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Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

0 posted 2004-09-08 03:02 PM

So you would know me
But would you know the whole of me?
Were I to stand before you
Naked and bare
Could you still look upon me?
Once you see all that is there?

Would you look at the skin of me?
Not the flesh, but the depth of me?
The skin of the soul
Would your eyes pause
In loving caress?
Or would you shy from the flaws?

These scars you gaze upon
That seem as laced web wrapped about
They define the course of me
Healed but never quite dismissed
I ask you, would your lips still linger
In compassion drenched kiss?

Would your own heart bow to me
In honor of the truth you see?
Gifting me acceptance and respect?
For each wound you see
Shifted the course of my destiny
And brought me into your arms.

s.a.t.

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

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

1 posted 2004-09-08 03:07 PM

Beautiful Susan..
Lets hope most people look beyond the surface
and into the heart of the one they love.
Hugs~

~ Summer can't be over...
I still have the sand in my shoes. ~

DavePage
Member Elite

since 2003-12-21

Posts 2917

2 posted 2004-09-08 03:13 PM

An image of an image
Bare of need
Would you seek
Someone
So much in need

Drinking essence
Webs caring healing matching destroying
On a kiss

Torn by need

I drink

Loved your words they are very good
Yes to the vision you captured

Yes

dave

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2004-09-08 03:21 PM

it makes all the difference to really truly know someone

klm
Member

since 2004-09-07

Posts 58
New Orleans, Atlanta

4 posted 2004-09-08 03:44 PM

These beautiful, questioning expressions from your soul, must to a true heart, drape a veil over any imperfections.

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

5 posted 2004-09-08 03:44 PM

Nancy, thank you dear friend

Dave, I enjoyed your response, a poem to a poem. Beautiful words. Thank you.

P.S. to be loved, flaws and all, I think this is our hearts quest.

Hugs to you all - Susan

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

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

6 posted 2004-09-08 03:45 PM

klm - thank you for your kindness

Susan

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

ShiningWindHaze
Member

since 2004-09-06

Posts 138
California, United States

7 posted 2004-09-08 06:43 PM

Would you see my galaxies absorbing deep oceans of love? Pleading for your love instead of bodies touching warm and soft my soul grimacing into you to wish upon the shooting star of your mind I kiss your holiness wrapped with bone and blood, but still adoring what you give.

You always inspire me to feel beyond this realm.

- Haze

time prophet
Member

since 2003-07-30

Posts 371
In New Zealand Amongst the Ancient Trees

8 posted 2004-09-08 06:57 PM

When the eyes lock and the heart is revealed, the exterior dressings are immaterial.

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

9 posted 2004-09-08 07:05 PM

Haze- that poetry might inspire, this is the poets greates desire, to gift emotion. Thank you for your most kind reply.

Time Prophet - yes, the greatest beauty and worth is deeper than flesh. Thank you for your thoughtful reply.

Susan

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

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

10 posted 2004-09-08 07:20 PM

Susan, WOW, now that is getting down to brass tacks. No really, the poem is wonderfully meaty and beautifully written. To the library she goes.......

....jo

Suetang
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since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

11 posted 2004-09-08 07:24 PM

An stunning piece of writing here Susan, so very much enjoyed.

Take care........Sue

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

12 posted 2004-09-08 07:32 PM

Ah Jo, you sweetie. I had someone say to me "I want to get to know all of you" and I wondered, really? I wonder too if ever we can bare all of ourselves? Does such acceptance really exist? Other than in the sight of God? Hugs- you.

Sue - thank you for your kindness. Hugs to you too

Susan

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

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

13 posted 2004-09-09 12:27 PM

Very interesting...James

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

14 posted 2004-09-09 08:23 AM

would stand with my back to you
until you came around
and said look at me please
explore me please
get to know me please

til you said it all
just with your eyes

kewl stuff susan

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

15 posted 2004-09-09 08:58 AM

I believe you've managed to convey the way most women feel, and want to be seen...
Thank you for your insight and clever way of elongnating some very beautiful visuals....

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

16 posted 2004-09-09 07:57 PM

Susan,  this poem conveys many of my own
thoughts...those that come with getting
older,  when the figure no longer looks like
it did 20 years ago.  When running track is
no longer a vision,  but a fantasy....and
so many other things.  Yes,  would one still
want when they see all of us there is to
see,  physically and emotionally.  When we
share our deepest secrets and shames...

I understand this well,  and you wrote it
ever perfectly...

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

17 posted 2004-09-09 10:43 PM

James - thanks

Dark - winking at you

LeeJ - thank you kindly

Barry - thanks for your understanding and your kindness, as always. Perhaps this self examination is the beginning of wisdom that hopefully comes with age.

Hugs to you all -- S

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

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

18 posted 2004-09-10 09:36 AM

Such acceptance does exist... but it's only after receiving such a miracle that you realize that all those who couldn't give it weren't worth the anquish. *S*

Excellent write! *S*

miscellanea
Member Elite

since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

19 posted 2004-09-10 11:22 AM

You caged this question perfectly! What introspective writing!

A collector's item!

miscellanea

Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

20 posted 2004-09-10 11:26 AM

Yes Susan, I can feel the need to know, not just a part, but all we hold inside, bared to the soul. You have written this perfectly. Well done gal.

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

21 posted 2004-09-10 12:02 PM

The heart sees more clearly than eyes could ever do...

Lovely words ~ lovely you!

Linda

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

22 posted 2004-09-10 05:04 PM

Thanks lady friend poets- hugs to you all-

Susan

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

E S West
Member

since 2004-08-31

Posts 116
California

23 posted 2004-09-10 06:02 PM

Enjoyed this tremendously....

E S West

"always be true to SELF, and follow your heart.."
" Ignorance is the root of all evil "

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

24 posted 2004-09-10 07:57 PM

those eternal questions
and longings wishing someone can love us
when the mask is off

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

25 posted 2004-09-10 08:01 PM

E S - thanks, it is a pleasure that I can bring another a moment of enjoyment.

Inkedgoddess - yes, true.

Thank you both for your replies -

Susan

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

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