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inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

0 posted 2004-08-26 07:46 PM

How easily you fade from me -

the silence striking, as
the angel of morning
wears faintly his dark shadow
on the window's awning,

and the receding meadows
suspend now without sonnets,
as the seasonal chorus labors
to sing reveille,

oh how you leave me love,
so easily;

your song ringing loud and shrill,
as it strains on its final notes,

and i can only pull tightly
the summer covers,

and pretend i hadn't noticed
the end is coming.

[This message has been edited by inkedgoddess (08-28-2004 06:41 PM).]

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

1 posted 2004-08-26 07:47 PM

Lovely...James

Startime55
Member Elite

since 2003-04-05

Posts 2148
Alberta, Canada

2 posted 2004-08-26 08:23 PM

heart breakingly beautifull...

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2004-08-27 02:56 AM

I feel ya

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

4 posted 2004-08-27 07:03 AM

yes, but a new beginning arrives with the end, if we learn not to embrace the negative to long.

Bittersweet write and done very well.

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

5 posted 2004-08-27 07:05 AM

Inky
I love the passion in this poem.....
Other poets have stirred that in me as well, but not many...the feelings are deep and uniquely human...But I do see it in some of the other animals...squirrels know, and so do bears, that the end (of something) is coming...birds fly away from it...but isn't it but a continuation? Nature knows it has arranged the seasons near perfect, and so they repeat....
Other Bards also knew this, and wrote it down...I am filing this poem besides this short one by one of them...as I believe they are cut from the same mold..

Fire and Ice (1920) Robert Frost

Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things,
To yield with a grace to reason,
And bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season?

enjoyed
---------ice
><>

Come read to me some poem,
Some simple and heartfelt lay,
That shall soothe this restless feeling
And banish the thoughts of day.
Longfellow

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

6 posted 2004-08-27 07:44 AM

thanks for reading

ice..thanks for a bit of frost this august morning.
and yes :

...But I do see it in some of the other animals...squirrels know, and so do bears, that the end (of something) is coming...birds fly away from it...but isn't it but a continuation? Nature knows it has arranged the seasons near perfect, and so they repeat....

****they show us humans, every time, don't they?*********

bklynboy
Senior Member

since 2002-12-15

Posts 660
florida

7 posted 2004-08-28 06:19 AM

You always deserve a curtain call...take a bow.

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

8 posted 2004-08-28 03:06 PM

Awake, my child
from the dark veil of your night.
Just above the cotton-stitched seam
of your sanctuary,

Rise, this morning . . .

Rise and embrace the palette, falling.

Lie down in their tears
as they cry with you.

Hailing from the sky, it seems . . .

They also feel your loss,
the leaves.

Even when first frost
scrapes his bony finger
upon your pane,
Close your eyes
until your chest heaves.
Spreading warmth -
shaking the chill from your bone.

Let your memory serve
as fuel to warm you,
and shake dandelion and marigold
from your golden tresses,

Sailing with the autumn breeze . . .

Hugs to you Michele

Susie

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

9 posted 2004-08-28 06:44 PM

Let your memory serve
as fuel to warm you,
and shake dandelion and marigold
from your golden tresses,

and that it still does, thankfully dreams
still come

and thank you for that most beautiful reponse
susie

i know you know

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

10 posted 2004-08-28 07:26 PM

nice read

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

11 posted 2004-08-29 09:06 AM

Michele, I love the softness of your words today...and think this one of my favorites

hugs
M

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

12 posted 2004-08-29 09:18 AM

Lovely. Tis sad, this sorrow of good-bye, for my soul sings in summer and I shall miss that sweet music. Applauds for this wonderful expression of the change of seasons -

susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind.

Margot
Member

since 2003-10-04

Posts 154

13 posted 2004-08-31 12:09 PM

Excellent heart touching piece.

Margot

Love is something eternal, The aspect may change, But not the essence.- Vincent Van Gogh

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

14 posted 2004-08-31 01:17 AM

A regal write Michelle...
Expertly painted here.
TD

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