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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
What honour is there Holding fast to memories And letting love go We all have wings...some of us don't know why |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Paula in my experience I let go of love simply because it is not as much fun when the one you love doesn't have any to share with you...I always think of love as something to share...James |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869 |
memories are nice but such a waste of time sometimes...they seem to have a way of overpowering you..enjoyed Paula..HUGS ~V~ A poem is never finished, only abandoned. - Paul Valery (1871-1945) |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
Yes, it is quite a good question, but what I believe in is that true love is really the only true love, and it should be shared and without selfishness or greed. If it doesn't, it isn't love. So if it isn't that, it just has to go. (sad sigh) So sad but true. Excellent haiku, my friend, thank you for sharing! May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
A heart should not try to hold ... something that will not stay. Grant love wings ... allow it to fly ... when meant to be ... it shall return another day. Poets have asked and answered this question ... in so many a different poetic way. This heart knows from trial and error, tis MUCH harder to love and let fly ... than it tis to poetically say . needless to say ... your senyru had its emotional intended and required impact ... very well done Paula-girlie ... love your sig, btw "she calls me baby ... she calls everybody baaaaby". ~jc mellencamp~ ;) |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
Sweet James...love is sharing babe...but sometimes the memory of love holds you in its grasp and blinds you to a real and lasting love that can be held and nurtured...honour doesnt warm your bed or your heart Victoria...you said it...even when the memories are still being made... Noah...there are times when love disguises itself...its there in the funniest places...you just have to be willing to look Janet...well letting go can be hard...who wants to cause or feel pain? But there comes a time when you have to decide and thats difficult and scary...thanks glad you like the sig...U2 I believe |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
"...honor doesn't warm your bed or your heart" Good love, enduring or short-lived, is FOREVER in it's time-space. It was not only for the lovers but was shared by all who felt it's warmth and/or saw its glow. A bystander seeing the pair of you, fingers entwined, love radiating from you like rain from a cloud, smiles, feels warm, is touched inside and goes away never knowing whether your love lasted or died, but always feeling that moment as something special in their life. So love touches many (unknown to you) forever, though for you it may have died in the present; the honor in memories (though you may choose to try and hide them) lies in all those touched by the beauty of the love you shared, much as a rose spreads it petals for all to see, then fades and dies, gone from the bush that produced it, but never-the-less a beautiful thing - now only a memory to all it touched. jwesley |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Well said Paula.... |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
Paula dear heart, this is excellant you do these as easily as breathing. It's as much as I can do to them at all. Absolutely first class work love. And how I wish i could distill my stuff down to the purity of yours. Thank you love into the library you go Take care love Mushy  Perfectttttttttt Take back the hope you gave,- I claim Only a memory of the same Robert Browning |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
That's such an excellent and intelligent question! Well done! |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
Jimmy...WOW...my intent was to say there is no honour holding on to a love thats no longer there at the expense of a new love...I know love touches more than those doing the loving...just reading here lets others feel a part of what you feel...but you made me think Jimmy you made me think Sunshine...LOL thank you Marsha...cmon girl you can do this...one word at a time LOL...thanks sweetie |
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Pixydust Junior Member
since 2001-01-14
Posts 36 |
"What honour is there holding fast to memories and letting love go?" Well, I personally believe that memories are GOOD. Yes, if the person isn't a part of your life anymore, there is a need to let the love go, but memories are worth holding onto. Those memories are the ones that make us who we are and keep us from making the same mistakes twice or putting a smile on our faces on a really hard day. Yes, they can also hurt, but I can't imagine my life without memories. Hold tight to them...they'll carry you far.  Take care of yourself, Pixydust |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
I sure don't have a good answer for this one, but I know that without honor, all else is lost. Kathleen |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
Pixydust...I never said memories were a bad thing...its holding onto the memory at the cost of something in the present that I am speaking of. Thanks Kathleen...yes you have to be honourable in all you do...but you can carry it too far...and pay way to high a price...thank you |
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EagleOne Member Elite
since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829Between a laugh and a tear... |
Excellent work Paula! There is a lot of complexity woven into this short question. " I have seen without perceiving I have been another man Let me pierce the realm of glamour So I know just what I am"....Dweller on the Threshold, |
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Robert Joseph Member
since 2000-10-07
Posts 491South Carolina |
Paula, few words triggering volumes of thought! Greatly enjoyed, Robert Joseph |
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