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1slick_lady
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standing on a shadow's lace

0 posted 2001-07-10 01:23 PM



Burnt

smoke rises
ashes fly
a product
of blaze
you can
not deny

how quickly
kindling feed
a spark
dries wet
fueled feelings
exploding need

emotions flare
fire hot
deep within
burns slow
where cold
has been

too soon
we learn
painful truth
in touch
of glow
fire burns

"...the rest is silence" (Hamlet)  Shakespeare

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1 posted 2001-07-10 01:39 PM


This I liked muchly, as it reminds me of one my favorite poems--"the lesson of the moth" By Don Marquis...it's an interesting read, if you can't find it, I'd be happy to send it.
g-hm
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2 posted 2001-07-10 01:43 PM


Once you've been burned it's hard to get over.
Time heals everything, remember that.

bslicker
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3 posted 2001-07-11 03:09 AM


Out of the ashes, the phoenix will rise

A smile a day keeps the world in smile's.
Bernie Slicker

ethome
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4 posted 2001-07-11 06:27 AM


Yes in touch of glow fire does burn...well written!
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5 posted 2001-07-11 09:33 AM


nicely done! hard, once burnt to reach out again, but time does help....

As usual, I enjoyed the read a great deal!

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6 posted 2001-07-11 10:54 AM


enjoy
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7 posted 2001-07-11 11:28 PM



A smile a day keeps the world in smile's.
Bernie Slicker

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