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Elizabeth Santos
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since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2003-02-20 08:29 AM

I Wish I Knew

My pen never tells me what song it will write
It begs to be held in wee hours of the night
And it scrolls thoughts and visions that I couldn’t contrive
Into phrases whose meaning is true and alive

I wish that I knew where the source of the stream
That quenches the curiously magical dream
But I know not the well from which image was drawn
Nor the fountain of words where the phrases were spawned

I allow my pen freedom to songs it may choose
The lightness and darkness, the cast of its hues
And I serve as a messenger tapping on keys
For a power within that no one ever sees

It’s the yearning of soul and the passion of heart
And the dreams of the mind from which verses depart
But I cannot take credit for depth of the eye
For divine inspiration’s more savvy than I

Elizabeth Santos
2/20/03

© Copyright 2003 Elizabeth Santos - All Rights Reserved

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

1 posted 2003-02-20 08:39 AM

I wish I knew where I could get some
of your inspire, as well...

it always flows fresh, and beautiful,
and eternal...

I just wish I knew...

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

2 posted 2003-02-20 08:56 AM

and I wish I knew where your book submission is???? ( hint hint)

Beautiful ponderings Lizzie...but then that a beautiful muse ya got there.

" ... And think not, that you can direct the course of love ...
if it finds you worthy ... it then directs your course."

K.Gibran

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3 posted 2003-02-20 12:46 PM

wonderful...I enjoyed this

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4 posted 2003-02-20 12:53 PM

MsPoetess~
You would 'know' that I love this one, without my even having to say it~
BUT ..... gonna say it anyhow ... LOVE IT ~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

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5 posted 2003-02-20 01:04 PM

Elizabeth,
Another classic from a class lady. Sy

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