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quietwaters
Junior Member

since 2002-02-04

Posts 30
delray beach, florida

0 posted 2002-02-09 12:52 PM

ink of my tears

with the ink of tears that have never gone dry,
i've traced your smile a million times
across and over the 38th parallel of my mind.
mindless, memory-scented, doodles on lip-stained
napkins on a thousand tables across
the country where your stories have been,
i trace with mounting joy, ascending sorrow,
all the years we had between.
the fireflies we chased across star-kissed
nights -- i've set them free yet bottled them
all in the widest reaches of my heart.
and doodling still...all we might have done better
before your life went over the great divide,
on a greater journey i might have shared with you
if you had waited a while.
divided griefs, multiplied gladnesses;
i will trace those cares with the ink of my tears,
and the well-remembered sound of your tread
up the waiting stairs,
till withered cheeks, and what remains of my life,
is truly said, unsaid, and done.

Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

1 posted 2002-02-09 01:02 AM

Oh MY I do LOVE the way you write.

Have I ever said Welcome here yet? Geesh..I should have! The doors should have swung wide open and loudly for you. I love your work !

For all who watch.Dare you say hello? Come in and ask the questions that are on your mind, but spare me your judgement until you truly sipped of me.

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

2 posted 2002-02-09 01:08 AM

This is poetically beautiful
Just about took my breath away!!

If you're not published, you should be.
This was just grand!

strbbux
Member Elite

since 2001-12-19

Posts 3859

3 posted 2002-02-09 09:56 AM

Bautiful work. I love this,

floria

Floria

"Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them"
(Oliver Wendell Holmes)

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

4 posted 2002-02-09 10:49 AM

enjoy

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

5 posted 2002-02-10 08:26 AM

You are a gifted writer~~~~~and remind me what poetry is......I'm bumping this up so it can be read again.

Kathleen--(Kay)
"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

6 posted 2002-02-10 08:35 AM

Quietwaters,
Good write enjoyed the read.

heather_kitn
Member

since 2001-12-07

Posts 61
In The Kokapelli's Song

7 posted 2002-02-10 09:00 AM

This is beautifully penned and lets us in to your core. I loved the journey!

-Heather

I do not seek...I find!
~Picasso~

Rex Allen McCoy
Member Elite

since 2000-01-30

Posts 2863
Sippin a Timmy's in London

8 posted 2002-02-10 09:24 AM

Beautiful writing ... nice name
I wrote a poem once, called Quiet Water
...
Reaching out to greet the dawn
nature's need of love
lives on
Within the waters
'neath the sky
treasures hide
from wasted eye
But
when caring souls
tend quiet water
their senses reap
the gifts of bother
~
Welcome to Passions

strbbux
Member Elite

since 2001-12-19

Posts 3859

9 posted 2002-02-10 09:48 AM

What a wonderfully creative poem, ink of tears. I love it, floria

Floria

"Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them"
(Oliver Wendell Holmes)

peaches73533
Senior Member

since 2001-11-04

Posts 981
OK, USA

10 posted 2002-02-10 10:06 AM

I love this.Beautifully written.
peaches

quietwaters
Junior Member

since 2002-02-04

Posts 30
delray beach, florida

11 posted 2002-02-10 03:28 PM

thank u all...

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