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Children Of My Heart
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Children Of My Heart |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England 
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Children Of My Heart I had to gather to me the children of my heart For in this last year they have all scattered apart Some of them hadn't gone very far from home But others had taken off they'd begun to roam Patience was still sitting in the corner for me But she was the only one I found immediately I reached out my hand and called her name Patience returned to assist in this seeking game We, Patience and I, sought out Joy and Hope We found Joy skipping quite happily with a rope I asked her to return to live here within my heart And she said she'd visit only, but that's a start Hope was just a little more difficult to track down At one point I thought she might very well drown She's been sitting on times ever shifting sands And as she started to sink she'd lost her hands But with Patience and Joy we pulled Hope out And in a day or two she'll be able to get about Determination was just waiting for me to call I rather think he's missed us all the dear old fool He said he'd seen Perseverance down at the pub And Honesty and Truth belonged to his old club Then he told me the sad news, it made me cry He was almost crying too, for he saw Love die It seems she couldn't live all alone and afraid She was too scared of the mistakes she'd made She longed to be back in her place in my heart And somehow she literally pulled herself apart So although the children are here back within me Love isn't here, she died alone and so very sadly While all the other children miss so much her care Love died, she only lives when her touch you share Marsha Take back the hope you gave,- I claim Only a memory of the same Robert Browning |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
WOW!!! Miss MM  what an incredible write, with the most incredible images of all your hearts children...well done ~HUG~ Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Ah Marsha...your wings are peeking out of this one.... |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
very very cool Marsha ... superb use of metaphor and emotions this is very well conceived and written Sun's right ... take care jm No one ever told me ... I could get lost while standing still ... and sorrow doesnt make a sound ... as it takes away all your will. |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Oh Marsha.......this is amazing! So creative......touches the heart. You are SO talented!! -SEA |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
Tracie love, I thank you these are my growing excersise, Kari likes to indulge me with the odd drop of her inspiration, and then waits to see how I pull it together. Anyway I thank you muchly. Isn't it amazing how if I'm poked really hard I will work. Take care love MM Mushy  Kari love, thank you dear heart, I'm doing my stretching exercises, and thank you as always (But you know I shall seek retribution )love Majestic Stretching Reaching Marsha  Janet Marie love, it is all the result of my sisters of the phoenix, they think I'm too lazy. (it's true I am) Anyway they prod me to get some activity out of me, and then they show me how much higher I can stretch myself. But I must admit, 'tis exhausting, but I thank you for noticing the change. Take care love Mushy Circe love, no love I'm really not, but one day I may have enough to get by on. And now my sisters have decided that I need to shake my tail feathers a bit. I expect to be coming up with something a little different. It has always been far too easy for me to stick with a format that I find easy. My fellow sisters of the phoenix say I need to stop coasting and put some effort into it. I know they're right. Thank you so very muchly love you know how much I appreciate you taking the time to read this and you too. Take care love Mushy Take back the hope you gave,- I claim Only a memory of the same Robert Browning |
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Lady Ollyne Member
since 2001-01-08
Posts 337East Coast |
Lady Marsha, This was a most rewarding read. Thy sisters, all in names of heart, shall endure within your words when penned as this. Appreciating your wondrous thoughts, Lady Ollyne |
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Aimster Member Elite
since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297Charlotte, NC |
marsha, your most powerful and symbolic write to date (at least my opinion)...i stand extremely impressed at your amazing talent, but then again it doesn't really totally come as a surprise to me. love ya much my friend take care amy ~A true friend is one soul in two bodies~ |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
Sweetie...love will be like that Phoenix you tell me of...she will rise and be even more beautiful and precious...and for someone worthy of your heart...hugs to my sister phoenix Life's a game...but who says you have to follow the rules? |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
Lady Ollyne, thank you very muchly, I'm learning to stretch myself. Take care Mushy Marsha Amy love, how truly kind of you love, as I've said, Kari thinks I should extend my reach somewhat, and she's right as always. But I am eternally lazy about putting in any effort. Frightfully bad example I set I know, never mind she has her hands on my reins and is driving me well up to my bit. I truly thank you, and my isn't it a surprise to me that given some impetus I can be made to move. Love to you love Take care Mushy Paula love, what can I say except I know. I'll get there, my sister phoenixes won't let me plummet to the earth now. Love and thanks always Take care Mushy Take back the hope you gave,- I claim Only a memory of the same Robert Browning |
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