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nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

0 posted 2004-05-06 02:15 PM

Leveling Out

Sweat pours off,
the heat of the moment
making the field of vision
a window to yesterday's thoughts.

Acoustical variants sparking
the seeds of, rhythms
balancing the internal emotions
wishing to emerge unrestrained.

Unblemished memories to wear
as the working dew covers me,
and the game is played in the shadows,
the spirit of which has the scent of hunger.

Courage, I remind myself.
It takes courage to stand on my own,
to own my feelings and to dance
in my own style, to the rhythms
that balance the many moods of me.

M

"Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more, it is willing to see less."
(Will Moss)

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

1 posted 2004-05-06 02:18 PM

"Courage, I remind myself.
It takes courage to stand on my own,
to own my feelings and to dance
in my own style, to the rhythms
that balance the many moods of me."

Love this Maureen...and it does take courage for sure.
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~ Lost in you, I found myself. ~

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

2 posted 2004-05-06 02:52 PM

M!!!

I have been wondering where you were, have you posted and I missed it?

This was wonderful...such strength comes from the recognition of ones own abilities..

"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind"
~Sarah McLachlan~

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

3 posted 2004-05-06 03:01 PM

Thank you Nancy

Susan, I have been to Tennessee and back
(with a gift of a newer car...) and have brought my Mother back to spend some time with her elderly sisters and her daughter/ my sister while my sister is still capable of enjoying us...

so, it has been a round trip of 1000 miles and traveling back and forth of 100 miles daily to the next state over, until my Mother returns to Tennessee next week. So my time is sparse on here, but I am reading you and everyone else, even if I don't reply much.

Thanks for caring,

M

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

4 posted 2004-05-06 03:03 PM

I look in the mirror when I read you

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

5 posted 2004-05-06 05:49 PM

I believe it take courage, too, Maureen -- in some cases, it is survival instinct, too. Good poem.

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