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| Open Poetry #12 |
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Fingerprints On My Soul |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
Turn my scarred wrists toward the sun See where the shackles of Shame once hung Bare my flesh and count the flaws Where Guilt gnashed with sharpened claws Remove the slippers from my hesitant feet Where molten Regret scorched with blazing heat Pull back my hair and with your fingers trace Prints of palmed Remorse adorning my face Do not consider this my tale of woe Or call for pity and sadness to grow Instead look to lessons learned and time gone by Wings that formed with feathered Pain to fly Each score that lies across my body and soul Created the woman that stands before you..Whole The past has made me who I am...I’ll not ask Why To deny the facts would be weaving a tarnished Lie I refuse to hide the reasons for who I’ve become I’ll not cover them for the absolution of anyone As I live on...day by day...the past will live within But never will I allow it to excuse My every sin So I ask you now to view the scars and imperfection The fingerprints of my life...unmasked for inspection Just as you wouldn’t shield your chilled body from the sun Don’t Protect me from where I’ve been...or I become No One~ **My Thanks SS for the title help...Love you baby** |
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Rex Allen McCoy Member Elite
since 2000-01-30
Posts 2863Sippin a Timmy's in London |
We are, who we are We struggled to get here and we are, who we are Excellent poem  |
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Mother_Earth Senior Member
since 2000-11-20
Posts 13701/2 year Texas & 1/2 year Michigan |
Oh, my kid, the scares and pains are not yours alone. You are my child and are from pain of long ago. I don't know why you are to carry this load by youself. Remember that you are NEVER alone and you are the strong one that got away. Live your life as you want and have others look to you for strength Love you my kid, Mom |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
BDC, Beautiful and strong words flowing from your precious pen tonight sweetie. I loved each and every word of this. All the things that have happened to us up until today, make us who we are today. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being yourself. You never have to apologize for that. I love seeing you re-emerge my butterfly friend. May you soar with the eagles on high. ***HUGS*** Take care you. Lone Wolf 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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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Turn my scarred wrists toward the sun See where the shackles of Shame once hung ====================== Remove the slippers from my hesitant feet Where molten Regret scorched with blazing heat ===================== Instead look to lessons learned and time gone by Wings that formed with feathered Pain to fly Each score that lies across my body and soul Created the woman that stands before you..Whole I refuse to hide the reasons for who I’ve become I’ll not cover them for the absolution of anyone ===================== So I ask you now to view the scars and imperfection The fingerprints of my life...unmasked for inspection Just as you wouldn’t shield your chilled body from the sun Don’t Protect me from where I’ve been...or I become No One~ =================== words from your pen ... etched on your soul ... healing your heart. empowering write of truth and self respect reclaimed baby... you are stronger and wiser than even you know yes...lessons learned the hardest of ways ... but this is you taking back what was always yours. I love the sound of a butterfly finding her voice ... your beautiful in flight baby ...    your beauty of heart and soul will be the wind beneath those wings you've earned love ya me sweet SS Some find subtlety in strangers some find subtlety alone Your eyes,you see everything my eyes,I see its all together now and I know. ~candlebox~ |
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Red-uni Member
since 2000-07-30
Posts 192Georgia, USA |
Very true what you have written. We are all of what has happened to us, I know the feeling of the scars. I have a had a hard journey my friend, but then that is okay . Wishing you much happiness.Red |
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Aimster Member Elite
since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297Charlotte, NC |
holly-- i didn't think it was possible for me to love ya anymore--but you've just proved me wrong.... this is so beautiful, and such a revealing write at who you are...i'm a firm believer in our experiences shape who we are, and you are a wonderful and beautiful person! that i do know... --you shine in this, and i can see you flying sweet butterfly. this is just so lovely--even though it does have sorrow and pain...it also has truth, justice, and power emerging from behind this. wonderful write. one of my favs of yours. "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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Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Where it not for fingerprints, there would be no identity! All that is past is past, and I see emergence to new found hope, love and freedom of hurt, and being lost...I see a beautiful butterfly that has finally emerged, about to take fligth with anticipation of wonder! I loved your poem and shall definitely read more (newby) he he ~*~A poet is someone who reads more than they write ~*~ |
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Saunni Senior Member
since 2000-07-11
Posts 1777West Virginia |
We are indeed what we are because of our past, our hearts, and what we are as individuals.. This is awesome. Sauni Sauni :) Have you ever known the color grey when the nighttime finds you weak I have, I've walked that road each time; that's where my angel sleeps |
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CocoBaci Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 3043 |
Butterfly, this is an awesome write sweetie... The beauty and compassion of your heart emanates in this poem... I always treasure reading your posts and this one poem shall hold a special place in my library... Thank you PoetFriend ~coco~ |
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Cerenity Member Elite
since 2000-02-16
Posts 2637Escondido-California |
Hi my Sweet Butterfly, This is so lovely you have grown so much in heart and soul, simply magnificent poetry here friend, 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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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
ButterfliesDC~ Upon a soul are etchings of the fingerprints of our hearts ~ Lovely, ponderous piece from your pen, dear poet. *Hugs* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Very interesting....James |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
Rex~ Thank you so much for the words of wisdom...You are a wise man...tell that son of yours Hello for me Mom~ We all come into life somehow...I'm just glad I came..the rest will work itself out. Love you~ LW~ My dear friend...we both know pain...and now we shall both know happiness...time to catch the next tail wind and FLY!! Thank you so much for always being right there when I need the support that you so freely give~ JM~ You've always told me that it was in there...it just takes me a while to believe it...I know I don't see what you see...but I've learned that you see much better than I Love you girlie...thank you for your help on this one and for reminding me where I laid my wings down at when I can't seem to find them....Angel wing hugs and Butterfly Kisses to you SS~Red~ Thank you so much for the words of kindness...the scars are what gives us character I suppose Amy-girl~ You are such a sweet angel of light...your words flow straight to my heart and not because they are compliments but because they come from YOU...thank you from the bottom of my heart sweetie...AW hugs to you~ Mysteria~ Welcome to passions! I will be sure to read your work a.s.a.p. Thank you so much for reading and for the kind reply~ Coco~ It's an honor for a poem to be placed in your library...thank you from the bottom of my heart...I am truly touched by your comment~ Cerenity~ I'm hoping that the growing doesn't ever stop...feels good to let the past go and just live life...thank you so much...Hugs to you~ Marge~ Thank you very much...It's always an honor to have you read my friend~ James~ Thank you...that I'll take as a compliment |
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EagleOne Member Elite
since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829Between a laugh and a tear... |
You soar higher with each word that flows from your heart my friend. Take care! "I've done all the dumb things"....Paul Kelly |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
So I ask you now to view the scars and imperfection The fingerprints of my life...unmasked for inspection Just as you wouldn’t shield your chilled body from the sun Don’t Protect me from where I’ve been...or I become No One~ Wonderful words, wonderful poem...not much more I can say to add to what has already been posted... ~Wynter "The worst prison would be a closed heart". ...Pope John Paul II |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
cowboy send this message: "yeah baby ... our butterfly has kicked off her shoes and now she runs barefoot across our hearts in a playful, free spirit of release. Love it--I do, when you show your teeth, but instead of biting you just gently nibble your way thru(always did like waking to your nibbles anyway)  The power and the self realization of our past can become our strength, as so wonderfully put by you in this piece. Now cowboy thinks that he will just kick back in the meadow and watch as our beautiful (and I do mean inside and out)butterfly soars even higher. Love loving you and love listening to YOUR song that you're singing these days. Watching you fly has even made me believe that one day I will sprint again and we both know how special that is to me.  warmest of hugs, Mark Christopher |
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POETIC THUG Junior Member
since 2001-03-08
Posts 42HOUSTON TEXAS BABY |
I REALLY FEEL THIS ONE.IT'S LIKE WHAT WE ALL R TRYING TO FIND. IF WE R LUCKY IT'S IN A LINE |
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POETIC THUG Junior Member
since 2001-03-08
Posts 42HOUSTON TEXAS BABY |
I REALLY FEEL THIS ONE.IT'S LIKE WHAT WE ALL R TRYING TO FIND. IF WE R LUCKY IT'S IN A LINE |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
What beauty and strength that radiates from this. For this is how God sees us. He doesn't look at all that, He sees our efforts, lifts us up, and helps us carry on. It is through this pain that we find joy. It is our past that makes our future. ~hugs~ <*\\\>< I know not what the future holds, but I know Who holds the future. I don't question YOUR existance - GOD |
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Rosebud1229 Senior Member
since 2000-04-05
Posts 1813North Carolina |
Holly this was a remarkable poem, We all relate to this, knowing somehow we are each marked somehow by our past, but being marked and leaving things behind are different, you see the past serves as a reminder not as the presence, the presence is what makes us stronger and to move forward. |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
We all bare the scars that make up the beaty of who we are. Our pasts are part of what we endure and who we become in our future... It is now time for the butterfly to take it's wings and sore into tomorrow eager for what life brings. Your words are so beautiful BDC. This is a fine example of what life can do to us and what we can learn from it, and that no matter what we can always have "us" and as long as we are happy with "us" our lives can and do go on, and we are stronger for it. I'm sorry I ramble, this really took me away to another time and place and I am so glad that you posted it. Thank you dear BDC. *s* *peace* Enjoy life...this is NOT a dress rehearsal. *s* [This message has been edited by Gentle Spirit (edited 03-08-2001).] |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
This is beautiful and shows such strength and acceptance of self... a stunning title graces an equally incredible poem! [This message has been edited by suthern (edited 03-08-2001).] |
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Celeste Senior Member
since 2000-11-11
Posts 597 |
This is outstanding. Brought tears to my eyes. I so much needed to read this today, I thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I needed this lesson. To hold tomorrow we must first be willing to let go of yesterday. |
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Chelsea~ Member
since 2001-02-09
Posts 260Ontario, CANADA |
butterflies don't cry, this is wise, moving and well expressed, I should take your words to heart and do this myself, start to heal and find the strength you possess |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
quote: This is what I've been trying to say. . . thank you. . . your work has always been good. . . now, it's getting better. . . ---------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
Eagle~ With friends like you sending the breeze my way...I can't help but fly...thank you my angel friend. Wynter~ Thank you so much for the kindness of your comments...they mean very much to me. Mark~ You run like the wind my friend...and yes I know how much that means to you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for always believing in me and seeing the things that I never did...and beating it into my thick skull until I listened...a little Take care of you my cowboy friend.PT~ I appreciate you reading and your reply..thank you very much. White Dove~ What a beautiful reply...thank you so much for sharing such words of hope with me!! Rosebud~ How true your words are...thank you so much for sharing them with me and for reading~ GS~ Never be sorry for rambling when the words mean so much...no truer words have ever been said...thank you. Suthern~ JM added her wings to the title...so I thank you from her and I thank you from me for the beautiful reply...you hold so much beauty in your heart. Chelsea~ Your signature says it all...thank you so much for reading and Welcome to Passions...my hope is that you find all the healing I have here...and more~ Sven~ Thank you from the bottom of my heart...yes...I know what you have wanted to say...and I echo your words. |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Passionate and deep work Butterflies! I really like this..... "I refuse to hide the reasons for who I’ve become I’ll not cover them for the absolution of anyone" Well said for sure... the honesty is compelling......great write!! The poet is like a cocoon; in him the caterpillar of the past finds rest, and from him the butterfly of the future emerges. |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
Ethome~ Your comments always touch my heart for I know they come from yours...thank you so much~ |
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Nate Dogg Senior Member
since 1999-11-15
Posts 1658Georgia, Fulton |
This piece is very well-written...very sincere too....brilliant work! Nathan |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
Nathan * Thank you from the bottom of my heart...I appreciate your comments very very much~ |
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