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serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

0 posted 2004-09-11 11:07 AM

I welcomed the stranger
sands newly swept
perfectly zen
laughingly left
rippling hills of au natural
crippling promises
meant to be wept
in a shell
on a shelf
in a jar
(were they left?)

with the others
in dust
and dulled by the sun
gathered
in ribbons
like promises kept
in a box
to be found after death.

Crystalline holes
imploding the shine
a pin on the map
in mock of the time
laughing
at listlessness
ain't that my way?
looking behind
my steps wash away
printed wet edges
intent in the foam
feet stomping music
splash her way home

all the way
in the spray
to the end of the tide...
I'm alone
I follow the river her bends -

we're alone.

I welcomed the stranger
"Brother," I smiled.
"Come, have a drink
and sit for awhile.
Tell me the world
that you see through your eyes
(Chrystalline holes
imploding the shine?)
I'll get you some water--
I wish for a well--"
in a shell
on a shelf

within reach.

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2004-09-11 11:14 AM

...and I welcome the fact
that you are once again
within reach...

I needed this.

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

2 posted 2004-09-11 11:20 AM

serenity
Nostalgia, personified.

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

3 posted 2004-09-11 01:26 PM

Ser..good to read you today...
I too needed this.
Love ya lady~

~Autumn..the year's last, loveliest smile.~

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

4 posted 2004-09-11 01:56 PM

thank you

Daniel Storm
Member

since 2004-09-08

Posts 91
New York

5 posted 2004-09-11 03:19 PM

Pretty fascinating stuff here. Sounds kinda freeing.

miscellanea
Member Elite

since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

6 posted 2004-09-11 03:29 PM

I welcomed the stranger
"Brother," I smiled.
"Come, have a drink
and sit for awhile.
Tell me the world
that you see through your eyes
(Chrystalline holes
imploding the shine?)
I'll get you some water--
I wish for a well--"
in a shell
on a shelf

within reach.

You did it again...Everytime I read one of your post, I find myself inquisitive, reading and re-reading, finding more every time. I enjoy your unique style and great ability.

miscellanea

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

7 posted 2004-09-12 12:43 PM

with the others
in dust
and dulled by the sun
gathered
in ribbons
like promises kept
in a box
to be found after death.

I would like to think, after death those memories will linger long,
and we will be remembered kindly, after all.

This made me cry, but then I'm an emotional kinda gal!

Your pen name suits you so well, serenity~

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

8 posted 2004-09-12 12:59 PM

Ser, this is one of my favorites from your pen, and that's quite a feat.
Keeping this one, it is WAY beyond the sands of time, and DAMN, I sure wish I could write like this.

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

9 posted 2004-09-12 01:13 AM

aw Kacy...you, and all of you, are so generously sweet.

It was just a little something inspired by a shell on my bookshelves. I'd had it for years, and I was thinking I was glad that shells only echo the ocean.

Oh the stories she could tell, otherwise!

Thanks for reading.

It's so very lovely to be home.

ShiningWindHaze
Member

since 2004-09-06

Posts 138
California, United States

10 posted 2004-09-12 04:13 AM

The things that inspire us always amaze me.
This was beautiful.

- Haze

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

11 posted 2004-09-12 09:30 AM

Karen,
Even though time may drift between, each time I read your writes, I am transported to
A realm of higher mind. The view is breath taking.
TD

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

12 posted 2004-09-12 09:53 AM

liked this much

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

13 posted 2004-09-12 12:01 PM

Your words, they tumble through my mind and I enjoy the ride -

Susan

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

Duncan
Member Ascendant

since 2001-08-07

Posts 5455

14 posted 2004-09-12 12:15 PM

"I welcomed the stranger
"Brother," I smiled.
"Come, have a drink
and sit for awhile.
Tell me the world
that you see through your eyes
(Chrystalline holes
imploding the shine?)
I'll get you some water--
I wish for a well--"
in a shell
on a shelf

within reach."

Ya know I'm lovin' this one Sen...