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SEA

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Member Seraphic

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with you

0 posted 2002-02-23 01:18 AM

Selfishly
with out thought
of self
careful placement
heart on shelf
for so many years
through unrequited
hidden tears
gave to a fault
fault her own
(at the time
it was unknown)
never now
not even then
would she be
more than friend
and still she loved
while letting go
wishing only
that he could know
no longer does
she sit and cry
no more endless
wondering ‘why’
just “I love you
my friend…..good~bye"

~SEA~

Duncan
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since 2001-08-07

Posts 5455

1 posted 2002-02-23 01:29 AM

and still she loved
while letting go
wishing only
that he could know
no longer does
she sit and cry
no more endless
wondering ‘why’
just “I love you
my friend…..good~bye"

I don't know a more painful letting go than this. From either side. You have helped me to sleep tonight, whether you understand why or not. And once, just for you...I sigh.

SEA

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Member Seraphic

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with you

2 posted 2002-02-23 01:41 AM

thank you Cowboy
that means a great deal to me

Larry C

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since 2001-09-10

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United States

3 posted 2002-02-23 02:00 AM

Susan,
Closure...perhaps. But a painful reflection, even for me.

Saunni
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since 2000-07-11

Posts 1777
West Virginia

4 posted 2002-02-23 02:01 AM

Sea, I so hate good-byes...and letting go is SOOO hard. This is a wonderful write! Wish I had the words to describe it!

Sauni @~~~>~~

The Sun Shines
Not On Us, But In Us
The River Flows Not Past,
But Through Us

Auguste

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Posts 3953
By the sea

5 posted 2002-02-23 03:17 AM

Susan,

I have to tell you, this broke my heart because I've been and even now am, exactly where the character in this poem is. This truly dove too deeply into my most hidden feelings. When you can do that, when you can touch a person this personally, please know that you certainly are a poet, my friend. *hugs* and a kotc

me

Michael Auguste~
There is more depth to the heart than the mind can comprehend and it only has boundaries when we choose to fence it in.

CocoBaci
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6 posted 2002-02-23 04:38 AM

sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....
A precious gem of a poem you penned here sweetieSeaDearPoetFriend2me...
Hugs2uAlways
*~coco~*

Silver Streak
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since 2002-01-02

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7 posted 2002-02-23 07:38 AM

Susan,

"neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. NIV Romans 8:39."

Only with the Love of Christ deep in our hearts will we be able to find peaceful release of pain, without losing the wonder of love.

((Susan))
-newell

Sharing God's Love through perfectlovepoetry.com

Copyright: 2002 Newell Elsworth Usher

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

8 posted 2002-02-23 07:57 AM

A wonderful tribute SEA...I was struck by three readings how this could be for a friend, a lover, a child, a parent...

you are becoming all encompassing in your writings...

tell Jezzie she will do well to follow your examples...this is a glorious write...

SmartChick
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since 2001-09-23

Posts 7081
On A Journey To The Unknown

9 posted 2002-02-23 08:02 AM

This is a beautiful write, Sea. Saying goodbye is so hard to do. The picture is just beautiful.

Spirit Of Twilight
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since 2002-01-11

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10 posted 2002-02-23 08:47 AM

It really hurts to let go and you've written about it so beautifully. Thanks for the wonderful, intense read.
Neha

Marsha

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Maidstone Kent England

11 posted 2002-02-23 08:56 AM

Circe darling girl this is soooooooo incredibly well written, letting go is never easy and this is a stunningly good write.

As always the flow is divine and the structure is flawless, I doubt if you could write a bad poem if you tried. Wonderful utterly wonderful work simply the best.

Love and warm stuff
As always
Mushy

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

Rex Allen McCoy
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12 posted 2002-02-23 09:21 AM

Truely enjoyed this Sea
certainly glad I found it this morning
~

Mistletoe Angel

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Portland, Oregon

13 posted 2002-02-23 09:28 AM

(tears fall down my cheeks) Oh Susan, this is so very sad, I believe there is no sadder word than goodbye, my heaty goes out to all who have to experience this! (kiss on cheek) This is so sad but beautiful, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Susan, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Zinsser
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Calif.

14 posted 2002-02-23 10:28 AM

Love this.... beautiful...

marya2
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15 posted 2002-02-23 12:23 PM

my deep condolences to you. this is laced in sorrow

marya

amusemi
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A State of Disarray

16 posted 2002-02-23 12:40 PM

Beautiful...

Aimster
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17 posted 2002-02-23 12:40 PM

Susan,

Beautiful poem you have here SEA-girl.
This brought a few tears to my eyes
and touched my heart greatly. You always
write with an amazing gift of awe and
grace...just wanted you to know I admire
your work greatly...i think i've said that
to you once or twice before but nothing
wrong with a little confirmation now
and again. take care hon.

amy

"Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't
mean they don't love you with all they have"

Janet Marie
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18 posted 2002-02-23 01:59 PM

no longer does
she sit and cry
no more endless
wondering why
just I love you
my friend ...good~bye"
==========================

I know all too well how hard and long the journey to this place is....but the freedom found in the release is worth the cost.
seperates the moths from the butterflies

bittersweet beautiful write of heart Sea-girlie.

Bill Charles
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since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

19 posted 2002-02-23 02:27 PM

SEA - another one of your beautiful writes. You do have a flowing pen...

BC

Ivy Rose
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 1300
MA, USA

20 posted 2002-02-23 02:31 PM

SEA...Beautiful poem; though somewhat bittersweet. Excellent writing skills showing through in the metaphors used.

***Ivy Rose

Suetang
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since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

21 posted 2002-02-23 04:07 PM

Hello Susan

I felt so much beauty and sadness in your words that were so obviously written from a caring heart.

Take care......Sue

Suetang

GenXer
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22 posted 2002-02-23 04:34 PM

Sea - To love and not to have that same feeling returned is very painful. Nicely done.

Dave

Nightshade

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just out of reach

23 posted 2002-02-23 04:48 PM

Lovely SEA..just lovely. Chris

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

ShadowRider
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since 2001-07-14

Posts 1038
USA

24 posted 2002-02-23 11:13 PM

Sea:  Goodbyes with an I Love You attached are perhaps the hardest
to repudiate.  How can one argue with that phrase?  If the love was there, enuff
to say goodbye, it can't be talked back into staying.  It is simply the way it must
be.  Can you hear me talking myself into it?

singularly finite writing; the only way this could have been presented,
and you were the Presenter of verity.
tSR

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

25 posted 2002-02-25 12:05 PM

Okay you got me back big time with this one, you could have had a hankie alert at the top. You captured the intensity of the pain exactly how it feels. Great poem Sea.

Live today like it was your last day on earth!
~* I don't know who said it but they were sure right *~

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

26 posted 2002-02-25 12:16 PM

There are so many difficult choices in life, and letting go of a love that we want so desperately to hold on to is perhaps the hardest of all.
Oh SEA, I love the way your heart writes.
~sniff~

ParisGrl
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since 2000-06-01

Posts 610

27 posted 2002-02-26 02:59 PM

Sea,

One thing I learned about letting go is that 'goodbye' is not always forever. This is a wonderful poem. I enjoyed it very much. I also like the graphic.

~Laura~

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