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I Weep
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I Weep |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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I Weep I know the storms are coming I hear them in tomorrow’s breath It is the impending pain that makes exquisite teardrops alter their shape into hardened candle wax Crystal drips of life to opaque remembrances Sweet oozes of transparent honey to the purple ofconcord But life only breathes its own essence The purity of dewdrops that settle on the eyelash is whatever arises from the heart Love is a pectin that sugars the grapes Love is the filter that purifies pain So that even the waters that gush out of sorrow are also sweetened in the depths of ecstasy Therefore when I cry out of love I cry for the winter and also for the spring I weep for the darkness as well as the light I weep for myself I weep for my tears I grieve for the winds of tomorrow that carry the fragrances of today For no matter the season, Love is present. No matter the tempest, Love is the calm Love is the hope The reason The purpose The breath of purity and the sweetness of the tear Elziabeth Santos October 9. 2004 |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Enjoying the soft and refreshing taste, the sweetness, as opposed to saltiness of love's tears. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
keeper! |
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klm Member
since 2004-09-07
Posts 58New Orleans, Atlanta |
beautiful, elizabeth. kenneth The true poet writes to express, not impress. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
quote: Thank God for the tears. Yours are beautiful and the final stanza is comforting and uplifting. Love, Margherita |
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soul drifter Senior Member
since 2004-09-08
Posts 711Colorado |
Breathtaking words.. very beautiful. I gotta save this one... "Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, and tell them; and the truth of truths is love." --Philip James Bailey |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Elizabeth "Therefore when I cry out of love I cry for the winter and also for the spring I weep for the darkness as well as the light" A very Zen feeling in this beautiful poem.. enjoyed ---------ice ><> |
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CocoBaci Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 3043 |
A treasure of a read! *~coco~* |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
nice read  |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizabeth, I too weep for I missed your call and would have returned it but I some how missplaced you tlephone number. Please call again or send me your number again. PS A gorgious write. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
"Therefore when I cry out of love I cry for the winter and also for the spring I weep for the darkness as well as the light I weep for myself I weep for my tears" Liz...I weep too!  |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
For no matter the season, Love is present. No matter the tempest, Love is the calm Love is the hope The reason The purpose The breath of purity and the sweetness of the tear *************** My you are a wise one aren't you? I always enjoy your writing but you knew that, but beyond the quality of your poetry, there is also the wisdom to indulge and enjoy and that you hold so often in your writes. |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
"I know the storms are coming I hear them in tomorrow’s breath ... I cry for the winter and also for the spring I weep for the darkness as well as the light in..." Yes, it is enough to crack the soul. As always, you stop my thoughts and allow awareness. Thank you. |
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