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Lady In White

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since 2001-02-12

Posts 2799
USA

0 posted 2001-02-17 03:31 PM

Peach Soleil Promises

he flung the paper
to the ground
looked 'round
took her hand
and with a brief command
said
"we'll marry,"
and tarried not they,
a Justice found
no bells to ring in
their wedding day

but she had foreseen
wearing of green
and of the war
which might not have been
but for a tyrant
a fanatical wretch
young men shipped
to certain death

one night, one night
to last a lifetime
through
she was prepared
to get him there
then be left behind
one of two

he closed the door
and suddenly the man
became so shy,
loosed her hand
she stepped back
then disappeared
moments later
she came near

the blonde of her
hair cascaded down
o'er the shift
of her peach soleil gown
it glimmered in candle
she was like a light
the man was entranced
as he felt for
the bright

her beauty, not rare
but to him it compared
to the stars in the skies
O the light in her eyes
and the shimmer of skin
seen through the
gown she was clad in
simmered
and glowed
and became akin
to a pale peach rose

came the morn
he kissed her goodbye
she held back
the sigh of her cry
she waved him on
but tarried there
then in tissue
packed with care
the peach soleil gown
that had seen his love
the peach soleil gown
that gave promise of
a return to bliss
his return to kiss
the skin that had shimmered
in the gown that had glimmered
in the pale of light
in that one night
before his leaving
for the war
before her grieving
forevermore

decades passed
the winds had shifted
from translucent tissue
the gown was lifted
held aloft
silken, soft
peach soleil
once saw a day
of love, true love
that had given promise of
a once in a lifetime
chance at a dream
a peach soleil gown
now tinged with a shade
of dusty cream

a moment revered
of one love dear.

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

1 posted 2001-02-17 04:03 PM

Oh, my, oh, my...did she get to wear it again, if so when? I was almost expecting the end to have her wearing it in her coffin, but I'm hoping that it was not the next time for her to wear it.

Mike
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since 1999-06-19

Posts 2462

2 posted 2001-02-17 05:44 PM

Nicely written... enjoyed muchly.

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

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3 posted 2001-02-17 09:53 PM

this is the type of tale of which ballads and romantic songs are sung..captivating..

Lady In White

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since 2001-02-12

Posts 2799
USA

4 posted 2001-02-17 10:27 PM

Thank you all for reading. Best we not tell one way or the other as to what actually happened, but leave it to your imagination. As Balladeer says, it leads to a song or a ballad, or perhaps, both. Thank you.

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

5 posted 2001-02-17 11:45 PM

decades passed
the winds had shifted
from translucent tissue
the gown was lifted
held aloft
silken, soft
peach soleil
once saw a day
of love, true love
that had given promise of
a once in a lifetime
chance at a dream
a peach soleil gown
now tinged with a shade
of dusty cream

a moment revered
of one love dear.
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this is very very lovely...
excellent repetative use the the peach soleil gown theme ...
superb imagery laced with a touch of sensuality.
very cool weave ...
excellent writing Lady poetess
0

As sure as God made wine
you can't wrap your arms around a memory
In the dark for me
youre the candle flame that flickers to life
~Mission UK~

Lady In White

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since 2001-02-12

Posts 2799
USA

6 posted 2001-02-18 07:33 AM

Thank you for reading, Janet Marie. You have a unique way of responding.

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