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X Angel Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521Oregon 
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Shipwrecked Girl Alone Left out in the pouring rain to decay She stood Weathered and contemplative But still she hoped Somewhere deep in her shipwrecked heart That this life of waiting That these days of unending tears And years of lonely sorrow That this life would soon change Or end Still through many storms and rain Wind and sun She waited Ever still With the solitary hope of rescue Glowing deep in her oaken heart Once this girl had been bright and happy As she roamed the Seven Seas With only the sea and weather to slow her As she crested every wave bravely At the helm of a mighty sea-faring ship Now she stands Alone A shard of her former self Wedged between rock and cliff Waiting Waiting Ever still And though she may just be a poor shipwrecked girl And her body hewn from rough saw’n oak Inside her beats a heart As alive as you or I A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
This slow death must be hard to bear for such a staunch hearted girl. Joyce |
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
*sigh* You know..sometimes we can get stuck for so long..that the waves may wash over us and drown us. I hope she frees herself soon and finds what it is she needs to sail again.  Lovely..and its wonderful to see you. You could hurt me with your bare hands. You could hurt me using the sharp edge of what you say. JEWEL |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
just wonderful writing here! I know how this is, and I ache when remembering |
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midnightblues Senior Member
since 2000-07-01
Posts 1597Singapore |
Dear Heather.... It is a lovely story.....though tragic Love Michelle If there cannot be equal in affection, then let the one with more be me - midnightblues™ |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
X Angel: I really loved this, as my family used to sail and we often admired the figureheads on ships that we met. There is a walkway at Rosario in the San Juan Islands, that is lined with old figureheads and they always seemed alive to me! Betty Lou Hebert |
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X Angel Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521Oregon |
This was inspired in part by my love of mermaids and the sea, and in part by my favorite poet Pablo Neruda. He too loved the figureheads..in fact he collected them. When I rented the dvd about his life "Il Postino" the documentary at the end was fascinating. It showed his huge collection of figureheads etc.  Thanks for your comments, I really appreciate them all. ~H |
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