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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA 
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Innocent, beloved once. Unencumbered, only once, when I lost my heart. Tho, having lost the war, perhaps a little smarter. Oh, to love with no strings upon us. Could one receive love without weaving a web about it? Can I love you again without casting silver strings into your soul? Would you confess it -- that my love made you whole? All that is behind me thus to show I cannot love again -- Not the way we knew it then. I wish you could remember that lifetime. You have my heart, you took it without knowing. I made the sacrifice just as if you had laid me on my dreamstate altar. I will always love you, Keeper of my heart. That is why I cry. I do believe you will keep it safely because I know you do not remember. We lose our hearts to find our souls. |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
The miracles that occur in a lifetime might sting, yet without them the door would never open. Hugs, TD Wonderful write. |
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Grover Senior Member
since 2004-01-27
Posts 1967London, ON, Canada |
A most excellent write. Smooth, rhythmic, warm!  |
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Nightshade 
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Lovely write iliana. Enjoyed. Chris Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
So very beautiful! Have a wonderful Easter.  ~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~ |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
very, very pretty and well thought out...your love came though in waves... jwesley |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Thank you all dear poet friends. I was not sure I'd post this one as I really did not know if anyone would make sense of it other than me. Thanks so much for reading.  .....jo |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
You gals from Texas always come up with the heart wrenchers, y'know...is it something in the skies? Or just because your hearts are as big as Texas itself? This...is very good, Jo. |
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aujussy wolf
since 2003-08-09
Posts 1215Michigan |
beautiful , a keeper itself ....... |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Sunshine, you're so sweet to take the time to read and reply. Many tears over this one -- and a new heart, too. .....jo PS (I'm really not a native Texan although I've birthed one of my two children here so that makes me at least an honorary one, I guess -- I'm a buckeye, believe it or not!) |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Aujussy Wolf, you're very kind. Thanks so much! |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
that last line...awesome! |
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HopeS Member Elite
since 2000-12-22
Posts 4596Perth Western Australia |
So glad you did post it iliana , yes it does make sense to me more than you could ever know Hope |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Well written and well delivered emotion....Great work! Eric Ain't doin nothin at all |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Jo~ I felt tears in this piece ...~ I think it's good to remember those moments that give us tears ... for it means, to me, that what we care most about ... is worth remembering~  ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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Sadelite Member Elite
since 2003-10-11
Posts 2519 |
iliana, I read this through three times so far, each time seeing and feeling more. Is this a recently written poem? I enjoyed the reflective flow to this. To the library for easy access. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Jo, two things. First, do you carry a buckeye in your pocket for luck?  Secondly, I have two wonderful friends who have been Houstonites for some 30 years. I think, by osmosis, one who lives in Texas for any amount of time can rightfully claim that they are a son/daughter of the state by the love of it, alone. They travel from there, to their original/second home here, and it is my good luck to be able to entertain them this coming weekend. Again, this is a very good read. Hard to write, I know, but then the best is never easy, Jo. Trial by fire, you know. |
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