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Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

0 posted 2001-10-12 02:55 PM

I would
If arms could reach
And heart was not so heavy
Lift your face to me

Not with the thoughts
Of being an idol or
Even clay footed a lover

Instead
To but pour into you
Some small measure of the feelings
So long carried in hidden pockets

Unable
To reach through my eyes into you
I in myopic stumble try to find words
To express and console the emptiness

So inadequate the phrases
To convey comfort or warmth
To make you feel what my arms in fashion might

Still…
I try…

Perhaps providing kindling
For you to build a fire within your own words

Decaflame
Senior Member

since 2001-05-11

Posts 1635

1 posted 2001-10-12 03:00 PM

If this were not the right combination of longing, and gratitude, I do not know what would be. This is wonderful. Indeed, this will start many fires for many, many poets.

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

2 posted 2001-10-12 03:07 PM

you have inspired me.....thank you, this is awesome!

Martie

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

3 posted 2001-10-12 03:14 PM

Capt--If words can reach, and I know they can, yours have.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2001-10-12 03:26 PM

Oh Cpat....this is very very special! Now to read what you inspired in Sea. Enjoyed!
~NancyLee~

~I've loved you forever, in lifetimes before.~

MARK V SHELDON
Member Elite

since 2001-06-21

Posts 3015
In a corporeal internship...

5 posted 2001-10-12 04:40 PM

Tender like cold palms before a fireplace... It's always a pleasure to return to your poetry, Ron.

-MVS

"Learn to let go of fear, doubt, and disbelief..." --THE MATRIX

http://www.davidicke.com/icke/index1c.html

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

6 posted 2001-10-12 07:10 PM

CPatHair~

'To but pour into you
Some small measure of the feelings
So long carried in hidden pockets'

Just lovely~
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Tiersdin
Member Elite

since 2000-11-17

Posts 2364
east coast

7 posted 2001-10-13 12:27 PM

Simply Beautiful, Captain...

~Tier

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

8 posted 2001-10-13 12:29 PM

You touch my heart...and funny, I was reading something in the park earlier today that this reminded me of....well, I'll e ya about it....but remind me, I tend to get "lost" on weekends!

Duncan
Member Ascendant

since 2001-08-07

Posts 5455

9 posted 2001-10-13 12:35 PM

Instead
To but pour into you
Some small measure of the feelings
So long carried in hidden pockets

Sometimes I think we are living parallel lives. I may say alot in a few words but you say all the things I can't find the words for. Do you have a fan club? lol

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

10 posted 2001-10-13 01:02 AM

Here now, I got off my lazy duff and found it---

The Clod and the Pebble

"Love seeketh not Itself to please,
Nor for itself have any care,
But for another gives its ease,
and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair."

So sang a little Clod of Clay
Trodden with the cattle's feet,
But a Pebble of the brook
Warbled out these meters meet:

"Love seeketh only Self to please,
To bind another to Its delight,
Joys in another's loss of ease,
and builds a Hell in Heaven's despite."

From Songs of Experience
by William Blake [1757-1827]

I was gonna say I'd wish I'd written that, but I'd be pretty dead by now...grin?

[This message has been edited by serenity (edited 10-13-2001).]

rwood
Member Elite

since 2000-02-29

Posts 3793
Tennessee

11 posted 2001-10-13 08:24 AM

No...You see things very well up close. I squint my eyes at the sun shining through your wisdom...as the longing is always a part of the desire to reach out and "be" with the one you love. Sometimes you have to give them an eye opener! Once again you amaze me...I like it that way.

Sincerely,
Regina

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

12 posted 2001-10-13 08:36 AM

Capt Hair,
This was a pleasure to read. This one is a keeper. *L*

Rick
Member Elite

since 2001-06-21

Posts 2903
Victoria, Australia

13 posted 2001-10-13 08:54 AM

Dear Cpat Hair, what a wonderful piece of writing you have presented to us today, your words allow us to imagine your own thoughts, to feel the compassion of one and the emptyness of another. I enjoyed this posting and will check out many more.

Sincerely
Rick

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

14 posted 2001-10-13 09:01 AM

superbly written....This truly could change
the feelings of another so dear.

SmittenKitten
Senior Member

since 2001-06-20

Posts 1131
where the sky and horizon meet

15 posted 2001-10-13 09:37 AM

"Instead
To but pour into you
Some small measure of the feelings
So long carried in hidden pockets"

What a lovely thought...I love this whole poem. With words and thoughts like these, who wouldn't be comforted? You do have the power to provide kindling...your words always light up something in my heart! With that said, I'm going to go store this away to read again at a future time when I need some rekindling

Hugs,
~Krista

Your beautiful words & creativity allow me to connect with the same in myself.
Thank you for having the courage to share yourself so that I can too

[This message has been edited by SmittenKitten (edited 10-13-2001).]

MyEnchanted_Melody
Senior Member

since 2001-05-30

Posts 1106
across the land of dreams. In your heart, I'd always be.

16 posted 2001-10-13 03:11 PM

Instead
To but pour into you
Some small measure of the feelings
So long carried in hidden pockets

-------------
Still…
I try…

Perhaps providing kindling
For you to build a fire within your own words

--------------------------

I have truly loved this piece.....emotions so eloquently expressed with such lovely unique images and thoughts.

It would certainly go to my library.

Thank you dearly for sharing it
********************************

Startime
Member Ascendant

since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

17 posted 2001-10-13 05:27 PM

Your words light fires in the hearts of any who read them. This is beautiful and I loved reading it. Thank you, so much, for sharing it.

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.
http://www.powerpoems.com

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

18 posted 2001-10-15 04:42 PM

The title captured me... for it's a bleak horizon. *S* I would think these compassionate, caring words would make a world of difference to someone... sometimes, we just need a mirror not warped by our own lack of vision. *S* It's a beautiful poem, Cpat.

Tracey
Member Elite

since 2001-08-29

Posts 2808
where insanity meets breeding

19 posted 2001-10-15 11:44 PM

Oh my, but this is beautiful.

I would
If arms could reach
And heart was not so heavy
Lift your face to me

I was hooked from those first lines and the poem just got better

If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please?

Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

20 posted 2001-10-16 12:07 PM

'Tis beautiful, Sir. I cannot say much more, for I am overcome by the feeling of it.
*sigh*

Sometimes the heart needs the solace of solitude and silence.

Zinsser
Senior Member

since 2001-02-27

Posts 1641
Calif.

21 posted 2001-10-16 02:41 AM

yet another....
~Connie~

RSWells
Member Elite

since 2001-06-17

Posts 2533

22 posted 2001-10-16 06:56 AM

I'd say it was a very good "try".

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