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Brad Majors
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0 posted 2001-04-06 03:57 PM



If beauty were a rose,
then the most perfect rose
I would name thee

Beauty of form
and of heart grace thee

thy maker made thee well,
shaping and molding ,
with the gentle hands of a sculptor
working with soft clay

Petals soft and flawless,
leaves blowing gracefully
like dancers on the wind

How can one pick you
and deprive the world
of such beauty?

How can hands so awkward
hold you and not crush you?

I am but an ordinary man
reaching out toward perfection
in hope you will melt
my stone cold heart

you oh perfect rose.

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1 posted 2001-04-06 04:00 PM


Good grief, this is so beautiful!   loved this    SEA
Brad Majors
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2 posted 2001-04-06 04:03 PM


Thank you very much  
Rosebud1229
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3 posted 2001-04-06 04:21 PM


Brad, this is goes beyond romantic, I absolutely love this goes in my library.
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4 posted 2001-04-06 04:23 PM



lovely devotion!  

Take care,
Melissa~

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5 posted 2001-04-06 04:34 PM


Brad....this is absolutely wonderful....
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6 posted 2001-04-06 04:53 PM


this is so special, thank you for sharing this with us.
Brad Majors
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7 posted 2001-04-06 05:56 PM


Thank you  
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8 posted 2001-04-08 03:20 PM


The rose has long lived in romantic poetry, a symbol of purity, beauty, fairness, atonement. Your poem is a lovely way of expressing your devotion.

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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9 posted 2001-04-08 03:27 PM


I laughed out loud when I read SEA's comment: "Good grief, this is so beautiful!" Exactly my thoughts as well.

*wipes tears away* With talent like this you can surely melt any heart.

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10 posted 2003-11-13 07:54 PM


Brad, very nice!!!!
Bridgette

"Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again.  To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." Unknown


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