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Tara Simms
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0 posted 2000-11-07 08:23 PM


When Last He Loved Me

I feel his breath on every breeze
Hear his whispers in the trees
Feel him beside me in bed at night
Once again, he’s holding me tight
Drifting off to peaceful sleep
Wrapped in comfort
so warm
so deep

Loneliness again kept at bay
Until morning shines another day
I wake to find I’m alone in bed
The images just in my head
Embraced til dawn—
by a memory
Remembering…
when last he loved me


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Marge Tindal
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1 posted 2000-11-07 08:35 PM


Tara~
Absolute beauty in the sadness of this penning.
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~



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catalinamoon
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2 posted 2000-11-07 10:58 PM


Tara, this is very beautiful, and sad. You have done it again, you write the most heartfelt words.
Sandra

Sven
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3 posted 2000-11-08 10:57 AM


Why won't those memories ever go away?

Very touching my friend. . .

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That which gives light must endure burning
--Victor Frankl


pmc
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4 posted 2000-11-08 12:36 PM


Great Poem,
I liked it a lot

pmc.

CocoBaci
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5 posted 2000-11-08 12:46 PM


A splendid poem Tara expressed with a sense of heartache yet whispered in soft gentle words...

Coco

jwesley
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6 posted 2000-11-08 01:13 PM


beautiful, my friend

jwesley

A Whisper's Caress
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on the horizon of a fairytale
7 posted 2000-11-08 01:34 PM


so beautifully sad.

Look within the heart of a poet, and you will see a reflection of their soul.

Tara Simms
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8 posted 2000-11-08 07:31 PM


Sven, my guess is because we won't let them go.  

Thanks everyone for the replies.

ThUnDeRkYsS
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9 posted 2000-11-08 09:26 PM


Such memories that can never be erased, I feel with you... that same feeling.

Strive for higher levels, if they seem out of reach... Grow, and they will get closer.



Butterflies_dont_cry
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10 posted 2000-11-08 09:33 PM


Tara* This is laced with exquisite emotion
and depth...your writing has brought tears
to my eyes tonight~

poetic_imperfection
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11 posted 2000-11-08 09:46 PM


Tara, is it that we won't let them go or that our heart can't let them go?  I think it is that we can't, not won't. I know that pain and I am willing to let them go, my heart can't. Well written and heart break is sad but it is what we do with it. You have done very well expressing it. Pain that is hard to find the right words takes a good poet to write them.
Gemini
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12 posted 2000-11-08 10:17 PM


Tara-The heart does seem to hold on in ways we can't understand, you've captured the feeling well, nicely done.
spiked
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13 posted 2000-11-08 11:16 PM


Tara there is no cure for missing someone just the hope to displace that feeling with love for someone else. Beautiful poem
Rich

JamesMichael
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14 posted 2000-11-09 07:55 AM


Wow this is good writing...James
rascalx
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15 posted 2000-11-09 10:43 AM


Tara,

     You express your feelings so beautifully through your words. I know too well how difficult it is to find solace in sleep when you know that you're going to wake up alone. Waking up from dreams and realizing that they have become memories.
                Well done, my muse
                          -Jeff

Sven
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16 posted 2000-11-09 12:52 PM


I'd say that you're right Tara. . . *sigh*

Had to read this one again. . .

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That which gives light must endure burning
--Victor Frankl


Tara Simms
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17 posted 2000-11-09 09:14 PM


BDC, thank you.  To be able to make the emotions felt by the reader is high praise.  

JMLee, lol, you don't have to sound so surprised!

Sven, thanks for the bump to the top.

Jeff, I still say we should write that duet together.


Take me as I am or watch me as I go

rascalx
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18 posted 2000-11-09 10:07 PM


Any duet but that one, my muse  ) I just can't "say goodbye"
                        - Jeff

Passions Voice
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19 posted 2000-11-10 01:58 PM


Well, who says that we should say "Good-bye"?

Perhaps we should just say, "so long"  Goodbyes are so, well, just so "goodbye like"

Great poem.



passion is life. . . ~Diana

Tara Simms
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Honea Path, SC USA
20 posted 2000-11-10 05:50 PM


Passions Voice, perhaps we should write a "thanks for the memories" poem.  The good times, after all, were great.  I treasure them more than gold.  Only the end was tarnished.
hoot_owl_rn
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21 posted 2000-11-10 06:53 PM


It has been a pleasure to watch you grow blossom as a poet...your work becoming increasingly more beautiful by the poem...this is no exception. Sadly, but yet beautifully penned.
Tara Simms
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Honea Path, SC USA
22 posted 2000-11-13 06:31 PM


Sorry for the bump to the top, but I just had to thank you, Ruth for the gracious comments.  Your praise really means a lot to me.  I admire you greatly, both for your wonderful abilities as a writer and as the strong woman you are.  Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

Take me as I am or watch me as I go

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