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Sunshine

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0 posted 2001-02-27 10:54 AM

Disappearing Acts

...I’ve looked...
high, lo
to, fro
up, down
in, out
within, around
yes
no sight
no sign
I am
resigned

gone
departed
vanished
did I mislay
or did they
stray
did they
become
obsolete
or just
become
incomplete
because of
the way I
feel
unreal
surreal
but not
unfeeling
no, never
unfeeling,
simply reeling
and the
emotion
is unappealing
not one
for my book
but look
now
they are gone

was it because
you took them
from me
stripped me
of sense
and dignity
and gone is
the equity
of times spent
now time of
repent
and in that
you took
my words

give them back
return them to me
please
and wipe away
this unease
give them back
they were mine
you did not want them
and cast them aside
until you saw
that I would hide
behind them
and not even play
peek a boo
with you

for those that
were yours
you cast about
like glass shards
and when you
dealt the last card
you cut to the quick
now, there is
no fix
even super glue
can’t put me back
with you

worse than a
torn photo
or broken glass
when you can’t
take a memory
of the past
without seeing
the unraveling
and frayed edge

I’ve stepped off
the ledge
I’ll not stand
there again
all I ask in return
are my words
for I would lend
them to one who cares
one who shares
my soul
and since there is
no one
I will just
go one
alone
but give me
back my words
in case some day
they might be heard

and let me do my
disappearing act

Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

1 posted 2001-02-27 11:04 AM

Damn straight, your words are YOUR words, I love this. (sorry for the cussin'
this time it was needed.

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

jellybeans
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since 2000-10-13

Posts 2298

2 posted 2001-02-27 11:05 AM

yep.....wow.....love this......'words' to a poet are like breath.....nice work

Sunshine

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3 posted 2001-02-27 11:15 AM

Kathleen...if this gave you a little strength, I say...use them in good health! Thank you!

jellybeans...thank you...I've been following your writings...perhaps we share the same mocassins now and then?

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

4 posted 2001-02-27 11:37 AM

Karilea--yes, there are times I would like to write like you, but never would I take your words...they are like a thumb print..they tell me who you are, and judging by this poem...they are still yours.

ethome
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since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

5 posted 2001-02-27 11:39 AM

I think you should have your words back for sure! But I'd stay away from that Krazy Glue it's dangerous you might find yourself attached to a situation that makes you extremely unhappy.....but the words! oh yes the words dear Sunshine the world is a much better place with your words in it.....take care!!

The poet is like a cocoon; in him the caterpillar of the past finds rest, and from him the butterfly of the future emerges.

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

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Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

6 posted 2001-02-27 10:05 PM

You took the words right out of my mouth, Sunshine......

Sunshine

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7 posted 2001-02-27 10:26 PM

Martie, Ethome, 'Deer...three of some of my favored writers...thank you for reading....and thank you all for sharing your feelings....

NC
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since 2001-02-20

Posts 89

8 posted 2001-02-27 11:07 PM

from what i've read of you, i believe
you'll always have "the words"

very nice, Sunshine!

walker
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since 2001-02-11

Posts 2240
Florida

9 posted 2001-02-28 04:38 PM

Words are our connection to others. If there is no understanding and we "waste" our words then that person should "give" them back. Let's not waste our words with uncaring individuals. Well expressed!

A quarter of a century must pass, for the writer to understand what and why he writes.

nona
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since 2000-03-03

Posts 139
Fla

10 posted 2001-02-28 05:04 PM

There are some words
that need to be said
and some that shouldn't
aughta.
Some words heal,
some express how you feel,
and some can cut real deep.
Please grant me the wisdom
to know which ones
I should give
and which ones I should keep.

sometimes we don't always get a chance to take our words back though..... great read
nona

Sunshine

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11 posted 2001-03-01 09:51 AM

NC, Walker, Nona....thank you all for taking time to read and comment, 'tis appreciated!

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