A dove flies from a nest...for the first time.

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Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

0 posted 2001-11-09 07:13 PM

I love you enough to, if I have to...
To let you go.

I cannot say I don’t care, I don’t worry.
I would lie within my heart if I did.
I cannot say I feel sorry
For I love you enough to give you this.

If a beautiful bird comes to me,
I will love it, care for it and treasure it.
When it wants to fly, to find joy....
I will give it a gentle push
I will watch it fly, fly ever so high
I will blow a kiss, wave with a sigh.
I will give it freedom to choose
I will let it go...but never say goodbye.

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

1 posted 2001-11-09 07:24 PM

Oh, Gosh, this is breaking my heart, my daughter's moving back to Mississippi next year and my youngest son is going away to college...and oh, gosh this just gets to me, Magnus, it really does!

Kathleen
nickname "Kay"
also wrote as The Lady of Shallot
"be true to yourself"

catalinamoon

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-03

Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

2 posted 2001-11-09 08:57 PM

Oh this touched me also. Well done, beautiful sentiments.
Sandra

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

3 posted 2001-11-09 09:00 PM

Lovely, but so sad Magnus.
Good writing here.
~hugs, Nancy~

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

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

4 posted 2001-11-09 09:04 PM

Nancy...thanx...just thinking back to a time
when I almost had to let something special go. A sad day.

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

5 posted 2001-11-09 09:05 PM

Thanx Sandra...just a mood filled evening..memories.

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

6 posted 2001-11-09 09:06 PM

Yes Irish...certainly a lonely feeling when
they leave....but even more beautiful and
wonderful is the joy of them returning.

ctowen
Member Elite

since 2001-10-18

Posts 2286
Green Mountains of VT

7 posted 2001-11-09 09:10 PM

Exceptional ... never is best said.
Love is meant to be free and on
the wings of a dove is where it
ought to be.

Great job!!

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

8 posted 2001-11-09 09:17 PM

Love isn't free if it has to be caged.
Setting it free, that's how it must be.
And may the dove of Peace fly freely.
That's what came to my mind when I read this.
Thanks, Magnus.

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (edited 11-09-2001).]

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

9 posted 2001-11-09 09:23 PM

Thank you CT...pleased that you enjoyed this.

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

10 posted 2001-11-09 09:24 PM

Midnitesun...A dove is a very symbolic figure
within our lives....Peace, beauty, warmth,
a special thing in our lives...all so
wonderful.

Lone Wolf
Member Ascendant

since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

11 posted 2001-11-09 10:02 PM

Sad, but very real write. Full of much emotion, Magnus. You've captured it well.

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

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

12 posted 2001-11-09 10:06 PM

LW...lucky you...my 1000th post since the 10th of last month.....thank you for your
remarks....loss of love can be so difficult.
Letting it go and be free is courageous.

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

13 posted 2001-11-09 10:46 PM

Magnus...Just came back to say....

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 1000th POST!

Your writing is a pleasure to read here at Passions!
~warm hugs, Nancy Lee~

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

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

14 posted 2001-11-09 10:52 PM

Thanks Nancy....I have thoroughly enjoyed
Passions since I came here last month...
You are all such enjoyable people..

Startime
Member Ascendant

since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

15 posted 2001-11-10 07:12 PM

When love is set free and it comes back it is there to stay forever in your heart. Beautiful writing, my friend.

I am sure your dove returned to the heart that loves it and grants it freedom.

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Martie

Moderator

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

16 posted 2001-11-10 07:42 PM

Magnus--beautifully expressed thought!

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

17 posted 2001-11-10 07:56 PM

Thank you Martie....and BTW...the poem you
shared was simply a beauty itself...
very similar meaning...thanx again.

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

18 posted 2001-11-10 07:58 PM

Karen,  letting the dove fly,  when you love
it...is an act of great courage and true
love.  For...it shall come back to me...if
there is true love...and I feel there always
will be...and is..  Thanx for your words...
have always enjoyed them.

peaches73533
Senior Member

since 2001-11-04

Posts 981
OK, USA

19 posted 2001-11-12 10:11 PM

Magnus,
Such courageous are these words.Hopefully one day we will all be this courageous.For when we are we help them blossom int o the best they can be.
Peaches

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

20 posted 2001-11-12 10:16 PM

If my dove grew..desired to fly, I would
nudge it, hug it and cry a tear as the
wings and wind carried it afar...I do hope
I will have that courage...

thank you peaches...once again...surely do.

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