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I Can't Promise
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I Can't Promise |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England 
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I Can’t Promise I can’t promise that I’ll be forever faithful to you I can’t vow that I’ll be eternally only yours it’s true None of us knows our fate or what will come to be I don’t know if my love will flow ever on constantly Or if like a butterfly I will lightly fly off once again Never resting long never letting my heart feel pain But for this one moment, this one time and place I can say that I looked at love and saw it in your face I can’t promise that my heart won’t ever break free I can’t vow that I’ll stay with you forever contentedly It’s not for me to know what my future holds in store I don’t know if I will be here with you for evermore Like a breeze that gives a breath of air on a hot day I might wander away from you or I might just stay But for this time you have me here lying beside you I can say that these words and my deeds are now true I can’t promise that I’ll never want to wander away I can’t vow that my heart won’t want to go and play I can’t foretell my fortune or read my ultimate destiny To declare that you are the one is not in my ability As a wave brushes the shore with it’s fleeting caress Flowing in and then retreating never pausing to rest But for this instance my touch is against your skin I can say that you stir my fire that burns here within I can’t promise that by your side I’ll always ever be I can’t vow that I won’t stay with you only fleetingly It’s not for me to say that the future holds for me this That I’ll never wish for another’s touch or their kiss Just as a cloud that is ethereal and insubstantial as air Floats in the sky and then is suddenly no longer there But for now I'm here and you can bathe in my song I can say that with you right now is where I belong Marsha Take back the hope you gave,- I claim |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
I really like this one Mushy! "But for now I'm here and you can bathe in my song I can say that with you right now is where I belong." If you can't promise all those things then these lines are the way to think....very good!! |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
this is very honest. . . and realistic. . . I like it. . .great job love. . .  -------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
liked it |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
SweetSisterOfMyHeart~ Oh .... so honestly portrayed. I enjoyed it all .... knowing you as I do ... but this line .... oh, this line 'As a wave brushes the shore with it’s fleeting caress Flowing in and then retreating never pausing to rest' Yes .... as quickly as it kisses the shore - it returns from whence it came ...  LOVERLY ! I'm adding it to my Swipe-A-Thought file.  Sweet Hugs~ ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
a very honest, sincere poem...many hugs to you. "This rose has seen red, I have been blue |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
quote: One fortunate lady.... |
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