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A thought before I go
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A thought before I go |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
A thought before I go You said that you wanted to grow so into the valley you must go. But soon enough you will be back on top of the mountain and flying high, just like a magnificent eagle in the spacious sky. Jameslee@December1999 |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
Cute poem.  Short is great sometimes isn't it? Nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by pure love. Who can predict his comings and goings? "Thoreau" |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Thank you Temptress...I appreciate that. James |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
~James~ A short, to the point and sweet poem. Less really is more, your poem speaks volumes about letting go and spreading one's wings for growth! It reminds me of the famous quote that if you love something you must let it go, if it was meant to be yours it will return, if it doesn't return then it was never meant to be. Your poem is simply beautiful. I re-read it four times already and if you don't mind I will print out a copy for myself! I Love this one! Take care, Melissa Honeybee |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Short but extremely effective, I remember a line from a song I had once heard: Fly high, like an eagle, fly high into the sky.... (Song was called Flight of Icarus, by a heavy metal rock band: Iron Maiden) Great work, James, I enjoyed it. Regards, sudhir In any moment of decision, The best thing you can do is the right thing, The next-best thing is the wrong thing, And the worst thing you can do is nothing. - Theodore Roosevelt |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
James.....short and sweet. Very nice message. So true... Friends are friend forever if the Lord's the Lord of them and a friend will not say never cause the welcome will not end. --Michael W. Smith |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Thank you Melissa, Sudhir, and Lone Wolf for reading and commenting on this. It is a wonderful feeling to have someone say that your poem is beautiful..Melissa maybe you liked this poem even more than the woman I wrote this for. She was going thru some hard times..and she has always given me wonderful words of wisdom and comfort...even thru some of my darkest hours. So I wrote this for her to lift up her spirits...she did appreciate it..she is a precious lady. I don't mind if anyone prints copies. James |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
SBJ, this truly is beautiful... so much lovely imagery in a few well written lines... inspirational and uplifting. perfect!! take care, jm It's amazing How you make your face just like a wall How you take your heart and turn it off How I turn my head and you lose it all ... And it's unnerving How one move just puts me by myself There you go just trusting someone else Now I know I put us both through hell ... I'm not sayin That there was nothing wrong I just didn't think you'd ever get tired of me And I'm not sayin We ever had the right to hold on I just didn't wanna let you get away from me. ~MB20~Leave |
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pandora Member
since 1999-07-26
Posts 184 |
james, clearly a lot of thought and feeling went into this... it is... very honest and real and i'm pleased to be witness to a glimpse inside your heart.... thank you for sharing. pan |
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netswan Senior Member
since 2000-03-28
Posts 1369Washington |
Well done jmlee such an art to say so much in so few words netswan |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Thank you Janet, pandora, and netswan...I am stunned, amazed, and pleased with your kind responses. I am sure that each one who responded has felt or shared the struggle associated with growing and improving. James |
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mete out Member
since 2000-02-16
Posts 270england |
***jmlee, your precious lady will return, soaring through the sky, your reunion will be told in the stars above. a beautiful poem.  I am not a preacher, I just speak the world as I see it. |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
James so tenderly and softly written a beautiful poem Thanks for sharing it with us. Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
James~ this may be short,(I like short poems) but it says so much of your heart. Love it. -SEA |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
I also love short poems that say so much! Very well done, James! There are no mountaintops without those valleys, that's for sure! Denise |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Thank you mete out, Tracie, Sea, and Denise for the wonderful comments. James |
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Kellsue Member
since 2000-05-06
Posts 210Waukesha, WI USA |
Just goes to show that often, less is more. Your poem conveyed everything it needed to with feeling, by using few words. Bravo!! ~Kellsue  Reflect upon your present blessings-of which every man has many-not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. ~Charles Dickens We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ~Winston Churchill |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Thank you Kellsue for the nice compliment. James |
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First__Knight Senior Member
since 1999-11-08
Posts 678 |
I enjoy your writings more at each reading James..... A man does not love a woman because she is beautiful...But she is beautiful because he loves her. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Thank you First Knight that is a wonderful compliment. James |
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