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Martie
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0 posted 2001-02-27 11:58 AM


(reposted for a friend)

Freedom is a Gift of Love


Where has that glistening gone
that beckoned me to take
that narrow precarious trail
across the mountain with its charming?

How it whispered
like wings
in the distant appeal
of a river’s song,
come and play
this dancing water
that waits near the precipice,
it said.

How the sound soothed this withering.

I tore this satin skin
in the winding
and was lost,
the trail behind me swallowed
by the feelings that fell from me
like tattered leaves.

Now that I have come so far
I can see just beyond the rise,
the road paved
with your sweet waiting.

This freedom is a gift of love.


© Copyright 2001 Martie Odell Ingebretsen - All Rights Reserved
Sunshine
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1 posted 2001-02-27 12:04 PM


Martie, your friend is a fortunate person to have you in their life...this is lovely...what a song!
Wilfred Yeats
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2 posted 2001-02-27 02:01 PM


"I can see just beyond the rise,
the road paved
with your sweet waiting.
This freedom is a gift of love."

and there'll be smooth going frome here on
Loved this Martie


Seymour Tabin
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3 posted 2001-02-27 03:41 PM


Martie,
I do so enjoy your writing. Sy

Aimster
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4 posted 2001-02-27 07:53 PM


"This freedom is a gift of love."

*sighs* this is just so beautiful!
i always enjoy reading your work and
this was certainly no exception.
this has just such a lovely and tender
meaning to it...made me smile. thank
you for sharing this w/ all of us.

take care.
amy

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart & can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."


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