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Lift The Veil
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Lift The Veil |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA 
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Lift The Veil Lift the veil of colored sadness Draped across this beaten heart Dry the tears slowly escaping Catch my world, falling apart Unshackle hands from cuffs of iron Free legs once bound, to walk once more Open cage of gilded ivory Remove the lock from prison door Offer up embellished chalice To my lips of palest wine Quench my thirst and feed my hunger My knotted soul slowly untwine Pierce the night, now filled with silence With raptured cries of saving grace Cradle me in arms of healing ‘Till the dawn takes nightfall’s place Promise me you’ll stay forever Pledge to me your sacred vow Here at the altar of our melding Lift the veil and kiss me now ~ Ruth www.angelfire.com/pa/OriginalMinds/index.html |
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Mother_Earth Senior Member
since 2000-11-20
Posts 13701/2 year Texas & 1/2 year Michigan |
Much, much feeling in your words. It is a lovely write. Hugs, ME |
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Poeminister Senior Member
since 2000-02-26
Posts 1862Regina SK; Canada |
Ruth, Beautifully penned. Enjoyed the read. Poeminister "I drank at every vine/The last was like the first I came upon no wine/ So wonderful as the thirst" ~Millay |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
Oh, Ruth, this is just so beautiful with so much needed release of painful emotions that were holding you back. The last verse is just so beautiful, especially the last line. Best wishes to you on your wedding day~  Take care, Melissa~ |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
He will Ruth....it's written on the wind... |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
STUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!! "I walked beside the evening sea and dreamed a dream that could not be." George William Curtis |
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jellybeans Member Elite
since 2000-10-13
Posts 2298 |
gonna ditto kathleen on this one...I had the lifting of veil in mind because of the title, but i didn't expect what precursed it.....incredible expression of your heart |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Hey Hoot this is very very well written!..... I like the veil idea it makes the whole poem work so well....much enjoyed! ethome Reality seldom bears the possibilities of imagination! |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Thank you everyone for your comments. I guess I started thinking about the wedding on this one and kind of went from there. Often we were veils of many types and sometimes those veils need be removed before we can see things clearly. Thanks  ~ Ruth www.angelfire.com/pa/OriginalMinds/index.html |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
I love the idea that you used here. . . just wonderful. . . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
WOW Ruth what a wonderful write, fantastic to read and I just loved the ending...well done ~HUGS~ Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ruth--What a happy ending to the poem of your life...and a new beginning. Beautiful poem! |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
 Beautifully written, Ruth!! Wooohoooo....3 more days!!! |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Wow, wow and more wows.....you've said it so well, Ruth. I wish you all the happiness in the world, good friend and wonderful lady. The best to you..... |
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lucky Senior Member
since 2000-01-17
Posts 1601Idaho |
Ruth, Well it's down to hours now... Did that lost stuff ever get found..? Are there any last minuet changes I haven't heard about..? Where you going... I need some pics. Am I being pushy..? Sheesh... Do get back some time. dale |
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Rosemary J. Gwaltney Senior Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 997northern mountains, Idaho |
I hope your wedding day is a golden day that outshines all your past pain. And that your future is a lovely land where you two can climb the mountains together, and see sunrises on every side. Warmly, Rosemary . The spiritual wind that holds survivors aloft, plants the seeds from which bloom new hope ... R.J.G. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
This, is SO beautiful. "Lift The Veil"...stunning Mrs. ABSOLUTELY! |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Smiling here...thank you all for your replies...counting hours now instead of days ~ Ruth www.angelfire.com/pa/OriginalMinds/index.html |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
This is incredible... and so beautifully written that I'll have to borrow a few of Balladeer's "wow"s. *S* |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
This was beautiful my friend. I wish you and Rodger nothing but the best. Love, Jennifer Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats [This message has been edited by Lone Wolf (edited 02-13-2001).] |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Time to show us some photos!!! This a winner!!! |
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Elizabeth
Moderator
Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
Yeah! Pictures! Beautiful poem Ruth....the symbolism is nicely done....and I hope that everything went well with the wedding! |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Thank you everyone....the wedding was beautiful, the groom handsome and the honeymoon...well, perhaps I'll leave that part out  |
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