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Say Love is What You Will
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Say Love is What You Will |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware 
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Say love is a rose, say razor or knife Say what you will - to me it's my life Say love is eternal - or fleeting at best I live only for love till I take to my rest I've known love of parents, and sibling as well And on love for my children I always do dwell Love of friends keeps me going in times romance fades When passion withers and cools in the shade How to maintain loving when flame’s gone out Still feel heat from embers without any doubt Ask which fire is worth the stoking Or which fire is only smoking Yes I live for love, times given me reason I've weathered much - in all kinds of seasons Learned the difference 'tween true love and passion I know the good love will remain in fashion Love at first sight, or love at first hearing Can this be true love, can it be enduring Perhaps yet it's time foundations need curing Is it conviction that gives us our steering Minutes or hours, sufficient for knowledge Should have education - must one need college Is it weeks, months or years, to make conviction How do we know when we've made the connection Do fights - or tears mean one’s loves not true Do we walk away then and only rue This wasn't the love that was meant to last Not a love that we should hold onto fast I'd rather fight and kiss and makeup Know the love's solid when we share the cup Avoid the fight doesn't mean good vibrations Fighting fair learned hard, much conversation I know good love, seen solid grayhairs Say were all these lovers ensnared Seen other's too bound by tradition I don't want to end in that condition There's a test of time -when the longing Spoken or not -gives a sense of belonging The comfort level - too high to ignore Passion's wonderful – yet better than implore So speak to me, let your voice caress me Until such time your eyes can undress me For I've found in you a love to match time You're so deep in my heart - I now know sublime Share my dream for future where we two'll be one And show proudly our shining forth in the sun When I'll be yours, the love you've dreamed of United that day, bound securely in love The first duty of love is to listen. ~ Paul Tillich ~ |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
Seen other's too bound by tradition I don't want to end in that condition hmmmmmmm not sure..what condition that is Bill.....*W nice poem though ~Wynter/M "The worst prison would be a closed heart". ...Pope John Paul II |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Yes......this is beautiful, as you always write, but this one just feels like love, in all it's happiness, and comfortable, and fresh. What a pleasure to read today!! Live...Love...Be grateful for both!! |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Putting forth hope, as you always do... quote: enjoyed! |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Bill--I'm just glad that, love is. |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
Somedays promise written in your words....Im sure she is waiting... |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
Wynter - to me - tradition only - then why stay? - i suspect you understand me ~G~ Sunny - You make me smile - btw - I'm totally addicted to watching 'Northern Exposure' reruns - I see Maggie and I see you - is home like Cecily (sp?) ((I'm no Joel LOL) Karilea - Hope is my middle name ~S~ Paula- I wait too - the day will come - I must believe |
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Cerenity Member Elite
since 2000-02-16
Posts 2637Escondido-California |
Hi Wilfred, Well it looks like you covered everything and you did it so wonderfully in this beautiful piece of poetry, this is a keeper thank you I loved it. Love, Cerenity "God doesn't have to be reminded that we exist. We have to be reminded that He exist!" (Writer Unknown) |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I like the way this ends with such promise and such hope. *S* Well done! |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
I live for love also. You have said it all. Sandra |
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Voiceless Senior Member
since 2001-02-19
Posts 686Under the stars upon the wind |
Brilliant, the love just flows from this poem... I love it! ~*Peachy Be*~ |
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Celeste Senior Member
since 2000-11-11
Posts 597 |
I ponder love lately.......and so I really enjoyed your thoughts conveyed in this. Nice one, Wilfred! "One out of four people in this country is mentally imbalanced. Think of your three closest friends - and if they seem okay, then you're the one." |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
Martie- I too share your feeling ~S~ - Thank you Cerenity- I have my 'keepers' too - your words are a very high compliment - Thank you suthern- It is hope I live on - thank you Dreamkeeper- love - it's what keeps me going - it should work for you too. Thank you Peachy - neat name  - thank you - we speak the same languageSandra- you extracted the phrase i feel most strongly so - I know you heard what I'm trying to communicate - Thank you |
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