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Open Poetry #9

Sand

Lil OnE
Member

since 1999-12-14

Posts 234
Pasco County. Fl.

0 posted 2000-08-31 02:31 PM

Relationships
of all kinds
are like sand
held in your hand.

Held loosely,
with an open hand,
the sand remains
where it is.
The minute you close
your hand
and squeeze tightly
to hold on,
the sand trickles
through your fingers.

You may hold on
to some of it,
but most of it
will be spilled out
onto the floor.

Relationships
are like that.
Held loosely,
with respect
and freedom
for the other person,
it is likely
to remain intact.

But hold too tightly,
too possessively,
and the
relationship
slips away
and is
lost.

I run, I fall. I walk, I sometimes crawl. I give, I take. I bend and yet somehow I break
~Lil OnE~

poutprincess
Senior Member

since 2000-07-06

Posts 735
Perth, Western Australia, Australia

1 posted 2000-09-01 05:39 AM

i agree with you..
but sometimes its so hard not to hold on so tight.
i enjoyed this.
~Dawn

"Steady as it comes, right down to you, I've said it all, so maybe we're a Bliss of another kind" Bliss-Tori Amos

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

2 posted 2000-09-03 11:21 AM

I love the beach, sand and all that goes with it. You know I really wanted the sand in this piece to fall on the shore!!! Hey, it still rhymes...forgive my offering....not trying to rewrite your poem, it is lovely.

Kathleen

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

3 posted 2000-09-03 11:40 AM

Good morning Lil OnE,
How true that you write about the sand.

If you love them let them go,
for if they love you,
and it was meant to be,
they will return.

I am happy that you wrote this, as I had forgotten the above words.

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