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Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

0 posted 2005-08-21 12:54 PM

They Are Gone

it has been said he left,
as did she
and they might have
taken a slight
sabbatical for
a little while

but they left their soft smiles

I know

because I've been
to the archives
which can, in itself,
this word
"archive"
be a lovely word
or a dank word
depending on
what is in
its hold

and what it is holding

but these archives
are delicious and
nutritious and
sustaining of
all that I
seek

their smiles…and everything else they left behind

so do not chide me
nor deride me
for the time
I spend in
here,
letting it
all sink in
again and again
their words of passion

of heartbreak and surcease,
of love and light
of misery and hope
of misguided thoughts and
wars well won
and wars duly lost
of spirits and spiritual love
of planes and substances untouchable
but all of which are left readable

their words sustain my soul
and the tiniest, most miniscule
thoughts were planted in my brain
because of their words which someone
did not leave unheard
but rather, read and enjoyed,
even if only by One…

that One person captured a piece
of the writer, the poet, the author

that One person went away
or stayed
because of that
writer, poet, author

and forevermore shall remember
or if not actually remember, still,
will have been touched,
just once
by the Passion of the
Person, Poet, Painter of Promise.

so on this very holy day
a day of rest
a morning come early
with soft electrical
candle's light
and if fortunate, then
on into the night
I shall visit and
reacquaint myself with
friends who are on
sabbatical, but
visit them I shall

in the archives.

~*~

A repost

"There's a reason they call God The Creator - he sides with talent." Julia Cameron

Ratleader

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Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

1 posted 2005-08-21 01:24 PM

I've been spending a bit of time in the archives myself, lately. I don't often give a response there, but I read there...as much as I read in Open. You're right, it gives a feel for what is past, but not passed.

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Marge Tindal

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 2005-08-21 02:22 PM

yes~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

3 posted 2005-08-21 02:28 PM

Sunshine, this is so true. I like to read in there.
Like Ed, I rarely post there, but maybe I should......
we never know when someone who has gone may
come back to visit in the archives.
Hugs,
Ethel

littlewing
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since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

4 posted 2005-08-21 02:36 PM

I've just been in there myself, moreso than in here lately, looking at us all running around here giggling.

It made me smile, as did this.

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

5 posted 2005-08-21 07:56 PM

Nice writing...James

inkedgoddess
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Posts 7392
Ohio

6 posted 2005-08-21 10:18 PM

it is a lovely place to pause a bit, thanks for the reminder

so much to go back to that i either missed or never caught the first time around.

Sunnyone
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since 2000-07-06

Posts 5334
Staffordshire, England

7 posted 2005-08-22 01:12 AM

I, too, have taken a few trips into the Archives, just to feel the presence of a few friends I have met here, and miss...they may be gone, but their words and thoughts live on forever for those of us who want to remember...wonderful write, my Sun-sis...~S~

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life

ice
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since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

8 posted 2005-08-22 07:36 AM

Kari..

There is no other way to hold them,
But gently in the hands of our hearts..

Love is this poem
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The Jackal
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9 posted 2005-08-22 07:57 AM

lovely as always

The Mongrel cat came home, Holding half a head proceeded to show it off to all his new found friends

Greeneyes

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In Your Poetic Mind

10 posted 2005-08-22 01:34 PM

by the Passion of the
Person, Poet, Painter

~~

all of which you are.....this is lovely Karilea~ and a beautiful reminder!

Larry C

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11 posted 2005-08-22 01:40 PM

Nicely done Karilea,
I'm glad it's back as I missed it before. Wasn't at all what I expected but pleased me just as much.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

jellybeans
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12 posted 2005-08-22 02:06 PM

beautifully expressed....the archives are a treasure, I only wish I had more time to explore them.....sigh

suthern

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Louisiana

13 posted 2005-08-22 04:04 PM

I'm always amazed at the treasures I find in the archives... visiting old favorites, finding words to relish I'd missed first time around. *S*

Beautiful write... and reminder! *S*

passing shadows
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displaced

14 posted 2005-08-22 04:07 PM

you know I just love the archives myself, though I haven't frequented them lately

this is the nudge I needed

SmartChick
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On A Journey To The Unknown

15 posted 2005-08-22 07:45 PM

I am so glad there is an archive. I have been going there alot lately.

iliana
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16 posted 2005-08-22 09:10 PM

It is true, and I am so grateful there is this treasury available to us. luv ya, SIL.....jo

Martie

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17 posted 2005-08-23 02:55 PM

Yes, sissie....held gently!

Gentle Spirit
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18 posted 2005-08-23 03:12 PM

Such fond memories are held there.....

yes, a beautiful place to visit momma k.

yesterday is gone
tomorrow doesn't exist

LeeJ
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19 posted 2005-08-23 03:20 PM

perhaps a blessing clothed in words
we feel the same way of you dear poetess

Bodger
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since 2005-06-12

Posts 1260
Tolerance for a short time

20 posted 2005-08-23 05:12 PM

They did not die they merely slept
There words echo
As if a different person wrote at that time
Claiming thoughts they felt were thine
To illuminate in colours bold
Or sensitive in growing old

Words we want to forget
Yes learn the were best

and we regret

We ran away from thoughts and words and deeds

That told the world

Of our needs

Bodger

JesusChristPose
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since 2005-06-21

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Pittsburgh, Pa

21 posted 2005-08-23 05:57 PM

of heartbreak and surcease,
of love and light
of misery and hope
of misguided thoughts and
wars well won
and wars duly lost
of spirits and spiritual love
of planes and substances untouchable
but all of which are left readable

~ A feeling of melancholy while writing? The verse above was my favorite. this was and enjoyabel... I'll call it tribute, to read.

vandana

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USA

22 posted 2005-08-24 05:24 PM

good read

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