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dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

0 posted 2001-05-14 09:17 AM

does the silence
overwhelm you
when you need to hear
the voice...

among the stillness
of the night
do you wait for a glimpse--
by choice...

does your body shiver
involuntarily
when you need to feel
the embrace...

do you dwell within
reality
while dreams, and hopes
you chase?

...the silence overwhelms me
when i long to hear the voice,
yet i wait, and hope, and dream--
and i'll fall again--by choice...

-dgvarner
5-15-01

"...if i ran away,
i'd never have the strength
to go very far..."

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

1 posted 2001-05-14 09:24 AM

interesting...what is 'the voice'?

do you mean the voice of one who loves you?

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2001-05-14 09:29 AM

Thats a bunch of yesses and maybe one no...but yes I want her...and her chocolate kisses...I got one today and I'm happy...James

dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

3 posted 2001-05-14 09:39 AM

VAS.."the voice" of one you long for..

JAMESMICHAEL..good for you, on getting your kiss today...

kisses are a good thing..contrary to what my 3 yr old believes...lol

thanks for reading..hugs, g

Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

4 posted 2001-05-14 10:54 AM

I read this several times, it had a lot of meaning for me, thank you for posting this.

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

angelswing
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since 2000-02-10

Posts 705
United Kingdom

5 posted 2001-05-14 12:42 PM

I so much know what you mean here, That whole feeling thing, I can never quite work out if it's a happy feeling or a sad one as the expectation of the wait can be quite tingly and nice . Fantastic poem, so well written, Thanks .
L.of.L. Tommy .
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Try not, do or do not, there is no try .
- Master Yoda -

Parker
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since 2000-01-06

Posts 3129
ON

6 posted 2001-05-14 02:06 PM

dg... I think I know what you mean... The voice is so many things too.. An unexpected or expected letter in the mailbox hand written. So much nicer then email. A whisper phone message when your not home. so many things...

Really loved this piece.

Parker

dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

7 posted 2001-05-14 02:48 PM

KATHLEEN..and thank you, for reading..

i'm glad you liked it..

TOMMY..yes! exactly! thank you so much for your response..

PARKER..yes! and that too! so many things speak in such a way, that it is just what you long for..

thanks for finding me..

i'm so happy that i have a place i can come to where i make sense to someone besides myself..LOL

hugs, g

Jon Mewett
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since 2000-03-04

Posts 1304

8 posted 2001-05-15 02:53 PM

Silence........so wonderful and meaningful......by choice..........my choice ......but sometimes reading is not enough.

Just passing thru........DGV.....couldn't help but comment on your fine verse.

stay warm

Jon

RMW
Senior Member

since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

9 posted 2001-05-15 04:45 PM

dg....loved your poem....and your comment to a comment....about being happy that you've found a place to come to where you can make sense to others...as well as yourself. Isn't it the truth. Bob

dgvarner
Member Elite

since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

10 posted 2001-05-15 07:24 PM

JON..its always so good to be graced by your "presense" as you pass thru

thank you..and i will stay warm..even if it kills me...lol

take care, jon!

BOB..thanks so much..i'm glad you enjoyed it..theres another one that went along the same lines..however, its posted under the name fallen rain..

if youre interested..

many thanks for your reading me!

hugs, g

EagleOne
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since 2000-03-07

Posts 2829
Between a laugh and a tear...

11 posted 2001-05-16 05:18 AM

"...the silence overwhelms me
when i long to hear the voice,
yet i wait, and hope, and dream--
and i'll fall again--by choice..."

Excellent work, you've described the feeling so well. Always a pleasure to read you, take care!

"Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our
feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly." ~unknown

dgvarner
Member Elite

since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

12 posted 2001-05-16 02:02 PM

many thanks EAGLE..

good to have you stop in!

hugs, g

joycerogers
Member

since 2001-05-16

Posts 83
Texas

13 posted 2001-05-17 03:22 PM

This captures so eloquently the soul of a woman who waits and hope that "he" will call or better yet...come by. Just to be in the very presence of his voice would make her night...even if afterwards, she may not see him for a long time or ever again.

Keep the ink flowing.

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

14 posted 2001-05-17 04:14 PM

yes, yes, yes to all of the above., and I absolutely believe in choice.........loved this,

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

vlraynes
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

15 posted 2001-07-14 12:20 PM

dg-
  Wowwy, wowwy, wowwy!!!
  This is AWESOME!!!
  I LOVE IT!
  I can relate all too well..

  love and hugs,
  ~vicky

"...until you have read the verse on his
heart, you have not truely met the poet."
-vlraynes

kaile

Member Ascendant

since 2000-02-06

Posts 5146
singapore

16 posted 2001-08-22 06:34 AM

the first stanza spoke to me tonight...i felt suffocated by the silence and really needed to hear someone speak...

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

17 posted 2004-04-21 04:04 AM

this is good...I can relate

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