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Elizabeth Santos
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since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2004-03-23 10:12 PM

There Lies a Woman

There lies a woman, cold as snow
In satin wraps and opal glow
Her pearly knuckles, stiffly bent,
Protrude from out the floral scent
That permeates each inward breath
With petal whiffs as cold as death

Tis but a skeleton that’s dressed
In ivory sheets and laid to rest
The plush of pillow 'neath her head
Endowing her a softer bed
Though in the stillness of her eye
She knows more comfort than do I

Her legacy, some passing tears
A few remarks to sketch the years
With penciled words as gray as lead
To paint a portrait of the dead
But in her life’s simplicity
She knew a greater love than me

Her sacred lot, a withered field
Left years to dry without a yield
But through life’s cruel adversity
She reaped more fertile fields than me
And though her bones in stillness lie
She knows a greater joy than I

Elizabeth Santos

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

1 posted 2004-03-23 10:16 PM

Liz

This is so poignant, with an edge that I don't often see in your writing.

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2004-03-23 10:19 PM

Hits so hard on some recent thoughts.
Thank you, dear Lady, for the sharing of soul...

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

3 posted 2004-03-23 10:21 PM

Elizabeth,
Fantastic, no other words for it.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2004-03-23 10:42 PM

Incredible write dear lady.
Hugs~

~The breeze that kissed you on the face,
Has held me in the same embrace ~

muted

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since 2004-01-15

Posts 2949
Elapsing, Eclipsing, Evolving

5 posted 2004-03-23 11:51 PM

i'll just end up repeating everyone..so i'll leave it with "wow"

dingusjr
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since 2003-09-24

Posts 415
Missouri

6 posted 2004-03-24 03:32 AM

I admire this poem very much! Most interesting,
and well put together.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

7 posted 2004-03-24 04:07 AM

Amen

Toerag
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since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

8 posted 2004-03-24 07:40 AM

Miz-Liz...if you don't publish a book you're nuts!...You are as good as it gets!!

Youngatheart
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since 2003-12-30

Posts 333

9 posted 2004-03-24 12:57 PM

I agree with Toe, Liz. You hit a winner every time!!!

Krishankins

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since 2002-06-23

Posts 972
Texas

10 posted 2004-03-24 01:15 PM

I like the softness the words create. Such a lovely write!

If you're not yourself, then there is no you.

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

11 posted 2004-03-24 01:16 PM

OhLizzyLady~
This has so much of an air of solemnity to it~
Poignant it is~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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MGROVES

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since 2004-02-01

Posts 3802
california

12 posted 2004-03-24 03:18 PM

god blessed you thankyou to a special lady who just touched my soul

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

13 posted 2004-03-24 06:13 PM

THank you, dear friends for your kind response to this poem.
I appreciate each and every comment
Liz

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