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Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2002-01-07 06:26 AM

Diary

Within the mind a diary’s kept
Of every single tear I’ve wept
Of every day and night of bliss
Of child’s warm and loving kiss

Most pages now have disappeared
Except the ones I hold most dear
The words of love most sweetly said
The gems of life etched in my head

And some I simply tore myself
The bitter notes upon the shelf
Those memories that I simply let
Fly into breezes of forget

The words I wrote in ink of black
Unleash the thoughts that take me back
To times remembered long ago
Of love denied and love bestowed

Some of life’s entries, old and worn
And those I purposely had torn
Reflect the hand of youthful age
And you were there on every page

It’s not unwise to throw away
The mind’s account of former days
The sorrow that you tore and shred
No longer sleeps in memory’s bed

It flies the winds with wings of gold
Discarded love the pages told
Mind's diary you can rip apart
But not the journal of the heart

Elizabeth Santos

[This message has been edited by Elizabeth Santos (01-07-2002 06:28 AM).]

GhostWriter_6
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since 2001-09-03

Posts 237
??Amityville??

1 posted 2002-01-07 07:47 AM

im glad i was the first to reply to this poem.. even though i am a guy i understand the reasons that a diary are kept... diaries are a way to release aggression and all that because if you have alot of stress on you it is better to put it in a book than to express it to the person that you want to .. its a way of being a mediator ....

2dalimit
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since 2000-02-08

Posts 2228
Mississippi coast

2 posted 2002-01-07 07:57 AM

Mind's diary you can rip apart
But not the journal of the heart

This touched my very soul. Excellent write.

Melton

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2002-01-07 10:21 AM

You engage the date of recall perfectly...

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

4 posted 2002-01-07 11:56 AM

Isn't it grand that we can pick and choose what to keep and what to discard..?

Keep the good stuff close to heart, Liz.. Toss the rest... You're one brilliant writer, m'friend..

Mon Cherie

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since 2001-10-31

Posts 922
Land of Never-ending Summers

5 posted 2002-01-07 12:34 PM

This poem really touched me deeply, coz my diary means alot to me too!
Every page is filled with a different story. Life's daily adventures, the experiences in love, the hurts, the pains of growing up. It is so much a treasure of my life. I am never apart from my diary. I think I have 3 now.

I write too much and too long.

_,,,^.^,,,_
Florence

jwesley
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since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

6 posted 2002-01-07 01:56 PM

Excellent Liz...

jwesley

strbbux
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since 2001-12-19

Posts 3859

7 posted 2002-01-07 01:57 PM

Oh my gosh Elizabeth, you have no idea how I relate to this, I tried keeping a journal and all the happy pages were fine, but the sad and bitter ones I could not look at so I ripped them all out..But what of the mind? How do you get them out of the mind? You don't. You just fill your heart with the love of God and He sees you through.. this was magnificent and is now my favorite poem. floria

[This message has been edited by strbbux (01-07-2002 01:58 PM).]

His Poet
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since 2001-12-18

Posts 750

8 posted 2002-01-07 02:01 PM

Your poem is wonderfully written. It flows and carries the reader along a heartfelt path. Cheryl

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

9 posted 2002-01-07 10:03 PM

YAY!!! (smiles) And your loving heart always shares the entries of your hearts journal, which shows all the love and beauty you hold close forever in memory! (kiss on cheek) We all love you so much, sweet friend, may the journal of your heart forever be filled with happiness! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Elizabeth, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

10 posted 2002-01-07 10:12 PM

Elizabeth...this is poetry perfection in the journal of my heart.

~* A dream is a wish your heart makes... *~

heather_kitn
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since 2001-12-07

Posts 61
In The Kokapelli's Song

11 posted 2002-01-07 10:18 PM

This is utterly beautiful!! If only affairs of the heart were chouce, so much heartache could be forsaken. But then again, could we really love without it?

-heather

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

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

12 posted 2002-01-07 10:24 PM

THank you for your many kind comments
These go into the journal of the heart
Thank you all so very much
Liz

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

13 posted 2002-01-08 12:16 PM

Liz - Many a time I went to throw out or even burn diaries I kept but stopped myself for the simple reason that in the bad there was always some good, and above all else some experience gained. I kept them, thank goodness to read and hopefully learn from them. I absolutelly loved this poem, and you are turning into a "poem machine" of excellence, keep it up!

~*~ Carpe' Diem ~*~

Duncan
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since 2001-08-07

Posts 5455

14 posted 2002-01-08 12:48 PM

Exactly! The mind can be edited...not so the heart.

peppermint35
Senior Member

since 2000-05-28

Posts 1106
Texas, USA

15 posted 2002-01-08 01:25 AM

May I say brilliant; it shines..

This is a keeper, Elizabeth.

All our life's experiences make us who we are.. and what we can survive, we are strong enough to bear.

Thank you for sharing this..

Hugz,

Pepper
"A poem is the very image of life expressed in its eternal truth."
Percy Bysshe Shelley

Ocelot
Junior Member

since 2002-01-07

Posts 40
Texas

16 posted 2002-01-08 01:43 AM

I'll make sure and keep this one in the diary of my heart.

+| ... Ocelot ... |+

LngJhnAg
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since 1999-07-23

Posts 3508
Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion

17 posted 2002-01-08 10:27 AM

This is so beautiful, Liz. Having been given a slight glance at your diary, I feel so blessed to know you.

Startime
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since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

18 posted 2002-01-08 10:30 AM

Oh my gosh have you ever said it right....that is exactly the kind of diary I have too. *sigh* I love this masterpiece. Into my library it goes. **big hugs**

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

Kethry
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since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

19 posted 2002-01-08 04:00 PM

Elizabeth,
a key to your heart's write...how intruguing. I keep a diary if only to plot the journey and this is a perfect reflection of my thoughts...although I could never had said it like this.
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

20 posted 2002-01-09 10:12 AM

I once burned my diaries... but destroying the words didn't erase my past or make the scars disappear. Instead, I lost account of the day to day blessings that kept the more memorable tragedies from overwhelming me... it's a mistake I won't make again. *S*

I love this poem, Elizabeth... it flows flawlessly straight into my heart. *S*

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

21 posted 2002-01-09 12:10 PM

Oh Elizabeth, this is just wonderful!! I loved it. Chris

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

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