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Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

0 posted 2002-03-18 09:50 PM

Advice

She was covered with love
and when I hugged her
I could feel a piece of Daniel,
Daniel who had painted her lips red
and touched her cheeks with rose…
then touched her hair with flowers of
and some dark and sensual musk
that seemed familiar.

She spilled her heart
onto my teal carpet,
her hands danced around her
in a ballet that illuminated
the stage,
and then she waited for my applause,
for all those long stem roses
to be thrown at her feet
and the bow of course would be
with her arm around her heart.

Love was what she had,
and a fever of warm rain unsure
let her vulnerable open,
for she was waiting for me to say
it was okay,
okay to give everything she ever had,
her children’s feelings,
her microwave,
the quilt of life that she had thrown
across the living room couch,
to dance.

And love cannot be controlled,
not by opinion,
not by the days you took
building up your defenses,
not by broken vows
nor all the tears that rock
the salty ground,

and so I said….
go for it girl,
give it everything and enjoy
each crazy, heated embrace….
But, watch out for the stars, baby,
they follow a path that is always moving

and this minute is all you have
_________

It is Love

How many times had I seen her face
all drawn with pride,
her sigh like a prairie wind.

She tore out pieces of me then,
pulled all the briers from around the path,
I could see them roll away
across the sand where time blew.

Now she is frizzed and frayed with emotion,
all blossomed and open,
for she has just walked a long corridor
that took her to a newborn grandson
all dark curl and pinked with wail,
and in her opening arms
that pulled me to her in this love
that we call friends,
I see my own inevitable time approach.

Oh, the flowers she would spread on the bed,
all velvet and sweet to say something.
I can see her think of the grand design
that brings innocence into the world
to answer questions.

Yes, she understands this.

It is the continuance of something
that she thought she lost
when she followed her heart out the door.

It is love.

_______
both reposted and about a special friend...
because love just is...and can turn a life into a meadow.

Janet Marie
Member Laureate

since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

1 posted 2002-03-18 10:32 PM

She spilled her heart
onto my teal carpet,
her hands danced around her
in a ballet that illuminated
the stage,
and then she waited for my applause,
for all those long stem roses
to be thrown at her feet
and the bow of course would be
with her arm around her heart.

Love was what she had,
and a fever of warm rain unsure
let her vulnerable open,
for she was waiting for me to say
it was okay,
okay to give everything she ever had,
her children's feelings,
==================================
Oh, the flowers she would spread on the bed,
all velvet and sweet to say something.
I can see her think of the grand design
that brings innocence into the world
to answer questions.

Yes, she understands this.

It is the continuance of something
that she thought she lost
when she followed her heart out the door.
================================

good grief I love the way you write life...
I could go blind reading you and still see it all thru your eyes!!

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

2 posted 2002-03-19 04:05 PM

I can't improve on JM's response. *S*

These left me breathless, Martie... our choices come with a cost... sometimes that cost isn't as high as we initially thought. *S*

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

3 posted 2002-03-19 04:10 PM

"and so I said….
go for it girl,
give it everything and enjoy
each crazy, heated embrace….
But, watch out for the stars, baby,
they follow a path that is always moving

and this minute is all you have"

BRAVO!!! OH MY GOSH, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL, I LOVE IT!!! (BIG HUGGGSSSSSS) Love simply is, and love co-exists within every heart and every laugh and tear and breath we share! (kiss on cheek) This is a gorgeous dedication to your sweet friend, sweet friend, I LOVE IT, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Martie, thak you for sharing!

May love and light always shien upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2002-03-19 04:14 PM

Oh Martie!!! This is amazing writing...just amazing...and as you can tell, I am once again speechless.
Yes, love just is...and can turn a life into a meadow. What an incredible way you have with words...gentle hugs to you for this one!

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain~

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

5 posted 2002-03-19 04:29 PM

This...is why I like to be Martiesqued...

strbbux
Member Elite

since 2001-12-19

Posts 3859

6 posted 2002-03-19 05:30 PM

I don't quite know where to start. I love these lines.
"She spilled her heart
onto my teal carpet,
her hands danced around her
in a ballet that illuminated
the stage"

But then I loved them all , so may as well copy and paste the entire poem. Lovely work, spellbinding, truly wonderful. floria

Floria

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

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