Open Poetry #24 |
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Shed your thorns, please, rose |
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bsquirrel![]()
since 2000-01-03
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Shed your thorns, please, rose. I simply want to know. Petal soft to salty skin. A fingertip, not unfelt snow. Shed your thorns and raise your head. Spread within your fragrance sweet. Plain as light to claim the sky, let your beauty freely bleed. Shed your thorns, please, rose. Sharpened knives turn grey and fall. Let them crumble in the sand. Handle fire to my hand. Shed your thorns, or that I may as the wind, pull them away. Either way, lay humors bare. Let me need you without wear. |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
These are just fantastic words Bsquirrel. Thanks |
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regards2you Member Elite
since 2002-10-01
Posts 3940California |
I like this! Enjoyed, Pat ![]() ..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.. |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
he sent me a dozen roses, and they died, so i tossed the petals to the wind, [This message has been edited by inkedgoddess (12-28-2002 10:23 PM).] |
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garysgirl![]() ![]() ![]()
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Michael, I enjoyed reading this. Thanks.... ![]() |
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Sunkissed Senior Member
since 2002-12-03
Posts 610 |
This is so pretty it brought tears to my eyes. Nice one, Mikester Sunkissed. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
oh would that I had not known need of thorns on stem protecting me-- if I were brave, then I would sheathe these lances, mine surrounding me, or is it foolish to believe without them I could still grow free? Would I then be plucked from vine to grace a vase for some short day? I can't undo what is not mine. I was simply born this way. Let me die in my own time. Watch me wither ON the vine. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
hmmmmm...yeah! |
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Sandpiper Senior Member
since 2002-06-15
Posts 738land of flora and fauna |
"I simply want to know. Petal soft to salty skin. A fingertip, not unfelt snow" ...yes, don't we all--excellent!! "And it was at that age...Poetry arrived in search of me...And something started in my soul." |
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GG Member Elite
since 2002-12-03
Posts 3532Lost in thought |
I really liked this! A great write ![]() Happy New year to you. Always, Alyssa - And so it was that time stood still - |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Mike Excellent! |
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GOlDsparklESS Member
since 2001-12-13
Posts 428central nj |
yes..very tender, very true. |
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bsquirrel![]()
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Thanks for reading, everyone. And inkedgoddess, I love your style. ![]() |
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