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Open Poetry #21

If Only For The Night

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

0 posted 2002-08-08 02:22 PM

If Only For The Night

I tire as the days drone on,
letters forming words of none,
words continuing the before to after
and the now,
the now never changes.

I close my eyes to the moment,
seeking out the tomorrows
that never come,
feeling the warmth that should be,
but isn't and won't ever.

I awake to the same,
day after day, renewed
by the sense of trust,
by the belief in hope,
by the truth that I wish to treasure.

I sleepwalk through life,
nightgowned in laced words,
in see-thru desire,
in ghostly touch, shadow held,
if only for the night.

M

"Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more, it is willing to see less."
(Will Moss)

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

1 posted 2002-08-08 03:15 PM

Maureen,
This is a wonderful write. I enjoyed every line.

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 2002-08-08 08:15 PM

Wynter~

'I sleepwalk through life,
nightgowned in laced words'

Indeed you do .... this is BEAUTIFUL~
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

3 posted 2002-08-09 11:32 AM

You walked a fine line in this piece, Maureen, and did it VERY well

WhiteRose
Member Elite

since 2002-07-23

Posts 3208
somebody's dungeon

4 posted 2002-08-09 11:39 AM

I sleepwalk through life,
nightgowned in laced words,
in see-thru desire,
in ghostly touch, shadow held,
if only for the night.

Very well written with feelings expressed in softness. Enjoyed.

In truth, what defines us is our poetry.

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

5 posted 2002-08-09 11:40 AM

though you are sleepwalking through life...your third stanza embodies hope and faith in your predictable, that's something, for sure

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

6 posted 2002-08-09 02:13 PM

enjoyed

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