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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California 
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THE MOMENT < !signature-->I walk the endless night, Await the ageless dawn. Dreaming in timeless flight Of memory never spawn. Of love in sweet caress, Holding an angel's smile. Painted in lavishness, Soft white walking the aisle. But a glimpsed perfection Leaves me now lost in awe, Outshines the reflection In all I never saw. How the moment lingers, A tender agony. Chance stripped from dead fingers, A man I'll never be. While nobody understands This dream I can't let go. A curse upon my hands That no-one else could know. This lifeless hope I cling to, This carnage of the past. One mere moment with you, Forever in dream cast. Michael Anderson For all behind was dark and drear, And all before was night and fear. How many hours of night or day In those suspended pangs I lay, I could not tell; I scarcely knew If this were human breath I drew. Lord Byron [This message has been edited by Michael (edited 05-06-2000).] |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
Beautiful work, Micheal. Just how did this get passed up anyway?  Nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by pure love. Who can predict his comings and goings? "Thoreau" |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
err..  Micheal..Sorry..I can see this was just posted and not passed up. LOL! I'm traveling between two browser screens, and I thought I was in the Corner Pub. Over there, I'm a couple of pages over. Apologies again. Nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by pure love. Who can predict his comings and goings? "Thoreau" |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
'Twould I but fulfill your every dream come true, ne'er a better shadow would I walk in with you. Michael, Michael, it's time to wake up and come out to play with Sunshine... |
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X Angel Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521Oregon |
So so so sweet. We all deserve to love like this. Beautiful poetry as usual my dear friend. ~H [This message has been edited by X Angel (edited 05-05-2000).] |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
I walk the endless night, Await the ageless dawn. Dreaming in timeless flight Of memory never spawn. ------------- How the moment lingers, A tender agony. Chance stripped from dead fingers, A man I'll never be. While nobody understands This dream I can't let go. A curse upon my hands That no-one else could know. This lifeless hope I cling to, This carnage of the past. One mere moment with you, Forever in dream cast. ---------------- M, I have read this like 5 times and still cant breathe... this is astonishingly beautiful. God, I love the way you write... so very few can ever touch this level of emotion and honesty. If one must indeed bleed... then one should do it with such grace. take care sweet poet, jm |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Temptress, 'tis quite alright - I'm glad you chose not to pass it up either way. Good to see you hanging around again. Sunshine, you always make life much warmer for me...TYX-Angel, well we all may deserve it - but seldom ever are...  'tis always nice to dream though...Janet, me thinks you give me way too much credit... Thank you all for the kind replies, Michael |
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devina Member Elite
since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539Cali |
THIS was definantly worth reading my dear...  (two times..lol) I can always relate to your more than subtle wishing...keep that star close Michael..she'll pay off soon!!!Open arms can be the most fragile in the world... |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
Michael~ This so beautiful and inspiring i'm sending it back to the top where it belongs.Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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PoohBear24 Junior Member
since 2000-04-24
Posts 18Tampa, FL. |
This is beautiful. I love every word of it! Finish your beer--There are sober people in China! |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
made me cry when I thought the well had run dry...Incredible Michael... |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Soul-Stirring work again Michael... You never stop amazing me with your words, and the way you put it across... 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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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
You're writings are truly enchanting Michael ... your talent for words and flow are inspiring. Beautiful. /Kit |
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Marilyn Member Elite
since 1999-09-26
Posts 2621Ontario, Canada |
This one hit the mark Michael. Well done. As you know I can't reply without a few words of wisdom (be they good or bad...lol). Holding on to what fills us, inspires us and completes us is not a bad thing. What we need to lat go of is the greif, pain and self condemation when things go wrong. Touch the sweetnes that was brought to you. Touch the completeness; leave the rest where it belongs. As I said whether my words be inane or if they bare some truth; they are what I live by.  When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shodows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face... William Butler Yeats |
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ESP Member Elite
since 2000-01-25
Posts 2556Floating gently on a cloud.... |
Beautiful lines of a fragile hope....never give up on it, dreams come true! Love and hugs, Lizzie "Poetry is the true expression of my soul, it is my ultimate means of communication. It is my rainbow of delight." |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Devina, never lettin' that star out of sight dear ...Tracie, appreciate the boost...LOL PoohBear24, so glad you enjoyed. serenity - The well is never reallydry, me thinks Sudhir Iyer, I am so glad my poetry reaches you on that level. Kit, quite a compliment there... My sincerest thanks to you. Marilyn, your words have truth in them I know. Sometimes it's easier said than done though... I try though Lizzie, Hope is pretty fragile, isn't it... mayhap I should hold a little tighter. Thank you all for the kind replies. Michael |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap |
You walk the endless night, Where shadows fondly call With promises so bright Of peace, to mask the fall ... The haunting dream endures; Refusing, still, to die, Pretense of hope obscures, Deceives your cynic's eye. Heed not the song of shades, But guard thee well thy heart -- What God has fragile made, Let no Love put apart! Inspiring, Michael ... I have been here. Thank you. --Me < !signature--> Full fathom five thy father lies, Of his bones are coral made, Those are pearls that were his eyes; Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange... --William Shakespeare, from The Tempest [This message has been edited by Skyfyre (edited 05-06-2000).] |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Michael, This is sweet!!! I know how you feel and I would do the same if I could. Great writing!! 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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CocoBaci Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 3043 |
Absolute finesse in poetry This reading has indeed capitvated me CocoBaci |
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Kellsue Member
since 2000-05-06
Posts 210Waukesha, WI USA |
Beautiful and breathtaking poem!! I loved it! ~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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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
"How the moment lingers, A tender agony." Beautiful writing, Michael... ~ Claire Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau |
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pandora Member
since 1999-07-26
Posts 184 |
this line ate me alive... "Chance stripped from dead fingers" ... you are a fine poet, my friend... |
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Michael
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Kess, "Heed not the song of shades" - my God do I need to set them ghosts to rest... But oh how they howl and refuse to go away at times... Guess I should just call ghostbusters...LOL TY for the beautiful poetic reply, dear. Lone wolf, I am so glad you enjoyed this. Coco & Kellsue, I am pleased to meet both of you. Welcome to Passions. I am so glad you both liked this poem so much... I will look for some of your works soon. Claire, any compliment from you is a high compliment, indeed. TY pandora, of all the people in this forum, I think you above all would know exactly what I meant in that line. Peace to you. Thank you all for the gracious comments. Michael |
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Rosemary J. Gwaltney Senior Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 997northern mountains, Idaho |
Stark, strong verses, caught me up in tight-throated sorrow - like much of your work does, of late. Very touching and much too real! |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Everything happens for a reason, they say... and you've been touched... You're a wonderful person, my friend - You deserve to be happy.. and you shall be..  |
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