Everything I Never Could Become......reposted inspire of Michael Auguste

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Martie

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0 posted 2004-12-24 02:03 PM

Everything I Never Could Become

(with thanks to Michael Auguste for the inspiration of his poem, "Let Me Be") /pip/Forum47/HTML/001755.html

Let me be the finger of a child
on fogged up window
or the sky as it turns
from blue to indigo.

Let me be the scent of rain
on freshly planted soil,
the smile of pride that emerges on a face
after all that toil.

I’d like to be vibration from thunder
in the clouds,
or the sound of violins
falling on a listening crowd.

I could be giggles of children
in pool’s hot summer stay,
the cry of seagulls from the pier
on a fisherman’s lucky day.

If I was the boat’s anchor
pushed by oceans sway,
I could see the splash that glistens
in the water as dolphin’s play.

I think I’ll be the bursting bubbles
from the Champaign tray
shared by newlyweds and friends
on a wedding day.

I love the fragrant perfume
that lingers on you hair,
so during a shampoo let me be
the fingers there.

Let me be whispered words of love
on a park bench,
the pride of a farmer viewing
his harvest from the fence.

Let me be the constant snap
in the bubble gum
of a boy who just made
his very first home run.

Let me be the skin
under fingertips caress,
the crinkling sound of taffeta
on a daughter’s dress.

Let me be the fluttering heart beat
after a first kiss,
the liquid in the straw
that everyone calls chocolate bliss.

Let me be the pause between
will you marry me and yes,
the glowing love in eyes
behind the veil in wedding dress.

Let me be a message in a bottle
for awhile,
or the first word of a baby
that makes a daddy smile.

Let me be words, "Love me tender"
from an Elvis Presley song
or lead me in a dance around the room,
I’ll be the gown.

Let me stop this, let me now
before I do succumb
to becoming almost everything
I never could become.

skyshine

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1 posted 2004-12-24 02:09 PM

Very nice! Everyone wants to be something they could never become. I wonder what it would be like to be any of those things? Thanks for the thoughts, Martie.

~sky

Have a Holly Jolly Christmas! Jesus is the reason for the season!!

Sunshine

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2 posted 2004-12-24 02:23 PM

I remember...and a timely repost,
both for Michael, and for Christmas.

Thank you, sweetheart!

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

3 posted 2004-12-24 03:00 PM

Thank you Martie...your timing is always perfect.
Love ya and Merry Christmas.

Season's Greetings!

Nightshade

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4 posted 2004-12-24 03:35 PM

Simply wonderful Martie. Placing this gently in my library along with Michael's.
Blessing to you and yours. hugs, Chris

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5 posted 2004-12-24 04:09 PM

I looked one last time before going out the door hoping to see you write something and here you are showing your heart when your own needs a huge hug itself. Well, Michael will now be able to be anything he wishes to be and more, and we will all be better for having known him that is for sure. May God bless him, his family, you and Taylor, in his grace this season, and make all things right.

Merry Christmas Martie.

Susan Caldwell
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6 posted 2004-12-24 10:33 PM

God, Martie, this was beyond words.

You are truly a beautiful person.

"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind"
~Sarah McLachlan~

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7 posted 2004-12-25 08:17 AM

"I’d like to be vibration from thunder
in the clouds,
or the sound of violins
falling on a listening crowd."

passing shadows
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8 posted 2004-12-25 08:20 AM

every verse, a beauty

yes, Michael does inspire, always has, always will

Kit McCallum

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9 posted 2004-12-25 10:31 AM

Martie, this is absolutely beautiful. What an incredible piece, inspired by an equally dear man.

Merry Christmas to you Martie!

Best wishes and big hugs,
/Kit

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10 posted 2004-12-25 10:57 AM

"Let me be the fluttering heart beat
after a first kiss,
the liquid in the straw
that everyone calls chocolate bliss."

beautiful
and even though I rarely eat chocolate, I love this imagery and could drink from that straw daily!
Heart hugs to you and yours, and to Michael and family

kayjay
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11 posted 2004-12-25 11:23 AM

The touch of the maestro is evident in this lovely set of events so familiar, but seen by you as things to be. Well done, Martie. Ken

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

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12 posted 2004-12-26 10:19 AM

This is too good ... can't do an intelligent job of saying what it gave me, so I'll just let you know I read it, and leave you to imagine the rest.

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13 posted 2004-12-26 11:51 AM

so well done Martie - it is true that while reading I go somewhere I can't describe but I think you know it - Paul

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14 posted 2004-12-26 07:32 PM

Excellent write...thanks for bring this back!

Eric

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