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Effigy
Member

since 2000-04-11

Posts 486
disbelief

0 posted 2000-08-17 11:58 PM

I tell you here and now.
As God as my witness,
I have touched Heaven.
I have seen the Promised Land.
I have held Paradise in my hands
and felt the peace and tranquility.
It’s not hard to imagine but,
at that very second I fell in love.
Though I knew that it was for
only a fleeting moment.

Now many restless nights later
the dream of so long ago has ended,
but that light, that amazing light, just won’t fade.
the whole experience left me warped,
changed in some uncertain way.

I once flew above the sky
all-be-it for only a short time.
I once lived as best a man could
all-be-it for only a short time.

I was who I wanted to be
and I lived a life without regret,
all-be-it for only a short time.

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Just an effigy to be disgraced,
to be defaced.
Your need for me has been replaced.

[This message has been edited by Effigy (edited 08-18-2000).]

Alle'cram
Senior Member

since 2000-02-28

Posts 1816
Texas

1 posted 2000-08-18 12:59 PM

Dear Effigy,
   If you were writing from your heart, well, you have opened it up in a wonderful poem. Great job!
  I think we both would be surprised to know how few have soared as high as you once did, and they, maintaining their walk. When you have known and experienced God's love, His light/Glory and somehow walked away over time, like most everyone at times-hot-cold-warm-mild, we are flesh! When you come to realize that is missing and you want it, all you have to do is turn around and start walking toward It (the Light/God), you'll begin to see it again, before you know it-your standing in the glow!

If my response is not applicable to you-then maybe someone!  Lovely job ! Love, Marcy

Effigy
Member

since 2000-04-11

Posts 486
disbelief

2 posted 2000-08-18 02:27 AM

Alle'cram - althought this was not origianlly intended as a religious poem I do see what you mean. Your point is quite applicable. It is true often we stray from the path, and many time we wonder back again.
Thanks for your responce.

Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-21

Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song

3 posted 2000-08-18 02:36 AM

The pain of a love that has vanished is never easy and your words haunt the reader and remind us that we need these memories in order to grow no matter what level the pain be. Wonderful poem and nicely presented

Effigy
Member

since 2000-04-11

Posts 486
disbelief

4 posted 2000-08-18 10:32 AM

Mark- You are so right the pain of a lost love is intense. I have come to realize this recently, when I met with an ex-girlfriend, and had to deal with many conflicting feelings that came up in conversations with her. Thanks.

[This message has been edited by Effigy (edited 08-18-2000).]

Paula Finn
Member Ascendant

since 2000-06-17

Posts 5546
missouri

5 posted 2000-08-18 11:02 AM

from my heart to your pen...how did you do that?

forne_marin
Member

since 2004-04-13

Posts 140
Spartanburg, South Carolina

6 posted 2004-04-16 12:34 PM

This one is so drastically not your usual style that it really caught me off guard. I've had too great an effect on you, I think. Great piece. Very moving, very vivid.

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