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netswan
Senior Member

since 2000-03-28

Posts 1369
Washington

0 posted 2000-04-17 10:14 PM

Vulnerable

Life passes each day
and somehow I am still here
a moment, a second
then - poof, I shall be gone

Inheritance of money
for my children I have left none,
only the legacy of wisdom
and love from mom

Pain, seems endless,
yet it is not physical
it is a mourning to those
that have left me behind,
and I wait patiently for my time.

Hark, who is beckoning from that
veiled, cloaked, white gloved
finger, coaxing me to follow him
to I don't know where?

I am sad, but not quite ready,
though the temptation tickles
the eagerness of wanting to know
what lies ahead - after life.

Yet, I have been close, oh so
tempted to follow leaving
this troubled, unsettled earthly existence,
that we pathetically cling to the,
body to find true freedom of
a spirit untrapped, soaring looking down.

Someday, peace and tranquility
shall envelope me, and then ...
I shall truly rest for a moment,
until I seek my new adventure of Death.

Teresa King
www.tipsfortop.com

hsystems
Member

since 2000-03-28

Posts 319
Murray, UT, USA

1 posted 2000-04-18 12:41 PM

Teresa - Excellent poem, my friend! It gets better every time I read it! I especially like the phrase "though the temptation tickles" - exquisite choice of words!

Troy

Beautiful, Thought-Provoking Poetry
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Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

2 posted 2000-04-18 01:18 PM

I have to agree here, Teresa... You've taken a very sensitive subject and handled it well. I'll be reading lots more of your work..

redheart angrybraids
Member

since 2000-04-16

Posts 410
honolulu, hawaii

3 posted 2000-04-18 04:56 PM

I agree with nan,
you have elegantly,
not depressingly,
expressed the element of death.
It's so important for people
to understand
that death doesn't HAVE to be a horrible, escaping, black dark place.
I really like how your mind puts your words together, I will tune in to more, as I have said, i enjoy your writting.
kindly,
redbraids

Lone Wolf
Member Ascendant

since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

4 posted 2000-04-19 11:10 PM

Teresa,
Nice poem. Very well done!!!

Friends are friend forever if the Lord's the Lord of them and a friend will not say never cause the welcome will not end.
--Michael W. Smith

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