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The Secret Dream [revised from 9/9/99]
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The Secret Dream [revised from 9/9/99] |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart 
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The Secret Dream Come hither to my secret place, a land of sleeping dreams a hazy nether-world of childhood's spirited schemes, a land of daily conquests, a place of parables come true, come here and jubilee with me, just me and you, we two. What is it now that you would wish that you would want to be a maiden mostly beautiful, or visit your childhood tree? Shhh, don't ever tell, but my most beloved of dreams is when I'm dancing, dancing! for I am not then what I seem. Now there I am, in age where beauty is just showing slender and most nimble, soft and fragrantly glowing dressed in softest of hues, I am rainbow's lovely friend airily the gossamer moves as I shift and bend, my arms raised high, to begin the slowest of slow swirls the diaphanous skirt along my legs to gently rise and curl arms above me in my reverie to the musical beat I sway; in this fashion, I dance-sleep the quiet darkness away. Bending, moving, swaying, I'm a ballerina's quest for I've all the right strides, I'm floating among the rest, a dip, bend, a sway, my skirts drift in the dream's soft wind never tiring, I'm living for the dance, and then I live again through the darkening misty shadows comes the loving man he'll dance with me, and gliding, softly guide my devoted hand and for a dance's eternity we are one in the dream's wind never tiring, we're living for the dance, and then we dance again among all the mystic colors and rainbow hues of dream amidst all the musical tones the fading slowly begins and serenely my skirts, then feet, come to a halting stop the music now fades to gone, my arms to my sides then drop. This part of the dream is the leaving time, I shyly now look behind where the slippers were, and the rainbow dress of mine, but little sadness in knowing smile of 90 years is there as another night is before me, when I'm left in my gliding chair. 9 September 1999 ©KRJ [This message has been edited by Sunshine (edited 12-29-2000).] |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
*sigh* what a wonderful dream. . . thank you for sharing. . . ----------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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BloomingRose Member Elite
since 2000-08-09
Posts 3092Florida |
This is simply delightful! Deb  |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
I don't think there is anything in life that can compare to our childhood dreams and how much joy they gave us...I'm gonna stop having them as soon as I grow up!  Perfectly penned again, poetic persona |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
This flowed wonderfully Karilea ... beautifully composed, with such tender memories ... lovely! Best wishes, /Kit |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Sven, should we all have these dreams at 90....thank you... Thank you Deb... 'Deer, someday, perhaps when I retire, I am going to visit retirement homes, and believe in the dreams of the old, and tell them that the visions they have of the days of long gone are so very real...so let me know your address and I shall come visit you...of course, that is if you quit having a childhood... Kit...not my entire memories, just yet...but probably will be, when the time comes... |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
My grandma still has these dreams... It's awesome.. and this work is exquisite... Nicely done, my friend.. |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Absolutely beautiful, Karilea!! Nothing can take those dreams away!! Well written!! Denise |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
I enjoyed this from beginning to end. Thank you! "Every man dies. Not every man truly lives." Braveheart Kathleen |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
What a beautiful bit of writing this is! I was roaming and the title caught me and I had to have a look. The dream is beautiful but the writing surely makes it that way..... ethome |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
Kari love, when I grow up, I'm going to be just like you love. (Not that I can see it happening, well not until I learn some common sense love.) When will I ever look before I leap. Never mind, one day, I'll be older and lots wiser and can give it out to all and sundry. Who is this sundry who's always seeking advice anyway?This is absolutely truly wonderful. I love it, as I always do, and I love these poems that I've never seen before, so I'm glad you're bringing them back. That gives me a chance to add them to my library, too. Take care kid Majestic and Merry Marsha I'm not but I will be I promise Take back the hope you gave,- I claim Only a memory of the same Robert Browning |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
Recently I read "The Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks - this reminded me how much I loved it. If you haven't - I hope you read it too - this convinces me once again you're my kind of people |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Nan, nothing finer than an elder dream, is there...thank you for sharing, now I know I shall NEVER stop... so correct denise, thank you!... thank you Irish!... Ethome, when you roam, think of me as "home...", thank you my friend... Marsha, be no one but you [you wouldn't want to be me, just ask my hubby...] and by the by, I've got some of the sundry just for you...LOL... Mr. Yeats, thank you for the reading tip, I shall look for it...because I want to know what kind of people I am...thank you my friend... |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Very lovely, keep those dreams alive, thats all there is. Thanks for all your loving words in the past months. Sandra |
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