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Magnus
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0 posted 2003-10-30 07:54 PM


You have watched me, ever intently.
You, the keeper of my wound timepiece.
Always winding, checking the hands,
gently resetting them, if I were to slip.

Can’t you see, tell, that I welcome you only if
you might come but once this week.  
That you might wind the spring a little less
tight, allowing me to breath.

For now I live today, looking into my
tomorrow with hesitance, trepidation
and anxiety....  For last year was only
yesterday.  And tomorrow stands on
the steps,   knocking lightly upon a
latched door.

Sleep carries me softly.  Whispering
a lullaby of yesteryear,   as two score
and 10 have glided past my eyes since
that night of dark and fright, held
tenderly in a mother’s arms.

You were there, there with her.  I have
cursed you, wished her time could be
wound once again,   settling on a date
between then and never more.  

Why did you let her spring break?  
Please don’t wind so swiftly, I wish,
I want to watch them grow. I want to look
at my future....without saying to myself...

there isn’t enough time left....

© Copyright 2003 Barry J. Tackett - All Rights Reserved
BluesSerenade
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By the Seaside
1 posted 2003-10-30 08:35 PM


For now I live today, looking into my
tomorrow with hesitance, trepidation
and anxiety....  For last year was only
yesterday.  And tomorrow stands on
the steps,   knocking lightly upon a
latched door.

I love that verse and how you wrote this.
Makes me wonder what inspires you to write the way you do.  It is always such a pleasure to read you, Barry.

Sadelite
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2 posted 2003-10-30 08:52 PM


That you might wind the spring a little less
tight, allowing me to breathe
    Ah, how true of those who nurture us.
Simply lovely.  This is my favorite poem of yours so far.  Your grasp of wording is awesome.   I can imagine you standing over a dandelion, picking off each petal one at a  time.  As you do this, you might be heard to say, "Shall I use this word, shall I use that word, shall it be this word or that?Your word choice seems endless.  It amazes me
how you choose just the right one.

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3 posted 2003-10-30 09:12 PM


enjoyed this
Magnus
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4 posted 2003-10-30 09:46 PM


Bluesy,  thanx dear lady,  always enjoy your
kindness....

Sadelite,  thank you,  nice to meet and
have the acquantance of another poet.
How did you know I picked those petals??
LMBO!!  Just the imagination in high gear,
is all.  Thanx for the niceness of your
reply..

Vandana,  thanx my little friend,  hope you
are well and you have found that right man
for you.

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In Your Poetic Mind
5 posted 2003-10-30 10:04 PM


Sleep carries me softly.  Whispering
a lullaby of yesteryear''
hugssss....this is so touching Barry....
Lauren~

Will the wind ever remember the names
it has blown in the past with
its crutch its old age and its widsom
it whispers no this won't be the last

inkedgoddess
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6 posted 2003-10-30 10:13 PM


extremelly eloquent
Sunshine
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7 posted 2003-10-31 08:40 PM


For now I live today,

~*~

and it is that day
which carries us all forward
into a tomorrow
that we will always look towards...

Well done, Sir!

Martie
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8 posted 2003-10-31 08:48 PM


Barry--I like the write from heart of you...like this one, real and tender and tearful, yet love filled.  Hugs, you!
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