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The Lady in White
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The Lady in White |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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The Lady in White The lady in a dress of white politely smiles and asks My writhing mind so unprepared to live up to the task What word or phrase is eloquent enough to ever prove An answer to the question that is now so far removed Somehow her inquiry injected life into the vein The very notion of it’s truth released a tinge of pain A bed of steel and soreness somehow softened by her eyes And stains of blood evaporated into tropic skies A thousand greens of summer set against a wooded hill A little house of white and laced with April daffodil A running spring of coolness bursting out from ground below A little creature’s foot so finely etched into the snow A yellow field of buttercups beyond the old stone wall Crimson gold and umbered orange leaves come in the fall And on the night of Christmas Eve, across the fields of white The moon makes crystal diamonds on the blanket of the night The sky is gray, the woods alike, but when the spring arrives Colors spread across the earth and dead becomes alive The summer birds flock there to nest, the trees dress up again And I awake to hear the happy warbling of a wren The memories were herbs that killed the grueling pain and fright My eyelids opened slowly to the clinic’s ceiling lights And there above me dozens stopped , with burdens of their own To reap the peaceful beauty of a place they’d never known A nurse in white beside my bed compassionately had come And asked a simple question , “Tell me dear, where are you from?” Elizabeth Santos [This message has been edited by Elizabeth Santos (edited 06-13-2000).] |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
oman i love this on so much says walt that i am so impressed by your work! |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Oh my gosh Elizabeth!!! Could this possibly be my favorite of yours so far? I've never been able to put that feeling to words, and there you are! You keep simply amazing me ... oh dear lady ... I've been there, and I know exactly whereof you speak! You've woven it in so cleverly Elizabeth ... I could keep rambling, but know that you've captured this feeling SO incredibly well! Best wishes (twinned again), /Kit |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Splendid work, Liz... Regards, sudhir |
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LoveBug
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Member Elite
since 2000-01-08
Posts 4697 |
Oh Liz, this is so beautiful! I'm at a loss for words, you must forgive me for this trifle of a reply. Beautiful work, my friend. "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I had to read this twice for you caught me quite off guard... Have I ever told you, well done? Sunshine ~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. Helen Keller ~~~ |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Elizabeth~ My friend, this is so wonderfully you. How much I admire the courage and beauty of your words. I love you, my dear lady. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Elizabeth
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Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
Amazing Liz! I could read this one again and again...and I think I will. The different images are lovely. Elizabeth I'm grabbing my hat and coat I'm leaving the cat a note Quick call me a ferry boat-getting out of town! |
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ellie LeJeune Member Elite
since 2000-01-10
Posts 4156King of Prussia, PA USA |
dear Liz; Simply beautiful, only you could turn a situation like this into a thing of beauty. I read it a couple of times. Thanks for the masterpiece! Ellie 02 |
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