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The Bridge Across Forever--Re-post from Open #4
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The Bridge Across Forever--Re-post from Open #4 |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA 
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"The Bridge Across Forever"* For years I looked for someone that I could call my own. Time after time I thought that I had found the right one. With hair like gold and eyes like the sun. But like birds leaving the nest, they flew away, and left me alone. Time after time I swore to myself, "Never again!" But then the depression would follow. Without someone in my life, I felt so hollow. And I would play the fool again, but the story always wound up the same in the end. As I entered the summer before my twentieth year, My heart saw a ray of sunshine. But my mind said, "Still looking for the one you can't find?" "Forget about your heart, because you won't find her here. But then I met you and the search continued. The topics for our first discussion flew by in my mind. But for some reason, turtles and frogs were all that were on your mind. And my mind tried to think of something witty to impress you. During the summer, our friendship grew. My heart kept saying, "This is the one! This is the one!" But my mind kept saying, "If this is the one," "Don't tell her 'I love you'." But then one day my heart said that it couldn't afford to lose you. My mind kept telling me, "Don't do it! Don't do it!' That was the day I first told you, "I love you". That summer will always be a treasured memory of mine. But there is one part That will always have a special place in my heart. When we shared our love for the very first time. And now, as I sit here across the table from you. I can almost see the tears forming in your eyes. Please remember that it's all right to cry. And as I take you in my arms, the only words that I'll say will be, "I love you." *written after reading Richard Bach's autobiography of the same name. ========================================================= This was my first post here at Passions. . . way back in Open #4. . . I wrote it when I was 19. . . (ah yes, a Romantic even then!!!). . . just going through the vaults. . . hope you enjoy. . . --------------------------------------------------------- < !signature--> That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl [This message has been edited by Sven (edited 08-06-2000).] |
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Xeonox
since 2000-04-01
Posts 1764CA, USA |
You write great work as always. Thank you for opening the vault and letting out this poem. I just wish that my realtionship would end the way yours did in this poem. Great work.  Ronil (What I say I live by and what I live by is what I create). |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
I did enjoy this, Sven. Isn't it interesting to sift through the "vaults" from time to time? At nineteen, I was writing songs and fancied myself the next (female) Bob Dylan. My how time flies... Thanks for sharing a little bit of you... ~ Claire Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau |
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Tess Member
since 2000-03-22
Posts 288Australia |
Very touching and special memories. Thanks for sharing them with us. "A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain." --Mildred W. St |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Hey Sven I'm glad you dug this one out... great pen back then had sir Sven. ..love the ending.....seems like the bridge across forever when the heart fears rejection....oh what a wonderful enviroment regardless.....write on good knight! |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Sveetie, this is terrific...what an outpouring---thanks for dusting this one off! |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I do so hate missing the good stuff... |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Lovely and a bit sad. Underlying message is that we must first love ourselves. Corinne |
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Marina Member Elite
since 2000-02-10
Posts 2245Pickering, Ontario |
Your talent Sir Sven was obivious even then. You are an old hat at this "Swooning" game! Marina It is a blessing to have wings for words, and passion in pen Marina Crossley |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Beautiful. Glad I had the chance to read it. catalinamoon |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Sunshine, sorry that you missed this one!  Thank you my friend. . . Corinne, thank you. . . and indeed, we must truly love ourselves before we can love another. . . Marina, hardly and old hat. . . thank you my friend. . . Catalina, I'm glad too. . . thanks! ----------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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Steve B Member
since 2000-08-07
Posts 140Southern PA |
These words seem so familiar I guess because I have lived them too.. well done Steve B |
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