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jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2001-08-06 01:56 PM

When The Angels Came

When the Angels came
we were sitting on a rock
overlooking the vastness of creation.
We were speaking of all the things
she'd seen in her life,
everything she remembered saying,
every word she thought she'd heard,
but nothing had prepared her for the song
that the Angels sing.
It's so beautiful she'd said,
the sparkle of tears in her eyes,
you hear it inside,
not with your ears,
you feel it all over like a watercolor wash
sweeping over your soul.
When the angels came
she squeezed my hand,
love saying goodbye,
sighed against my shoulder,
and passed beyond my finite sight.
When the angels came
and her hand lay limp in mine,
I found the note she'd held so tight;
when the Angels came
she loved me more than life allowed,
but the songs she heard
were far beyond,
her love and mine.

w. james beard, jr.
(c) August 2001

[This message has been edited by jwesley (edited 08-06-2001).]

Titia Geertman
Member Ascendant

since 2001-05-07

Posts 5182
Netherlands

1 posted 2001-08-06 04:24 PM

I think this is a very sweet sensitive poem you've written, thank you.

Titia

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Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

2 posted 2001-08-06 04:39 PM

yes, sometimes you hear without your ears, you hear with your heart. Thank you for this one.

" I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be" George William Curtis"

Kay

Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

3 posted 2001-08-06 06:04 PM

This was such a beautiful, touching piece of writing, thank you. Take care......Sue

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

4 posted 2001-08-06 06:22 PM

indeed. . . this is the song of life. . .

well done my friend. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

5 posted 2001-08-06 10:43 PM

JWesley~
So touching~ So pure~
Most lovely write, my friend.
~*Marge*~

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