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1slick_lady
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standing on a shadow's lace

0 posted 2001-12-16 10:41 PM




for there is something
that I wait
it holds my heart
in hesitate
I’ve been too long
in patient sighs
here I wait
to claim my prize
advancing me
in snail’s run
daily we each count
moon and sun
north and south
it ties our tether
at the mercy of another
we wait together


"I have already paid for all my future sins."  Sade...(King of Sorrow)

© Copyright 2001 Helen Chambers - All Rights Reserved
peaches73533
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1 posted 2001-12-16 10:44 PM


May you both get what you have waited for.
Peaches

Startime
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since 2000-10-03
Posts 5918
Canada
2 posted 2001-12-16 10:47 PM


*sigh* I hope you both don't have to wait too much longer. I could feel the sadness of your waiting. **hugs**

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

MyEnchanted_Melody
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since 2001-05-30
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across the land of dreams. In your heart, I'd always be.
3 posted 2001-12-16 10:50 PM




When one waits the very ticks of time seems endless.....

I loved it Lady.....

Wonderful....

Thank you
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

rebekah33
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since 2001-12-13
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4 posted 2001-12-16 10:59 PM


I hope you get what you're waiting for....btw i love your pictuee you like ghostly and mysterious in it.
-R.

"So stop and love and dance and live and laugh until you cry" Edwin McCain

Bill Charles
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since 2000-07-11
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highways, & byways, for now
5 posted 2001-12-16 11:06 PM


1slick_lady - excellent, as always. I love to read your writings...

BC

Hypnosis
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6 posted 2001-12-16 11:12 PM


I sure hope you recieve that what you are waiting for, and it is worth it, enough to have for the rest of your life.  You have a sweet heart, you deverve it!

     Randy Meador

a life lived unexplored is a life not worth living.

Enchantress
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Canada eh.
7 posted 2001-12-16 11:15 PM


Helen, this is really wonderfully written.
Enjoyed so much.  ~Hugs, Nancy~

"A dream is a wish your heart makes..."

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8 posted 2001-12-16 11:56 PM


Here's hoping the wait won't be too long...

God bless America, my home sweet home.

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9 posted 2001-12-17 01:25 AM


Just an excellent piece about longing.  I love your work.

~*~  May the spirit of this season live in your heart all year through ~*~


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