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Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

0 posted 2002-06-15 10:42 AM

Salt
from the tears
leave traces
of pain
releasing,

flowing out

yet it does not
help...

They flow
endlessly
as I wonder
what was it I did,

trying to give love
show love

wanting in return
just a little
compassion

and receiving
nothing
but the salt
that stings
my face

as it leaves
tracks of
emotions,
for all the world
to see,
branded

by tears

that will not
wash away,

that will not
go away,

and in the end
all that is left
is the taste of
salt
as each
tear drop
falls,

as I pray
for each tear drop
to ease
the ache,

the salt
stinging wounds
open in my heart,

but yet I am left with
nothing but
the salt,
the tears,
the traces,

praying for them
to go away,
while
they laugh
as they dance upon
cheeks of sorrow,

staining them,
evermore.

I could have missed the pain, but I'd have had to miss the dance~~(Garth)

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

1 posted 2002-06-15 10:47 AM

Salt is a vital ingredient for survival and when found in tears it is even more so. *HuGS*
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

2 posted 2002-06-15 10:50 AM

Gentle Spirit
Keth has a good answer. Good write, enjoyed.

Morcastlin
Member

since 2002-01-14

Posts 244
The Jersey Shore, USA

3 posted 2002-06-15 12:16 PM

Tears can be a burden, yet give such emotional release. This poem was very moving.
Bravo!

Love,
Bonnie

"I want to Live! Life is a banquet and most poor bastards are starving to death!" -Auntie Mame

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

4 posted 2002-06-15 12:28 PM

but yet I am left with
nothing but
the salt,
the tears,
the traces,

that's how I feel
and wonder why it has to be that way...

hugs
M

Madame Chipmunk
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

5 posted 2002-06-15 03:46 PM

This poem is heartrending, Donna...
but poetry is wonderful therapy, as are those salty tears.

Write you heart out and cry your eyes out and it will help you to feel better.

~ loving hugs

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

6 posted 2002-06-15 04:23 PM

Donna...so achingly beautiful!
~Hugs sweet lady~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

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