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mauddib
Member

since 2002-01-12

Posts 119
melbourne australia

0 posted 2002-01-16 05:52 PM

A letter blonde with a hair trigger.
Anna is;
Fancy and fragile.
Like fine blue crystal
set upon a rocky cape.
One inch a above a violent tide.
An orphan left to struggle
in the water spilling from her eyes.

It was to be her last Christmas.
Spent on a doomed liner that went down fast.
Straight past that point.
And swallowed in an instant by the terror filled deep.
Molested by the darkness as the silence steals her screams.
Taken;
Anxious in the surf of the piranha like cold.
Tucked in nice and tightly sinks
a frightened little girl.

Echoes from her childhood,
Bubble and bob and bump into Anna like strangers on a busy street.
Vaguely familiar.
They are the planks left strewn from her ship.
As serendipity buys her one feeble grip.
Just long enough for rescue by the not to soon the dawn,
Washed up drenched and stranded,
Marooned on her bedroom floor.

I still see her there from time to time,
As I fly high over head.
She is always busy on her beach
building large letter bonfires that spell out S.O.S.
Frantic in throwing back bottles she has previously sent.

Damn this ocean your mote!
This world you have made flat.
Countless search parties left,
Not one ever came back.

So left am I.
To tread the hot sands of distant shores.
Still hearing your shrieks,
From shark infested sleep,
As similar water splashes my feet.
While I search for you by name,
That prescious sound.
But amid a million other voices,
Too faint comes the shout.
And with your back pressed hard against your door,
White sails paint a sunset,
and I hear the mermaids call.

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

1 posted 2002-01-16 06:02 PM

(smiles) Oh my gosh, this is sooooooo wonderful, sweet friend, I can feel such emotion and sensitivity shining in every word! (sigh) May he find this mermaid of his heart and reach out to embrace her and console her with comfort and joy! (big hugggsssss) We all love you so much, sweet friend, this is beautiful! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Greg, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Mac Attack
Member

since 2001-12-12

Posts 100
Ontario, Canada

2 posted 2002-01-16 06:40 PM

WOW! This is fantastic. I thought it was great. I've read it a few times, but have been too caught by the piece to offer any suggestions, so....

Congrats!

mauddib
Member

since 2002-01-12

Posts 119
melbourne australia

3 posted 2002-01-16 08:58 PM

thanks to mistletoe and mac
this one is special
i appreciate your kind words

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