Night Light ...........(Repost, for BluesSerenade)

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Ratleader

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0 posted 2003-09-12 11:04 PM

Night Light

Stuck awake at three
I give up sleep;
I always do, and follow
the hum to my computer,
grope the mouse until
the world flares to a site.
Some friends are here,
blue pages and their words,
some with pictures, and
after a few, the verse,
the friendly banter, this one.
It’s a poem by a pretty lady,
though her words belie
the glowing smile that
flashes from my screen.
She sounds so plaintive
as she paints her scene,
a losing love at last rejected,
then a cry against the
loneliness she craves,
a craving for the love
she’s turned away.
My mind detuned at last
though melancholy now,
I know I’ll sleep.
I leave her there,
the screen on.
It will light my way,
and somehow I can’t
turn it off just now.
A little waste in this,
but there’s a timer.
For a while her sunny smile
will brighten up the room,
then later when I don’t see,
she will wink to nothing,
all alone here in the dark.

Bye, Blues....light the light again soon.

vlraynes
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1 posted 2003-09-12 11:14 PM

"I leave her there,
the screen on.
It will light my way,
and somehow I can’t
turn it off just now.
A little waste in this,
but there’s a timer.
For a while her sunny smile
will brighten up the room,
then later when I don’t see,
she will wink to nothing,
all alone here in the dark."

Love this, Ed...just beautiful,
and reposted for a beautiful lady.

Hugs,
~Vicky
When the power of love overcomes the
love of power the world will know peace.
-Jimi Hendrix

Ratleader

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2 posted 2003-09-12 11:17 PM

It was written one night at 3 a.m., with a beautiful lady's face smiling from my screen, beside a poem that turned my heart upside down.

And I left it on, because I just couldn't erase either the poem or the lady.

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Martie

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3 posted 2003-09-12 11:48 PM

Ed...you have a beautiful spirit!

Ratleader

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4 posted 2003-09-13 01:12 AM

I'm just a mirror....I can only show beauty if I see it. I'm good at seeing it though, inside or out, bright or hidden away...that I can do.

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5 posted 2003-09-13 02:09 AM

just beautiful...very touching

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6 posted 2003-09-13 10:38 AM

Beautifuly expressed!
Eric

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7 posted 2003-09-13 10:39 AM

yes such a lovely poem...I must have missed it before. I hope she pops in to see it.

*s
M

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8 posted 2003-09-13 11:27 AM

She sent word through a mutual friend that she did.....

It was this poem, by the way...
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garysgirl

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9 posted 2003-09-13 12:00 PM

Ed, I'm so glad that Lori saw this. I hope that
it helps her feelings. Your poem is right....
she's beautiful on the inside as well as the outside.
Too bad that the one she wants to how beautiful
she is, is blind. I hope she will be back real soon.

Hugs to you and our Lori

Ethel

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10 posted 2003-09-13 12:14 PM

You're more than just a pretty face, Dear Leader of Rats--and so is she!

EA

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suthern

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11 posted 2003-09-13 03:13 PM

When the compassionate heart of a kind and sensitive person is combined with a talent as immense as yours, the result is magic.

I'm glad she knows this is here... hope she comes back to us soon. Thank you... this is beautiful!

littlewing
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12 posted 2003-09-13 07:49 PM

Jesus Ed . . . this is beautiful
what a sweet man you are . . .
and I told her who will sing to me now?
*smile*
xxoo

Bonnie j
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13 posted 2003-09-13 08:00 PM

This is so touching and lovely it brings tears to my eyes because of the beauty.It has touched my heart.
Thanks for sharing your lovely words of poetry.
Bon-Bon

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14 posted 2003-09-13 08:14 PM

(big hugggsssssss) God Bless You, sweet friend, you beam with a compassionate and loving spirit and I know Lori will cherish this always and inevitably she'll come back with a "muse"ical vengeance soon that'll grace all our hearts as all her beautiful poetry does! (smiles) This is gorgeous, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Ed, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

I don't need no proof when it comes to God and truth
I can see the sun set and I perceive

***Live***

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15 posted 2003-09-13 09:03 PM

Love it Ratleader.

:-)

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16 posted 2003-09-13 10:36 PM

Touching,,,

ThisDiamond
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17 posted 2003-09-13 10:48 PM

What a wonderful bright to light...
Thanks Ed...
TD

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