Requiem Response (my 4000th

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LoveBug

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0 posted 2003-02-23 09:51 PM

~~I chose this for my 4000th for two reasons. The song that inspired this is the song I sang for my university auditions, which have all went very well. The other reason is that this poem describes me now, looking back at the things that happened through this summer and through the time I didn't post here so much. I hope you enjoy it. I love you all!!~~

Ye now are sorrowful
I mourn the dead
Always mourning the dead
I bow upon the hardened ground
I shed a tear, and then another
For those who can’t
And those who won’t
Shed a tear for me

But ye shall again behold Me
And your heart shall be joyful
I open my eyes and look to the sky
The darkened tone turn lighter
Oh, so slightly lighter
Shadows of a dawn to come
But to come in a far distant day

And your joy no man taketh from you
Hope? No… no… that died
I mourn for hope as well

Look upon Me
I venture a glance

Ye know that for a little time
Labor and sorrow were Mine
Yes, yes
Many mourned as I do
I’m not the first to suffer loss
Even the Greatest wept…

But at the last I have found comfort
I dry my eyes
I make myself stand
I mourn no more over dusty graves
Over images and models of lost things

Ye shall again behold Me
For the true things shall rise
Not today, but someday
I shall hold them again
They shall be mine
I shall be theirs
Shall behold Me
And I shall see them again
Shall behold Me

** Italics from Brahms "German Requiem" which is, in turn, from the King James Version of the Bible.

Oh, make me Thine forever
And should I fainting be
Lord, let me never ever
Outlive my love for Thee

[This message has been edited by LoveBug (02-23-2003 10:09 PM).]

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

1 posted 2003-02-23 09:59 PM

This is beautiful Erica!
Congratulations on your 4000th Post!
~Hugs & Smiles, Nancy~

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

the_loner_23
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since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

2 posted 2003-02-23 10:00 PM

I love this.

Cold hands means a warm heart

majnu

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since 2002-10-13

Posts 1088
SF Bay Area

3 posted 2003-02-23 10:13 PM

a real look at yourself. i can't help but think at the auto-bio story you posted in prose and compare the contents of this to that - very cool and intersting.

good luck!

-majnu
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Timid thoughts be not afraid. I am a Poet.

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

4 posted 2003-02-23 10:51 PM

Your writing has grown with you, in wonderful and positive directions.
Congratulations, Erica. 4000 - WOW!
LIz

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

5 posted 2003-02-24 01:32 AM

Excellent but I sure wish I could hear this sung - Congratulations on 4,000 that is quite a milestone and you add so much to the site in your moderating and poetry.

~* Carpe' Diem *~

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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6 posted 2003-02-24 04:11 AM

Congrats on 4000!

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