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ESP
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since 2000-01-25

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Floating gently on a cloud....

0 posted 2003-05-09 09:21 PM

Dances with memories

Out they slip, smooth and swift,
One by one these ghostly butterflies.
Memories with wings, under a curse,
To dance and dance until they die.

Locked safe within my treasure chest,
Moving gently to the rhythm of my tears,
They fret to be free, to flutter, to dance,
Doomed never to be stilled, I fear.

I release them all, together we dance,
In ecstasies of pleasurable pain.
Time standing still as I look behind,
At sunshine, laughter tears and rain.

They haunt me, spectres of time gone by,
Enchant me, entice me to dance eternally.
Eyes fixed behind on what I have lost,
I fail to see what is standing before me.

New hopes, new chances, now shimmering,
Now dulled by shadows of butterfly wings,
The memories are swooping and dancing,
To the joyful sorrow that my heart sings.

Torn between dancing the dance of the past,
Or prancing forward into new-coloured spheres;
I long for the dance to reach its finale,
Hoping my path doesn’t lose itself here.

I jump like a colt, reach for my butterflies,
Knowing that capture is the key to tomorrow,
Elusive they are, staying just out of reach,
Can’t do it alone, I realise with sorrow.

Away they slip, smooth and swift,
One by one these ghostly butterflies.
Memories with wings, under a curse,
To dance and dance until they die.
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"Gorge the honey from life, and live through the stomach aches knowing they will pass..." ~Liz Pinard 2003~

jaysh
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since 2003-04-16

Posts 133
IL, USA

1 posted 2003-05-10 01:02 AM

Beautiful poem, I really enjoyed reading it, and the title fits well with it, good job and keep writing I look forward to reading more of your poems!

Justbleu
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since 1999-08-31

Posts 3329
Oregon, Originally From Alaska :)

2 posted 2003-05-10 08:48 AM

I love the images of your past and memories.....
This is a beautiful and sad poem!!!!
Enjoyed!!!
Bridgette

"Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." Unknown

QjQ
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since 2003-04-18

Posts 3756
U.S.A.

3 posted 2003-05-10 07:52 PM

great write!!!

It matters not how you answer, It matters only that i hear you.

Richy
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

4 posted 2003-05-23 05:14 AM

Hi Liz, yeah sometimes it is hard to keep our past bottled up. And other times it can be hard to get it out, so that we can deal with it. Either way, we should always try to keep our past from denying us the future, that we deserve.

I really liked this write!

I hope you share more with us, soon...

Take Great Care,

Richy

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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displaced

5 posted 2003-05-25 12:59 PM

just beautiful

Goldenrose
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since 2003-05-30

Posts 3665

6 posted 2003-06-14 09:52 AM

beautiful,full of good words and thaughts.

thanks for sharing.

Goldenrose.

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