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Faith |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
FaithI've drifted, dull, through frightened nights of blindness. Naive, I breathed the ethers of the sea. Now ragged scrap on shores of cold unkindness, come quiet the waves from pulsing, pounding me. Oh Faith, I turned - regretful, sullen, sober - away in hatred's haste and bitter loss. This nameless sense of grief became my lover, a silent deep I cannot swim across. Humility calls quick both false and fearless, as eloquence of pride, unheard, allows me breathe and know unspoken peace, lie tearless in prayer for grace and all my Faith endows. And now through few and fevered days remaining, I plead, with breath and blood in slightest rise and weight of humbled spirit, heart unfeigning, oh Faith, come lift this darkness from my eyes. Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau |
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Voiceless Senior Member
since 2001-02-19
Posts 686Under the stars upon the wind |
We all need faith... Well done ~*Peachy Be*~ |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
beautifully said....your words are so graceful....or soft.....very nice  SEA |
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Poeminister Senior Member
since 2000-02-26
Posts 1862Regina SK; Canada |
Keep Faith bold and bright thro' nights and days of dark light hold it with me, tight Claire--Beautifully penned. Poeminister [This message has been edited by Poeminister (edited 03-04-2001).] |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
o crapola this is great... sorry for the use of metaphor in my comment but this is truly great! You know the "Never Ending Story"? They're still telling it! [This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (edited 03-04-2001).] |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Your faith will see you through. All we have to do is believe. Nice writing. LW 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 |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Meadow, I'll say it again, your my kind of poet. Excellent writing and the flow just warms my heart. *L* Sy |
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Moon Dust
since 1999-06-11
Posts 2177Skelmersdale, UK |
Excellent poem, very well expressed Don't ever give in, if you do you've lost everything you've ever had and everything you hope to gain, but if you carry on your already winning. |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Very wonderful writing, Claire.... |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
My earnest thanks for reading, everyone. Not to worry, my faith is intact...this is simply a poetic examination, though we all have been there, to some degree, I suspect. Thank you, each, for your kind and encouraging responses. Always a pleasure sharing poetry with you folks. (o: Claire Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
indeed we have my friend. . . that's the wonderful thing about faith. . . it's always there. . . wonderful. . . --------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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