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Lady In White
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0 posted 2001-06-06 08:57 AM



Eye-Dropped

ever hear with your eyes?
        or see with your touch?
                   or feel with your sense of smell?

they did all that, one to the other,
while I eye-dropped them
             yes, the word should be “eavesdrop”

but they said not a word
              or I would have heard,
so I could only see all that was left unsaid
               quite by accident

for she only saw him
        he only saw her
she had turned a corner
        he held his post, standing,
watched her approach
         under his gaze, her stride became

more

         purposeful

his stanch became

more

          virtuous

but his eyes
      gave her away
                and her eyes
                       gave him stay

the distance, abridged
       the electric, sparked
               the greeting became a quantum theory

their light blinded only me
       as I eye-dropped
on what God had put together

       she raised her hand
touched his arm
                   then
        all became right in their world

I would have eavesdropped
             to hear what transpires between
a perfect union

of touch

but I was already blinded
         by an absolute

         and I beheld green
knew envy’s twine,
          when envy left
I realized the sound of chime

so then, in this world, there does reside
a place where

hope breathes
                  and love encircles

someday, I would want a reason
for someone to eye-drop me.


write with grace, all others lose face;
"Jo was very tall, thin, ... and reminded one of a colt..." LMA

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1 posted 2001-06-06 09:15 AM


And watching
with more than eyes
I saw those thing
which I held
in awe...

Very nicely done...

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2 posted 2001-06-06 09:37 AM


A quantum leap in your work. Astronomical!

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write. Philip Sidney (1554-1586) Loving in Truth


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3 posted 2001-06-07 04:49 AM


hope breathes
                  and love encircles

someday, I would want a reason
for someone to eye-drop me.
....

WOW... WOW... WOW

I think I love the concept of eye-dropping...

Regards O Lady in White,
Sudhir

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4 posted 2001-06-07 06:09 AM


"but his eyes
       gave her away
             and her eyes
                    gave him stay"

Wonderfully creative concepts you've woven into this Lady In White, beautiful phrasing, much enjoyed!  

Best wishes,
/Kit

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5 posted 2001-06-12 12:24 PM


Cpat....thank you.....those lines work for me, too....

Interloper...quantum?  thank you....

Sudhir, I enjoy the concept as well...it is very quietly done.....

Kit, sometimes creativity is hard to come by, and we need to know when to grasp it...

thank you!

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6 posted 2001-06-12 08:31 PM


LadyInWhite~
Oh, my !
How perfectly creative and admirable.
Favorite list for sure ! !

For me to pick any line to quote
as a favorite would be impossible -
Sooooooooo, I'll just keep the whole thing !
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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7 posted 2001-06-12 09:37 PM


What a read this was!  As an artist, I must feel with my eyes and see with my hands when I sculpt.  Does that count?    I loved every word of this and thank you for sharing it with us.

Michael

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"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

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8 posted 2001-06-12 09:39 PM


This was so well done!!  Very clever!!  

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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9 posted 2001-06-12 09:57 PM


Lovely style!!!  

Bridgette

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10 posted 2001-07-03 08:54 PM


Sometimes ...
there is one that gets away from us ...
This should not be one of them~

*Top floor, please !

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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