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Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

0 posted 2004-09-17 08:32 AM

I am not made of rock
   nor am I  made of stone
I cry tears like any other
   I fear of being alone.

Sands of time beat upon me
   some days my heart still bleeds
dripping pain mixed with pure joy
   beating steady, having needs.

I am but a blooming flower
   waiting past a winter freeze
for the sun to warm my petals
   blowing in a summer breeze.

I have weathered storms of life
   survived  to see skies of blue
my heart has not turned to ice
   it can still give love so true.

written 11-30-2000 revised 9-17-04

It's better than I could have planned..
it's made me who I am...
{Trace Adkins}

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

1 posted 2004-09-17 08:37 AM

Gentle Spirit
You are the essence of a flower.

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

2 posted 2004-09-17 08:43 AM

That was simply lovely, Dear Donna!

~ and may you always weather the storms that come your way in life! ~ and may they be few and far between!

Hugs to you this fine September morning (at least it is a fine morning in my corner of the world!)

Linda

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

3 posted 2004-09-17 09:11 AM

Morning Donna...
I know you have weathered many a storm of late dear one.
May your storms be 'steamy' ones from now on.

~Love and hugs, Nancy~

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

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

4 posted 2004-09-17 09:32 AM

Hiya and Good morning,
Isn't it fun, to go back and look at our earlier poems, and see where we've come to now...like a mini vacation into our past experiences...and one can't help but say, my how we've grown....

Miraculous this life...isn't it...thank you for sharing this beautiful but bittersweet write.

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

5 posted 2004-09-17 04:11 PM

You could never be ice...
not with a spirit as gentle as yours...

a good re-write, little one...

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

6 posted 2004-09-18 04:59 AM

G.S.
"I am but a blooming flower
   waiting past a winter freeze
for the sun to warm my petals
   blowing in a summer breeze."

Love this stanza...but it seems you are able to bloom anytime you please, and don't have to wait for a "summer breeze"
The buds of your poetry show that you blossom anytime you write....and like the hellebores ,
are capable of blossoming even in the snow and ice...
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

MyHeartofShadows
Member

since 2004-09-04

Posts 88
Hyattsville, MD

7 posted 2004-09-18 09:00 AM

I love this, touches me and reminds me to bloom come the spring.

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