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SPIRIT
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0 posted 2003-03-12 08:54 PM


The Graveyard


She called us disrespectful, Momma  did that yesterday
When we told her of our secret place where we love to go and play.
She said that we were naughty she just doesn’t understand,
The fun in playing hide ’n seek and catch me if you can.

What better place is there to hide than behind a marbled stone.
Such loads of fun to chase around the beds of those unknown.
We are very, very careful, never stepping on a grave,
And other children in our town think we are very brave.

We go there happy as can be, we laugh and dance and sing
Performing for those spirits who on leafy tree boughs swing.
We scrump  delicious apples from an overhanging tree
And we sit chomping happily my bestest friend and me.

We creep quietly past the vicarage the vicar’s always there,
Sitting by the window in his high-back leather chair.
He knows without a doubt our favorite place to play,
And disrespectful’s not a word that he would throw our way.

One day we found a broken broom  but with bristles fine
Such luck ’twas the perfect size to brush away the grime..
What fun, a scrubbing we did have, to add to our list of games
To find those hidden markers and uncover forgotten names.

She has just talked to the vicar, Momma  told us that today
He said  he knew of our secret place where we love to go and play.
He said that we weren’t  naughty she just had to understand,
The fun in playing hide ’n seek and catch me if you can.



I be me BUT who does me be?

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1 posted 2003-03-12 08:57 PM


I love this Spirit.  Joyce
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2 posted 2003-03-12 11:18 PM




(big hugggssssss) Oh Das, this is wonderful, sweet friend, you always express such memories in your writing that seem to drift back, yay, this has my vote, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Das, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

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3 posted 2003-03-12 11:36 PM


I am starting to really look forward to these stories of yours, entertaining, emotional, full of wisdom and most of all so well done as is this one.

           
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Aretha Franklin  

Earth Angel
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4 posted 2003-03-12 11:40 PM


Oh, I do so identify with this. I used to do the same thing!
Love your stories! Love your writing! Love your spirit!

Warm hugs,
Earth Angel

Loren Lynn
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5 posted 2003-03-13 12:39 PM


another great poem!


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6 posted 2003-03-13 08:50 AM


Wow!  What a talent you have!
~Hugs~

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

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7 posted 2003-03-13 11:32 PM


Spirit, you really have talent, Lady, and you have my vote.

"Love makes the world go around"
~with love and hugs from Ethel__GG~  
                  

WhiteRose
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8 posted 2003-03-15 11:52 AM


I love this, you are indeed quite talented
Flower
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9 posted 2003-03-15 04:46 PM


What fun, I love graveyards that's what pulled me in here. Voted.

Love reading all these great writes.
I write not!

Kellie_Cantrell
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10 posted 2003-03-16 01:21 AM


Good write!

(¨`·.·´¨) (¨`·.·´¨)
  ·.¸(¨`·.·´¨)¸.·´
     *`·.¸.·´*
    Love Always
       Kellie

I TAWT I TAW a puddy CAT!

SPIRIT
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11 posted 2003-03-16 10:49 AM


Thank you, all comments appreciated.
Flower
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12 posted 2003-03-18 01:15 PM


Just giving a little push here.

Love reading all these great writes.
I write not!

Lone Wolf
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13 posted 2003-03-18 08:17 PM


Enjoyed this one, SPIRIT.  

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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