She’s A Keeper inspired by the title of Sunshine's I'm A Keeper

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Marsha

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since 2000-07-10

Posts 7423
Maidstone Kent England

0 posted 2002-03-25 12:54 PM

She’s A Keeper

She keeps a pressed rose from a bridal bouquet
A knot of pale ribbon she wore that day
She keeps them safe in a box of delight
Then takes it out in the darkness of night
At the bottom a faded letter lies
Pages browning, words filled with sighs
His photograph is cracked and a little dim
She presses her lips to it, as she would to him

Looking back she asks did I make the right choice?
Was she fated to always silence her voice?
Her vows she took and meant seriously
Now she pays the price by being lonely
She keeps her promise, her treasure chest
Only retreats into dreams for briefest rest
No one but she knows the price she’s paid
No security just her life betrayed

Her little bits of treasure no wealth is here
Her spirit is broken she’s full of fear
No way out except if she opens the door
That’s unlikely while she’s on the floor
She’s broken of spirit she’s lost her way
But kept her vows come what may
She’s a keeper of promise a keeper of true
No one told her she’d lose more than you?

Marsha

To give light to them that sit in darkness..... to guide our feet into the way of peace Luke 2:79

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

1 posted 2002-03-25 01:02 PM

And you talk about how utterly wonderful my
poetry is??????

Guess what....I think you did it...NOW you
have forced me to write another good one...

BTW...I am wearing a helmet now, just in
case of the bonk on the noggin!

Aimster
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since 2000-02-19

Posts 4297
Charlotte, NC

2 posted 2002-03-25 01:10 PM

Marsha,

sweet sis...this is so beautiful!
You always write with such a gentle
grace and beauty and this one is
certainly no excpetion! just a very
well written piece, beautifully
expressed from the heart! you're on
fire girlie...keep them coming!

take care. i love you.
amy

"you can't stop
the rain
from pouring down
can't stop the
world from turning 'round
can't stop me from
loving you
no matter
what you do

strbbux
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since 2001-12-19

Posts 3859

3 posted 2002-03-25 01:18 PM

Oh my Marsha you are on a roll....Yes you are, this is lovely, sad, bittersweet.
All those things that a great poem has in it.
"She’s a keeper of promise a keeper of true
No one told her she’d lose more than you?"

Oh how touching those last two lines are. floria

Floria

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

Decaflame
Senior Member

since 2001-05-11

Posts 1635

4 posted 2002-03-25 01:47 PM

And what person, male or female
has not asked themselves while
still walking the path they trod
if they would question once again
the mighty hand of God?

Very well done, Marsha! I think our readers will be very pleased to know you were so inspired, and this! This came from your pen...!!

Martie

Moderator

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

5 posted 2002-03-25 05:58 PM

Marsha

Beautful treasure box of words you have written. Much enjoyed!

Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

6 posted 2002-03-25 09:31 PM

A beautiful treasure of a poem, Marsha...
Its a keeper

~hugs~

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

7 posted 2002-03-25 11:58 PM

(smiles) Awwwwwwwww, this is such a gorgeous flashback on a woman's timeless keepsakes and the memories she has, sweet friend, I think we can all relate to these feeling just thinking of the objects that are symbolic of those times! (kiss on cheek) This is wonderful, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Marsha, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Kethry
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since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

8 posted 2002-03-27 05:10 AM

Marsha,
this is a keeper and you will need one if you keep racing ahewad like this.
Keth

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

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

9 posted 2002-03-27 07:12 AM

Sometimes, sometimes, it is not what we keep, but why we keep them...

I am so very glad I was a bit of inspiration to you, Marsha...sometimes I think you don't need any help at all...

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