Open Poetry #24 |
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Does it show |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
Does it show? There’s naught within my makeup to show I’m just a fraud. But if you twist and shake up, you’ll find a mere façade. I’ve lied to pretty women and told them they’re the best. But then I’m simply human and bent on my own quest. To sample life’s great menu of joys we have at hand. To be, in my own venue, the leader of the band. But time and dust have taken their toll upon each bone. I find me rather shaken to live my life alone It’s not as though I wanted to spend my years this way. I found myself undaunted in times of youth and play. I think of some past lover and wonder if I made The rightful choice to cover my tracks as “bye” we bade I chose some troubled ladies with issues of reknown. Who wanted to be Sadies, a hawk inside a gown. My mind will start to darken if thoughts like these remain And so I long to hearken; some sign that I am sane. Yet once I chose a girl with flashing eye and mind. Who set my heart a whirl; for her I’d surely bind. ”It’s not my time for wedding”, she sadly said to me We parted without bedding; she needed to be free. But now I’d like to straighten your view about my ways I’ve found it worth the waitin’; relief in my old days. My lady came a callin’; my love from long ago And sure enough I’ve fallen. I wonder “Does it show?” Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
What a lesson... Well done, sir... |
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azblond Senior Member
since 1999-07-01
Posts 637The Steamy Desert |
Wow...I absolutely loved this! Thanks for sharing! Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind... |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
kayjay Well done, enjoyed the read. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
just like a song! i love this! Great last line! |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Yes, it shows Ken!! You wear 'love' very well indeed. I love this and I'm so glad it seems your love from long ago has returned. Wonderful write my friend. ~Hugs & Smiles, Nancy~ ![]() ~Time has cast a spell on you, |
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Mistletoe Angel![]() ![]() ![]()
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
![]() BRAVO!!! Oh Ken, this is great news, sweet friend, I hope this is true for sometimes love has its ups and downs but surely can reddem itself too! (big hugggsssssss) God Bless You, sweet friend, here's wishing you joy always, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Ken, thank you for sharing! ![]() May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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Lady In White![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
since 2001-02-12
Posts 2799USA |
quote: ~*~ Why is it...we always seem to fall in like of the ones we cannot have? Enjoying your poetry, Sir... |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
For KJ, E and ST too And Angel Mistletoe And PS, AZ, Lady White I thought I'd let you know Your words of praise give lift to me And help my writing, see? KJ Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
your writing doesn't need any help, if I may say...you're doing well on your own without us...yeah, I know..."us" makes it nicer to write. I assure though, you are independently stunning! |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
yes, it shows and glows throughout your poem, very sweetly |
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