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Your Photograph
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Your Photograph |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England 
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 Your eyes are full of longing, and I see need hiding there… Your lips are smiling gently… They are whispering that you care… I know that when we meet, we’ll live, we’ll love, and how we’ll laugh… But I’ll still love you, in Your Photograph… It’s just a piece of glossy paper, measuring eight by ten… It came from miles away, and it is dated: “don’t know when”… That doesn’t really matter, and I hope that you can see… Your Photograph, is now a part of me… It greets me every morning, and it helps me come alive… And benefits from it, throughout my day, I can derive… It gives my mind a great escape, when life won’t go my way… Your Photograph, is in my life to stay… And now I’m looking at it, after asking if you care, enough to have me cross your mind, while love, with her, you share… The answer cut me to the bone, much sharper, than a knife… Your Photograph, is all that’s in my life… Old habits can be broken, same is true for older hearts… I know I need to give you up, but don’t know where to start… I stare into Your Photograph, I’ve cherished, through the years… And now your smile is stained, by lonely tears… Today, I put Your Photograph away, so I can’t see… The face I’ve come to love, that takes the breath away from me… Then someday, when my soul has healed, and doesn’t hurt to laugh… I’ll gaze once more, upon Your Photograph… Live...Love...Be grateful for both!! |
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OLIAS Senior Member
since 2000-06-20
Posts 1090Pearl city Iowa |
Sometimes we need to remove the material before we can start to heal the emotional, many truths in your write I can identify with, be well my friend. Regards, Olias. |
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Lady In White
since 2001-02-12
Posts 2799USA |
So much truth.... |
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JLR Senior Member
since 2001-02-04
Posts 1785 |
Reminds me of an old Def Leopard song, Photogragh. The midway turn in this took me by surprise, didn't see it coming. Very good write. |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Olias... Yes, I agree........out of sight, out of mind.......sometimes! thank you!! Lady in White... Possibly too true........truth is hard to swallow sometimes! thank you!! JLR... Sometimes the road turns on us just when it looks like a straight stretch! thank you!! Live...Love...Be grateful for both!! |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
As I was reading this, my mind's phonograph was playing Ricky Van Shelton's "He's Got You"... and I was thinking of how we hang onto the little things when the bigger picture is out of our grasp. *S* Well done! |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
Sunnyone, there is much to admire in your poem. Its rhythm allows for quite an effortless read and the potential of its sentiment is universal. Thanks for it. 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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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Hi suthern... Yes, we do seem to cling to memories. I think it's because we all need the security that love can bring, and when it's gone, we hold onto what is left in our hearts. Thank you so much for your input! Hi Claire... Thank you so much for your reply....I do appreciate seeing my words through the eyes of my fellow poets....it helps to reshape my thoughts. It is good to see you here...either you have been away or I have, but I'm glad we can meet up again, my friend! Live...Love...Be grateful for both!! |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Sunny, this is so full of hurt, I am so sorry you are feeling this. (Hey I have K in a bag in my closet, every photo, every note, zipped up and put away-and still I cry) Be strong my friend, and be optomistic. Luv,S |
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Tennessee Angel Senior Member
since 2000-06-03
Posts 661Tennessee |
Ah, Sunny..this one just gave me chills. I absolutely loved it and am going to read it again after I post this. Photographs are powerful things, aren't they? Wonderful read.  |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Oh, 'S', I think sometimes the melancholy parts of life give me the most inspiration. When I am feeling the most, I write the most. Thank you, my dear friend! Yes, TA, they are like ghosts that you can see and feel, but you cannot really touch them........not with your soul.......they are, after all, just pieces of glossy paper. Live...Love...Be grateful for both!! |
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