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Sunshine
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0 posted 2000-12-11 08:42 AM


Do you come back

do you come back to see
if there is a thank you
as you left for me
the kindliest note
and gentle regard

do you come back
to see if the card
has been signed in
my name
or by someone
other
for family has joined
some sisters and
brothers
and now we never
know who might
read
so all notes are
left with lines of
God speed

and good cheer is
usually in great supply
but when our words
are really good
the numbers fly

and I could spend
more time on my write
if I thought
that throughout the night
you didn’t read my lines

then my acknowledgment
that you felt this with me
and perhaps a tear
was rent
wouldn’t bring me
back time after time…

if you didn’t read
these lines…

but the numbers
continue to rise and
with ready tears
in my eyes
I hold my breath
just a bit
to see if
you’ve seen it

but your name
does not reside among
those who have read
and with ready tongue
have given of
silent applause
but if you’ve not read it
then it gives me pause

for I have sent to you
the site of this piece
I have read to you
in silence
the words that would ease
my heart
and my mind

but apparently
you won’t allow
your heart to unwind

you won’t sing your
song with me

and you won’t lend a
hark to my thee

so if you come back
and just read
and think

know that I know
when you read
for in your face
and in your screen
I have just
winked…{~,^}

10 December 2000



Karilea
If I whisper, will you listen?...
I would rather be silent and write, than speak loudly and be bound.
KRJ




© Copyright 2000 Karilea Rilling Jungel - All Rights Reserved
serenity blaze
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1 posted 2000-12-11 09:02 AM


Karilea? You've left me with one of those "secret smiles" ... as you probably already know, I can SO RELATE...thank you for writing this one!
Marsha
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2 posted 2000-12-11 10:25 AM


Kari, And who wouldn't come back, and return and return. Only a foolish soul, and there aren't that many certifiable people around surely. This is wonderful, and what is it doing near the bottom of the page. Well, I'm sending it back to the top.
(Yes it's true I am just a little biased, but not very   )
And today's lucky superlative is......
Terrific. (Congratulations Terrific, you have the pleasure of travelling all over the blue pages today   )
Kari this is terrific, it really is superb, and yes I love it too.
Take care kid  
               Majestic Marsha
                        


Take back the hope you gave,- I claim
Only a memory of the same
Robert Browning


SEA
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3 posted 2000-12-11 10:31 AM


I always come back and I always check.......too many don't....... - SEA
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4 posted 2000-12-11 11:20 AM


How could anyone not come back to read heartfelt words from you?? If I were blind, I could still move my fingers across the screen and know the sincerity printed there in your lines.....did I mention I like the way you write?  
warmhrt
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5 posted 2000-12-11 11:45 AM


Kari,

This was a very personal, sincere, and moving piece of work. I felt the words...and that means it was very well-done.

I can tell you are a very kind and gentle soul...

Kris

All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings...~William Wordsworth

BSC
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6 posted 2000-12-11 11:55 AM


Ah Karilea ~ A gentle heart is definitely read in these lines, so touching.  Bonnie
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7 posted 2000-12-11 01:08 PM


I always come back. . . and I always smile. . .

Excellent. . .  

--------------------------------------------------------

That which gives light must endure burning
--Victor Frankl


Sunshine
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8 posted 2000-12-12 01:56 PM


{now we'll see if anyone really read the words....}

Serenity...you always have my secret smiles...tuck them away dear...they are keepers...

Marsha my friend, I don't know one silly soul around here...well, maybe one...ME...LOL...thank you...

SEA...don't we though...bless you...

'Deer...once, maybe twice...yes, at least that many, I believe...

Kris...sometimes we have to hurt a lot before we can take it and acknowledge that we love that much better for the pain we've been through...perhaps in that we share a kindred secret...

Thank you little Bonnie...I always treasure your visits...

Yes Sven, you do...and I appreciate your every read...and more so, your writes...


Karilea
If I whisper, will you listen?...
I would rather be silent and write, than speak loudly and be bound.
KRJ




Marsha
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9 posted 2000-12-12 07:01 PM


Kari, I always check but you know that, and you are not a silly soul. And this is going back to the front.
Take care
                Majestic Marsha
                        


Take back the hope you gave,- I claim
Only a memory of the same
Robert Browning


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