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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa 
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No one lives there now, up there where love resides, or occupies the space set aside for olden ways but in the twilight time I can see the setting sun and I, the visitor, rest for a spell in awe. I breathe the air of truth and the energy of life and try to hold my breath for my return to earth but involuntary contractions return me to the now where dirt and grime proclaim the glory of the world. Past moments caught and savoured but not intensified force on me a freedom to search through eyes to soul for a friend, maybe lover, who’s received enlightenment but always I’m pulled back to the shadows after love. Unprotected I’m at risk, I absorb pain, anguish, hurt, and the energy of some often hides the setting sun but in the dark my voice, shouting, whispering, and begging for release from mind’s connectedness fades away unheard as if of little worth. Now with these words I demand but, nay, ask nicely for strength to overthrow the souls that lay me low!! |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Honeybunch, I like what you did with the soft images in this. Kethry Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Very intense. Love, Margherita  |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
kinda sad |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Honeybunch It's not always easy to move from enlightenment to ordinary...I can feel the anguish in this poem, but I can also see the light. |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
Hi Helen, I began my day with this; I know it will be with me all day. This is among the best I have ever read. Your insights into the simplicity of existence humble me. As a novice who has just reached the edge of awareness, I bow to a Master. Thank you. |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Kethry - Thank you so much for reading. Soft are the images that hide an unknown power. Margherita - Thanks for reading. Someone once said that I should "lighten up" as it were. Maybe words are "things" and my demands will be met. Passing shadows - yeah, kinda sad in the in between moments. Martie - There's always light - it never dims but sometimes by a candle light I can't step around the obstacles. And my dear Icebox, No, not a master but indeed a simple soul battling through the shadows of what is and what is not. But I thank you for the "lift-up" that your words have given me. I hope your day was pleasant. |
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