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A Spring Poem
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A Spring Poem |
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seven_conscious Junior Member
since 2003-01-27
Posts 33 |
the sun came out today and warmed the earth months frozen. the house had been closed tight all winter, trapping my vacancy within its stale confines. i thought opening the windows would breathe freshness into it, into me. upon opening them i felt the outside rush in, billowing the curtains, rustling the various papers piled up on the winter dusted coffee table and drifting them swing-sway onto the floor and under the couch. almost immediately i felt the grave mistake of my plan. all the lonliness that was outside spilled inside, my emptiness stretching past the boundaries of the gray walls and mingling with the emptiness of the entire universe. i was no longer alone in my house, but alone in the world. no longer warmed by the sun outside my yawning windows, but chilled by the cold nothingness that whistled its lonely song through the yielding screens. [This message has been edited by seven_conscious (03-12-2003 12:40 PM).] |
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Nightshade 
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
seven - oh my, I do hope all is well with you. This is such a lonely write and took me by surprise as I thought it was going to be about flowers and such. Still, it is very well written. Chris "Hope" is the thing with feathers- |
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icequeen Senior Member
since 2001-12-09
Posts 633FL USA |
Interesting write... funny but I understand it completely. I wait for that "new" feeling of spring that everyone loves, but that never quite seems to make it through my windows. I like this: i was no longer alone in my house, but alone in the world. no longer warmed by the sun outside my yawning windows, but chilled by the cold nothingness that whistled its lonely song through the yielding screens. It could be the beginning of a novel, that. I enjoyed very much this thought provoking read. the only man worth your tears will never make you cry |
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Connel
since 2002-11-04
Posts 736Florida, USA |
I love spring.. Just dont like it when we have to clean the pool..  Read ^ there, because you are reading the wrong part! |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
But I love to open the windows and clean out the winter stale! This is so lonely. Go talk to the birds, they're busy, busy, busy. Plant a flower. Talk to a neighbor.  Nan (Pilgrim variety) |
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seven_conscious Junior Member
since 2003-01-27
Posts 33 |
chris, a bit of an exorcism. everything’s great : ) thanks... ice, glad you enjoyed. connel, LOL! pilgrimage, funny thing you mentioned talking to the birds. i just chatted with some the other day. we shared a laugh over a neighbor planting flowers, ironically enough. they were going on about how the squirrels had stolen her bulbs the last two springs running. it seems for years she offered a rather liberal bird feeder in the back yard, but had installed a squirrel proof model some three falls ago. i had no idea those cute little rodents could carry such a grudge, but apparently they were incensed by the whole ordeal and have been getting even ever since. of course, it’s just neighborhood gossip from the beaks of a few old crows until i hear it from the squirrels themselves. thanks for the advice, though! |
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