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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2005-12-04 01:02 AM

Thick and clinging like a fear
morning mist creeps ever near
the fancy lace-frilled bodice
of a mystical Goddess.

She trembles slightly so, just so;
could it be she doesn’t know
the ageless ghost of County Fair
has laid her feelings bare?

She turns as one in love undone
outward towards another sun,
her face and secrets hidden deep
in the magic of a dream.

And there in autumn, summer, spring,
when the mist no longer clings
the breeze of this reality
blows only through the trees
because one is dead, the other gone,
and life goes on and on.

Oh, pitter-patter, pat, pat, pat;
rain falls and that is that!

Helen / 4 December 2005

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

1 posted 2005-12-04 09:26 PM

Very nice Helen. Much enjoyed. hugs, Chris

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
~Carl Sandburg

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

2 posted 2005-12-05 01:24 AM

Thanks for the read, Chris. Much appreciated.

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

3 posted 2005-12-05 02:31 PM

I love the rhyme and rhythm in this!

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2005-12-05 02:50 PM

Thanks, Midnitesun. Something like singing in the rain, I guess.

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

5 posted 2005-12-11 12:30 PM

Helen, just had to make time tonight to read at least one of yours. I'll be catching up periodically. This one flows like a summer stream after a light rain; it's a heartbreaker, too...I might have figured from the title. Beautiful write. Saving it.

....jo

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

6 posted 2005-12-11 01:14 AM

Thanks, Jo. I guess only you could have figured from the title so ... thanks for figuring. Stay well.

Helen

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

7 posted 2005-12-11 02:14 AM

A poem of courage, Honeybunch. I am glad you have it and I am glad you have passed it on to me and others through your beautifully sculptured poem, going from magical illusions to magical reality.

- Owl

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

8 posted 2005-12-11 03:03 AM

Thank you, Diana, but I do so want to keep my magical illusions. Unfortunately time has a voracious appetite and eats away at them. Sigh!

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

9 posted 2005-12-11 07:16 AM

... then you just need to create more. Time can only eat so much at a time!

- Owl

MGROVES

Member Elite

since 2004-02-01

Posts 3802
california

10 posted 2005-12-11 07:31 AM

enjoyed

My spirit will rise
above the sea~
There will be no drowning
of my soul or me~

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

11 posted 2005-12-11 04:57 PM

Thank you for writing this and for sharing it.

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