They are Gone .... from a Sunday, long ago....

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Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

0 posted 2003-03-03 05:10 PM

They Are Gone

it has been said he left,
as did she
and they might have
taken a slight
sabbatical for
a little while

but they left their soft smiles

I know

because I've been
to the archives
which can, in itself,
this word
"archive"
be a lovely word
or a dank word
depending on
what is in
its hold

and what it is holding

but these archives
are delicious and
nutritious and
sustaining of
all that I
seek

their smiles…and everything else they left behind

so do not chide me
nor deride me
for the time
I spend in
here,
letting it
all sink in
again and again
their words of passion

of heartbreak and surcease,
of love and light
of misery and hope
of misguided thoughts and
wars well won
and wars duly lost
of spirits and spiritual love
of planes and substances untouchable
but all of which are left readable

their words sustain my soul
and the tiniest, most miniscule
thoughts were planted in my brain
because of their words which someone
did not leave unheard
but rather, read and enjoyed,
even if only by One…

that One person captured a piece
of the writer, the poet, the author

that One person went away
or stayed
because of that
writer, poet, author

and forevermore shall remember
or if not actually remember, still,
will have been touched,
just once
by the Passion of the
Person, Poet, Painter of Promise.

so on this very holy day
a day of rest
a morning come early
with soft electrical
candle's light
and if fortunate, then
on into the night
I shall visit and
reacquaint myself with
friends who are on
sabbatical, but
visit them I shall

in the archives.

~*~

A repost, for a very special moth...

the_loner_23
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Jacksonville, Florida, USA

1 posted 2003-03-03 05:14 PM

This is very beautiful

Cold hands means a warm heart

Earth Angel
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Realms of Light

2 posted 2003-03-03 05:24 PM

God bless that very special Moth for encouraging you to repost this piece. Not only is it incredibly poetic, it truly shows your love for poetry and for those who write it. Their words are not forgotten by you and you help keep them alive.
I suppose this should call for some "self love" on your part...for you have enriched those archival works with those of your own!

Karilea, you--and your poetry--are VERY special.

Warm hugs,
EA

vandana

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since 1999-10-22

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3 posted 2003-03-03 05:26 PM

enjoyed this much

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

4 posted 2003-03-03 05:34 PM

Beautiful Karilea...
I took love to meander through the Archives..
Please thank the moth who requested this repost.
~Hugs~

~ Trace my body with your words..
And in doing so, you touch my heart. ~

Martie

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5 posted 2003-03-03 07:51 PM

Karilea--I know what you mean so beautifully.

carol
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since 2003-01-25

Posts 624
Florida USA

6 posted 2003-03-03 07:58 PM

This is so pretty

always treat others the way you want to be treated
Love from Rita

Wind

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since 2002-10-12

Posts 2981

7 posted 2003-03-03 08:02 PM

I miss them too. Evey time someone is gone for a while, I amm afraid they won't come back. It's like they die, and all that is left are the memories. Thanks Sunshine.

the Wind is invisible.
remeber me

Nightshade

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since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

8 posted 2003-03-03 08:45 PM

So soft and lovely. Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-
that perches in the soul....

-Emily Dickinson

SPIRIT
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since 2002-12-29

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California Desert

9 posted 2003-03-03 10:27 PM

Lovely indeed.

Phantom Poet
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since 2003-03-03

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Arizona USA

10 posted 2003-03-03 10:41 PM

very nice and well written
>>phantom poet<<

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

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Florida, USA

11 posted 2003-03-03 11:05 PM

Karilea, this really does show your love for poetry and the ones who write it....and also your love for Passions.
I also would like you to tell your mothy friend thank you for me. This was beautiful.

Heart Hugs,
Ethel

Janet Marie
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12 posted 2003-03-03 11:14 PM

I'll be back................

How long have I been dreaming I could make it right ...
If I closed my eyes and tried with all my might
To be the one you need...

J. Browne

Janet Marie
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13 posted 2003-03-04 01:03 AM

their words sustain my soul
and the tiniest, most miniscule
thoughts were planted in my brain
because of their words which someone
did not leave unheard
but rather, read and enjoyed,
even if only by One…

that One person captured a piece
of the writer, the poet, the author

that One person went away
or stayed
because of that
writer, poet, author

and forevermore shall remember
or if not actually remember, still,
will have been touched,
just once
by the Passion of the
Person, Poet, Painter of Promise.

=========================================

thank you me dear poetess of the sun

Had to do some serious file hunting to find something for you...had forgotten all about this one till you touched a memory

~Archives Of The Heart~

Doors may close ... songs may end ...
still, we hear the love's refrain.
For a while we danced in the light,
and those memories will remain.

Winds of change may carry us on ...
yet we are held by the ties that bind.
We were witness to a miracle ...
and the unending gifts of "traces left behind."

Some things we just shouldn't question,
some things weren't meant for us to understand.
In the end the answers really don't matter ...
just remember, you'll always hold my heart in your hand.

Pages turn as another chapter comes to a close,
still these "moments in time" will never impart.
The promises kept ... now engraved in rhyme ...
and both the love and memories are archived in our hearts.

JM
11/4/00

Looking Into You
~Jackson Browne~

Well we spoke of the changes that would find us farther on
And it left me so warm and so high
But as I stepped back outside to the grey morning sun
I heard that highway whisper and sigh
Are you ready to fly?

The great "poet traveler" passed through here
And he opened my eyes to the view
And I was among those who called him a prophet
And I asked him what was true
Until the distance had shown how the road remains alone
Now I'm looking in my life for a truth that is my own

Well I looked into the sky for my anthem
And the words and the music came through
But words and music can never touch the beauty that I've seen
Looking into you -- and that's true

How long have I been dreaming I could make it right ...
If I closed my eyes and tried with all my might
To be the one you need...

J. Browne

passing shadows
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displaced

14 posted 2003-03-04 03:07 AM

oh....this one really touched my heart..

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

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Louisiana

15 posted 2003-03-04 11:25 AM

I love the archives... so many treasures are there, just waiting for our attention to treat us once again. *S*
Excellent work, Sunshine! *S*

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