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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA 
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Naked See me here I stand before you All my faults Now in clear view Watch me now As walls are falling Mortar’s crumbling Bricks are too See the mask Of ivory porcelain Thrown aside Cast to the ground Tears once dammed Are freely flowing As my world Falls all around Watch my past Pour out in mirrors Kiss my eyes To ebb the flow Hold me now Here in the halflight As trembling to My knees I go Listen to the Words I’m saying From tongue once mute Now truth is spilled Sense my fear As I am striping Each item shed Shows more revealed Piece by piece It’s molt before you There’s nothing sacred There’s nothing lost No more lies No more disguises A new lease Love’s paid the cost Whisper to me My deaf ears hearing With your words They’re opened wide I’m stumbling now But I’m not fearing Because you’re standing By my side Look at all These imperfections Feel the scars I once had loathed As here I stand Now bared before you See me naked Though fully clothed < !signature--> What lies behind us and lies before us are small matters compaired to what lies within us. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson [This message has been edited by hoot_owl_rn (edited 07-29-2000).] |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Ruth! This has got to be one of your best EVER...so full of emotion. Wow..I really love it.  |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Ruth, so pleased am I to see you, and in rare form as well! {~,^} Sunny ~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. Helen Keller ~~~ When you want to be loved, look within...KRJ |
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beowulf_26 Member
since 1999-06-29
Posts 183 |
wow. I'm rather speechless. Great poem. I wish I could say more but I think my silence will speak for itself. Bravo. Opinions are like bellybuttons: eveybody's got 'em and they're good for nothing. |
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beowulf_26 Member
since 1999-06-29
Posts 183 |
wow. I'm rather speechless. Great poem. I wish I could say more but I think my silence will speak for itself. Bravo. Opinions are like bellybuttons: eveybody's got 'em and they're good for nothing. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Hoot, I agree one of your best. *L* |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I loved this, hoot...I vote! |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
*bump* just had to...loved this... |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
This is an excellent piece of work..very well done...good read. |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Superb writing I love this one Liz |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Very intense reflective writing...James |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ruth--such a wonderful emotional piece...naked though fully clothed...love that line...click! |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Very beautiful and packed with emotion! Love it! Denise |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Thank you everyone for such kind response to such a personal poem  |
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