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Walter Poe
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since 1999-10-13
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0 posted 2000-07-18 10:09 AM



An ill timed fate
from the poets hand
unsure words enter new lands
hurt unmeant in words unfelt
Emotions misdirected
to the rocks they helped

They are the weapons
The ill thought out words
the hurt unawares
from one who has shown
words of great care
a feeling we here share

To hurt the other
is to hurt the self
All is the sword
turned on the heart
With not a thought
for whats hurt in the thrust

This is my burden
the words that flowing
i find them simple
yet now they are hurting
I will wish them away
But the damage is done

I am to all but words
If these are my tools
then these are my weapons
they can hurt as well as heal
my future is in my hands
I am sorry to have hurt you

© Copyright 2000 Paul Weatherstone - All Rights Reserved
tracie66
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since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713
Australia
1 posted 2000-07-18 10:36 AM


Walter your words so true...sometimes the hurtful words can do so much damage, damage that maybe wasn't intended but was done just the same...well written
Tracie~


Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe


serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738

2 posted 2000-07-18 11:54 AM


You know, I hate to say it, since I do love words and poetry, but since a great writer said it first, here goes:

"words are the source of misunderstanding..."

---Guy de Maupassant, The Little Prince

hugs to you, Walter...

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554

3 posted 2000-07-18 12:17 PM


your words are like diamonds ...
like treasures of time-they will remain
your poetry is your heart's reflection ...
your words have never caused me pain.

no damage done,
no promises broken.
the clouds have lifted ...
understanding has been spoken.

paint your poetry across the nights sky
your words are your gift...fate entrusts us
I see the beauty in your words ...
tho mine could never do you justice.

jm


There are places inside our souls -
that have never been touched.
There are places inside our hearts -
that need to be loved this much.
~jm~

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738

4 posted 2000-07-18 12:23 PM


sorry to interrupt your thread Walter, but gosh-durnit JM---your replies to Walter are worthy of a separate post...either way...this is a touching dialogue, both of you.
Corazon
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since 2000-02-02
Posts 1209

5 posted 2000-07-18 12:23 PM


this is beautiful, you use your words well  
Jan
Member
since 2000-06-14
Posts 114

6 posted 2000-07-18 01:09 PM


Walter, I have read several of your poems, your work is beautifully written and full of such sorrow.  You have an amazing gift of words.
Walter Poe
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since 1999-10-13
Posts 787

7 posted 2000-07-19 09:28 AM


              Walter A reply

Says Walter as nights close
Says Walter as the day goes
The words are that aren't spoken
I will never let go unheard

Such pride is there in me
Of poets in the strings
I would never let a single word
In this place of passions go to waste

Replies to me are the reason
The right we all have to write
my words reaching beyond here
And into the hearts of you all

I can find my way back
through these messages you leave
A light in the darkness
I return to my words


Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer's gone, and all the roses falling
'Tis

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