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Embers_Before_God
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0 posted 2001-04-24 10:32 PM


The soughing of the trees
With their calm, falling leaves,
The buzzing of the bees
Making their sweet honeys,
Are all I aim to please.

What better way to praise
The fog and the haze
Than by the world we raise.

Along with trees and busy bees,
Alas, come the allergies
Wafting upon subtle breeze,
Vanquishing us to our knees
With such betraying ease.

Yet life is such
A despondent maze,
A world enraptured
By sullen phrase—
A surfing craze
Holding gay hearts
Beneath its swollen waves.

It’s amongst these dancing trees,
These babbling bees,
That we may see
The hidden keys
Promising certain security,
Unlocking doors that lead,
Quite simply,
To a world waiting patiently
For us to seize.

TkB
Copyright © 2001
All Rights Reserved


Dance with me under the moon.  Touch my pale skin.  Devour me.  Love me.

[This message has been edited by Embers_Before_God (edited 04-24-2001).]

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1 posted 2001-04-25 08:39 AM


This had a calming feel, some humor, and a sense of urgency to say carpe diem.

Well done!

Mabel A. Dilley
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2 posted 2001-04-25 09:51 AM


Achoo!! Just a sec. Got to take my Allegra before reading the page. Ah, yes, I've wiped the tears away and can see the poem. Good job.

"I am not now that which I have been."

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3 posted 2001-04-26 03:44 PM


Oh, the buzzing of the bees
and the cigarette trees
and the soda water fount... uh oh. Already done and now politically incorrect  

Live for love. Without love, you don't live.


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