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jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2004-10-19 08:13 PM

Almost You

~

Sausalito wasn’t such a bad place
until you moved.

Then the streets were lonely,
barren places,
cold with the act of living.

Phoenix was next,
and I followed you there,
only to lose you again.

You called me from Austin
said I just had to come.

And we loved one another there.
Beneath the stars
and the sun.

But it too,
grew cold
when you were gone.

I heard you were in New Orleans,
missing me,
Biloxi, all over Alabama,
Georgia, and Florida too,
always expecting me,
knowing I’d come.

But She’s almost you.

Without the miles of leaving,
the phone calls wishing I was there,
the doors closing without opening again.

Almost. . . you.

I hear you’re in Memphis.
Crying over me.

Almost . . . I said.

Almost.

You.

w. james beard, jr.
© October 2004

EvocativeVerse2
Senior Member

since 2003-09-10

Posts 1279

1 posted 2004-10-19 08:18 PM

LOVE IT! Abso(FRIGGIN')lutely love it! Hell Yeah! This is something I can relate to! BRAVO!

Remember, if you're not part of the future, you're history!

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2004-10-19 08:21 PM

Lots of feelings in this one...James

Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

3 posted 2004-10-19 10:06 PM

Fabulous, James! I loved it.

I haven't been here for awhile but it is always nice to see your warm, smiling face.

Take care........Sue

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

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

4 posted 2004-10-19 10:52 PM

Slices of truth, m'friend...
divvied up as dessert...

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

5 posted 2004-10-20 03:14 AM

Good God, this reminded me so much of Dylan.
(Bob, that is) *smile*

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

6 posted 2004-10-20 05:37 AM

wow

well, it seems that some folks just can't be happy no matter where they are...
(but I can't blame her for leaving Florida)

babygirlwlove
Senior Member

since 2004-10-10

Posts 1180
New York City

7 posted 2004-10-20 06:45 AM

wow...what a fantastic poem!

**babygirL**

**Intoxicant to the SouL**

Tequilia_Sunrise
Senior Member

since 2003-02-19

Posts 612
Lochalsh, Ontario, Canada

8 posted 2004-10-20 04:11 PM

wow again!

MGROVES

Member Elite

since 2004-02-01

Posts 3802
california

9 posted 2004-10-21 04:54 AM

another WOW for you

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

10 posted 2004-10-21 03:02 PM

This is excellent -

Susan

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.

11 posted 2004-10-21 03:11 PM

Jimmy this is SO dang good!!
Hugs to you m'friend.

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

Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-21

Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song

12 posted 2004-10-21 04:44 PM

Great write and even greater choice in my opinion. Very much enjoyed.

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

13 posted 2004-10-21 05:31 PM

Dang Jimmy,  you do have the touch with this
one.  Exceptional!  I like where it took me
and it wasn't overly long...just right in
my op.

dgvarner
Member Elite

since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

14 posted 2004-11-18 03:24 PM

Oh..what an awesome write..
Just how many times do we let our hearts get stepped on..Love is a powerful thing..

hugs, g

"Everybody just wants to get high...sit and watch a perfect world go by..." (T.McGraw)

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

15 posted 2004-11-18 04:42 PM

A well-travelled heart you have! ~ and your pen didn't miss a beat either!

Linda

RSWells
Member Elite

since 2001-06-17

Posts 2533

16 posted 2004-11-18 09:22 PM

I couldn't shake Nancy Sinatra's "My Elusive Dreams" through the first half of this read.

Like the ending.

SEA

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

17 posted 2004-11-18 11:53 PM

"Almost . . . I said.

Almost.

You."

such impact this has....right to the heart there mister...

loved it

Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

18 posted 2004-11-23 02:29 PM

ahh Jimmy....almost....

pleased to read you sir, enjoyed much.

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