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Lessons of a Butterfly |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
 ~Lessons Of A Butterfly~ Can you hold a butterfly in your heart ... and still open your palms to set it free. Can you hold the hand of a fallen angel ... then by healed wings ... let him fly to eternity. Can you kiss the sweet lips of ~Fate~ ... can you dance with ~Destiny.~ Can you build a bridge of ~Love~ .... can you ~Love~ unconditionally. Can you forgive the unforgivable ... can you see with understanding eyes. Can you keep sorrow's secrets ... can you hear a lost child's cries. Can you honor a heart's golden promise ... can you hear the words unspoken. Can you write the rhymes to heal ... can you mend a heart and soul once broken. Can you close your tired eyes ... and still help another see the light. Can you light their path with love ... and illuminate their darkest night. Can you whisper in the wind ... can you hear the echoes of love ... Can you hear this prayer ... can you allow your heart to rise above. I have loved a ~Butterfly~ ... and instead it set ~Me~ free. I have been held in the wings of an ~Angel~ ... and been kissed by ~Fate~ & ~Destiny~ Janet Marie for Vante',always ~Butterflies Are Meant To Be Free~  "Butterfly" Mariah Carey When you love someone so deeply They become your life It's easy to succumb to overwhemling fears inside Blindly I imagined I could Keep you under glass Now I understand to hold you, I must open up my hands And watch you rise Spread your wings and prepare to fly For you have become a butterfly Fly abandonedly into the sun If you should return to me We truly were meant to be So spread your wings and fly Butterfly I have learned that beauty Has to flourish in the light Wild horses run unbridled Or their spirit dies You have given me the courage To be all that I can And truly feel your heart will Lead you back to me when your Ready to land I can't pretend these tears Aren't overflowing steadily I can't prevent this hurt from Almost over taking me But I will stand and say goodbye For you'll never be mine Until you know the way it feels to fly ******   [This message has been edited by Janet Marie (edited 06-15-2000).] |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Hey me luv!!! damgladiamt'seeya... and this is just swoon of cocoon the promise of your heart unfold, shimmering, with glint sun kiss... and lose yourself within rainbow. love ye much, me twin. |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
Beautiful and touching is the way I would describe this and the pictures so lovely sweet Janny Love the way you put all this together  Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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ellie LeJeune Member Elite
since 2000-01-10
Posts 4156King of Prussia, PA USA |
WOW! Jan, I feel like I just flew with your poetry and the pictures are sooo real! I'm in awe of this whole lovely experience that you just gave to me. Thank you my dear friend. Love and butterfly kisses, Ellie Summers haunting melody that awakens the butterflies, calling them to join the dance in their silent song of praise to God. ellie LeJeune |
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Kit McCallum
Administrator
Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Oh Janet Marie ... I think this is maybe my favorite of yours so far! Stunning the way your imagery sometimes matched the tangible with the intangible ... absolutely loved this Janet Marie. Well done! Best wishes, /Kit |
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SpitFire Member Elite
since 2000-04-19
Posts 2396 |
~Hey there,...I love the thoughts left pondering around my brain from this one. So soft and sweet. Just beautiful. Images,.....an added bonus!!! yiippee. Thank you for sharing. *Peace. |
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sea_of_okc Senior Member
since 1999-06-15
Posts 568Oklahoma City, OK, USA |
Sniff, sniff... just beautiful Janet. The imagery in this is absolutely wonderful. Oh and I changed my name to ~fate~ ... so where's my kiss!!!!!!!! LOL...LOL Later-precious-gator |
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Aimster Member Elite
since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297Charlotte, NC |
janet~ well i now have found my favorite poem by you. let me tell ya, that was a hard decision!! this is ABSOLUTELY breathtakingly beautiful in form, rhyme, appearance, structure, and feeling. as you would say this is poetic perfection at its best. All of your poems are wonderful but something about this one really struck a chord deep inside of me. take care. amy "Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is before you can meet again. And meeting again after a moment or a lifetime is certain for those who are friends." "Fate exists but it can only take you so far, Because once you're there It's up to you to make it happen." |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Janet~ such beautiful images from beautiful words....Loved it! -SEA |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
SOmetimes the answer is yes and sometimes no....but after reading your poem I feel I can do anything. So beautiful and delicate, the words floated elegantly just like a butterfly...wow Can you close your tired eyes ... and still help another see the light. Can you light their path with love ... and illuminate their darkest night. Can you whisper in the wind ... can you hear the echoes of love ... Can you hear this prayer ... can you allow your heart to rise above. I have loved a ~Butterfly~ ... and instead it set ~Me~ free. I have been held in the wings of an ~Angel~ ... and been kissed by ~Fate~ & ~Destiny~ ------------------------ "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time". Baltimore Grotto "To be nobody-but-yourself-in a world which is doing its best night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." E.E Cummings. "Art is a lie which makes us realise the truth." Pablo Picasso "We Irish are too poetical to be poets, we are a nation of brilliant failures" Oscar Wilde ----- |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
**Angel Wing Hugs** I know this hurt but I also know this heals, cuz you know I know. Sweetie this is so beautiful, questions that can only be answered once you have loved someone that sets you free. You now know the answers. Love Ya S.S.!! |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Very touching display of the softness and the beauty of a butterfly and the lesson that we only control our own hearts wishes and desires. James |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Butterfly Slippers, If your poem wasn't awesome enough, S'en then writes that little minipoem in her reply that sends me even higher into the sky. The only downtime was Mariah Carey -- blech! Thanks for posting this.Mike |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
THANK YOU ALL FOR SUCH AMAZING REPLIES AND RESPONSE TO THIS POEM!!!! everytime I think I have written all I can about my time with this special man he inspires me again... the true gift of his love. thank you for understanding my need to honor him. love ya all jm  |
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poetFemmeFatale Member Elite
since 1999-07-25
Posts 2646Arkansas |
Well, nothing from my smut-mouth is gonna equal all these glorious responses you've already gotten, but hey, you know me. Have to put in my 2 cents here on this lovely work of heart....  This girl, sure sings out with tears of fulfillment. If you're like me, you just consider yourself lucky to have had a small space in time with this man. The lessons you learned, and the memories you still appreciate are priceless...You just keep honoring him as long as you need to girl. Much love from me. "Fantasies enrich our lives to the fullest, but true satisfaction comes from creating your own story in the real world! Live out your fantasies & make a storybook with beautiful pictures for the world to enjoy! -poetFemme |
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ParisGrl Senior Member
since 2000-06-01
Posts 610 |
Janet, This poem is very moving for me......i cried.  ) I know that it is very hard to set "butterflies" free but it is something we all must do one day. I enjoyed this poem very much. Take Care, Laura |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
So beautiful from beginning to end! I can see the relationship between the two sets of words. Moriah should take a few lessons from you, but she'll probably do okay. Very very well done. I loved the questioning presentation. |
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Alwye
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Member Elite
since 1999-06-16
Posts 3850In the space between moments |
Ahh, JM, so lovely...I think your soul must have brilliant azure wings, just like that of your cherished butterflies...a truly beautiful piece my friend, it is I who is turning green with envy now. *Krista Knutson* "Cherish your vision; Cherish your ideals; Cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts. If you remain true to them, your world will at last be built." ~James Allen~ "We've made houses for hatred...it's time we made a place where people's souls may be seen and made safe"...~Jewel~ |
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shadow of poetry Member
since 2000-07-22
Posts 76midwest usa |
this poem still amazes me but seeing it here presented like this with the song that he loved so much as it represented the spririt of you love shared, it makes it even more amazing im so glad i got to see it like this luv ya for loving him so lil sis my sister is the poet I am but a shadow by the light of poetry I read then dream |
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Marina Member Elite
since 2000-02-10
Posts 2245Pickering, Ontario |
I have no idea how I missed this first time around.......Brain damage!!! Again!! LOl Jan, I can see him smiling down and pointing. He is telling all the other souls about what a terrific friend he had and still has in you. Marina It is a blessing to have wings for words, and passion in pen Marina Crossley |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Oh my goodness....To read such a piece of your heart is overwhelming! |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
Oh how I love your butterflies Janny I know I couldn't do all that you have written but I bet you could **heart so tender** Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Perfect and beautiful, JM...I love it through and through. And where did you get those gorgeous pictures that made your words shine so brightly. Amazed anew... jwesley |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
JM, How did I ever miss this beauty?? Geez, I am slipping!!! This was awesome my friend. The images and the love are a sight to behold. And you have to just LOVE those butterflies!!!!  Great writing.LW Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats |
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rosepetals25
since 2000-05-31
Posts 3076PA |
I love this poem! I am going to definately be sending this to a few people I know and adding it to my library. It is wonderful and uplifting rosepetals25 |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
Janet, I was browsing through the archives and came across this gem. Wow! This is absolutely beautiful, exceptionally well penned with such a wise message with that added "gator girl" flair! Take care, Melissa |
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CocoBaci Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 3043 |
A breathtaking poem JM and I thank you for another exquisite read you have provided me... ~coco~ |
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EagleOne Member Elite
since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829Between a laugh and a tear... |
This is an amazing piece Janet. It has touched me at this time in so many was I can't explain, but in reading your words I know you know. Thankyou! "I've done all the dumb things"....Paul Kelly |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
I thank you all very very much for coming back here and honoring my butterfly so wonderfully. love ya all jm ~Butterflies are meant to be free~ [This message has been edited by Janet Marie (edited 03-11-2001).] |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
testing sig ~Butterflies are meant to be free~ [This message has been edited by Janet Marie (edited 03-11-2001).] |
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CocoBaci Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 3043 |
hi Janet, I've read this once before and ya know I still get drawn back in2 it for reading again so here I am to bring this treasure in2 my library so I don't have to hunt it down again... Beautifulllllllllllll poem *~coco~* |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
yes! |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Playing catch up on your flutterbys. Beautiful, just beautiful. |
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