member
since 1999-12-18
Posts 32 |
Thanks all. I don't reply much cause my old machine is so slow, and to reply to my stuff moves it back to the top of the forum, which seems like cheating. But I do enjoy coming here and reading all the heart-felt poems. I feel like I have gotten to know some of you through your words alone. Seems like ones passion feeds another. This is truely an amazing place. I am quite happy to have become a fledgling member. Tom |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
.and we're happy to have you, Tom. You add to the site. |
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Betty Gravitt Member
since 1999-09-11
Posts 222Georgia United States |
Tom,"time heals all things"... or so I am told. When you suffer abuse it's hard to believe in love anymore, and time moves so slow. This I know. ((((HUGS)))) B Gravitt |
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devina Member Elite
since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539Cali |
There's hardly a man alive, that writes with such beauty and passion- loved your poem! |
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Echo Rhayne Senior Member
since 1999-09-17
Posts 1495Canyon Country, CA |
I must agree with Nan that it sounds like she doesn't know how to love the right one, and I must agree with everyone else as well! Grat poem, but helps make me realize how stupid I was, for I have been in the same situation as her (sort of). ~*~ Hell is not a place of fire and a devil with a tail and horns. But a place of torment because the light of God is gone. To escape this, accept the blood of Jesus Christ! ~*~ |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
Enjoyed ARCTIC WIND |
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