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Ratleader

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0 posted 2005-10-28 05:58 PM

fall upon your sword

here
in this moment
accept the leaves’ offer
to hide it all
under their welcoming
shroud
do not give the honor
of an angry cast aside
release
let it tumble from
your hand like
a stick
where no fire is needed
time and the truce
of soil will make it
whole again
of the world again
give it peace again
turn
let these autumn leaves
fall upon your sword
and walk away

For those -- here, I mean, at PiP -- with whom the
differences have come to outweigh the friendship
that could still be if we were to put the swords
away. May it come to pass.

~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº>
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Martie

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1 posted 2005-10-28 06:05 PM

Ed, dear friend

What a wonderful thought, not just here at Pip, but the world. I wish it could be so easy, peace. Thank you for writing this with your heart.

SEA

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with you

2 posted 2005-10-28 06:08 PM

I like this very much...

Huan Yi
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Waukegan

3 posted 2005-10-28 06:11 PM

Ed,

Where is this battlefield
you speak of?

John

P.S.

revolutions per million

[Copyrighted material removed - Ron]

Sharon Lonergan

[This message has been edited by Ron (11-02-2005 10:03 PM).]

Marge Tindal

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4 posted 2005-10-28 06:28 PM

OhEd~
In the learning there is turning ...
or, mayhaps a re-turning~
May it be so~

You are a wise and thoughtful gentleman~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*No matter what I search for ...
let me know when it is LOVE that I find*~ <))><

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suthern

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5 posted 2005-10-31 01:24 PM

You know I think your talent is unequaled... *S* Well, my friend... so is your heart. *S* What a beautiful request!

wandering glider
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6 posted 2005-10-31 02:51 PM

but some wounds add to the crimson hues of fallen leaves
wounds that still drip from the sharp blade of a trust betrayed
time heals I've told
but I still hear leaves rustling at my feet
and my soul is stained

glider

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7 posted 2005-10-31 04:51 PM

Ooh, nice w-g! You could be a'postin' that!

....love your nick, by the way....

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Ratleader

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8 posted 2005-10-31 05:26 PM

John .... I like that poem -- I'm gonna look her up....

...and the battlefield? We're standing on it, alas! That's blue blood, we poets being oh so cultured...and it's not from our noses, which of course we hold too high for them ever to leak.....

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