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Eternal Dance.......a repost, but one of my favorites
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Eternal Dance.......a repost, but one of my favorites |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA 
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Eternal Dance In the moonlight, shadows dancing Their bodies intertwined as one Two together, now romancing The moonlit waltz has just begun In the moonlight, they are swaying In this dance they’ve danced before No sound, no rhythm, no music playing They tread as one, the two, once more In the moonlight, shadows dancing In quiet stillness, watch them now Their fluid motion, so entrancing The dance, it seems, a sacred vow In the moonlight, tears are falling And she murmurs, cries his name He pulls her closer as she’s calling It all has changed, but yet’s the same In the moonlight, shadows dancing Her voice to him, it does implore As time and morning are advancing She whispers to him, “Evermore” In the moonlight, watch them swaying No longer are they flesh and bones While underground, their bodies laying Here amongst the aged tombstones In the moonlight, shadows dancing Things happen that we can’t explain So two souls, discovery chancing Kiss, as it begins to rain In the moonlight, Love has risen As daylight breaks, they disappear They’ve now released their earthly prison Or were they ever really here? To love means never to be afraid of the windstorms of life: should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings. ~Elizabeth Kubler-Ross |
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Lost Dreamer Member Elite
since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464Somewhere near the Rainbow |
Ruth, This is fabulous, I love it, thanks for reposting it cause I seemed to have missed it before.  |
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Kellsue Member
since 2000-05-06
Posts 210Waukesha, WI USA |
What a beautiful poem...thanks for re-posting it so that us "Newbies" would have a chance to read it! ~Kelly  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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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
Ruth* This is magnificent and now one of my favorites as well, I saw them...dancing. Thank you for sharing this once more. |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
woowoo yuh i love this one bigtime |
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TerryW Senior Member
since 2000-03-23
Posts 779Louisville, Mississippi, USA |
Ruth, I really love this one. Especially the very last line: Or were they ever really here? That brings it all together. This was wonderful! Thank you for reposting! Love Ya~ ~you reached inside, you touched my heart, and I am all the better for it~ Terry A. Woodson, Jr. |
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First__Knight Senior Member
since 1999-11-08
Posts 678 |
More lovely than before because I know your heart more today.........:0 A man does not love a woman because she is beautiful...But she is beautiful because he loves her. |
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Rosemary J. Gwaltney Senior Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 997northern mountains, Idaho |
I really love this one! Enticing, mysterious, loving and very haunting. Especially the last line. I missed this before. Thanks for the repost! |
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Jeffrey Carter
since 2000-04-08
Posts 2367State of constant confusion! |
Oh Ruthie, This literally gave me goose bumps. Such vivid detail in this. I can see how this could be one of your favorites, "cause now it's one mine too. All my love, Jeffrey I lie awake in a world filled with dreams, but dreams can be so real when you don't know you're asleep |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
This is the one that led to the challenge 'In the moonlight, shadows dancing'! How could I ever forget that one! It led to one of my favorite ones that I ever wrote too! Thanks for reposting this, Ruth! It brought back some fun memories for me too! This is also one of my favorites of yours! Denise |
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REBECCA ALLYN Member
since 2000-05-09
Posts 91Lima,Ohio |
WOW!! that is one of the most beautiful poems I have ever read!! just wonderfully PERFECT!! LOTS of LUV, Becky |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
and now its one of my favs too!! EXCELLENT hoot-girl!! so glad I got to see it. thanx for the repost. later-hoot-gator jm |
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CSwtThng Member
since 1999-07-28
Posts 124 |
I really like this poem. I am so glad you decided to repost it because I didn't get a chance to read it the first time. |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
I'm so glad you reposted this beautiful poem Ruth. I love it so much! What comes from the heart goes to the heart. Samuel Coleridge |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
Wow... I have to agree with the others.. an absolutely beautiful poem. May I have the next dance? |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
I like your poem very much,yet it's my one of your favoriate poem too.Thanks for reposting this poem. |
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Gemini Senior Member
since 1999-12-15
Posts 1203Wisconsin, USA |
Dear Hoot, this one was absolutely beautiful! |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
Ruth, this is easily one of my favorites of your lovely poems...so delicate, passionate and questioning. Love it! ~ 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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poetFemmeFatale Member Elite
since 1999-07-25
Posts 2646Arkansas |
Oh goose bumps is right! This one was pure magic at the beginning, and then had a spooky air towards the ending for some reason! Kind of a mysterious twist! I think me needs to read it again, girl! Mystically breathtaking indeed! Now I know why it's one of your fav's! *curtsies to ya!*  |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Thank you everyone...glad you liked it too |
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