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Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

0 posted 2006-02-16 12:36 PM

Captivated

Could there have been another time
I held you in my arms;
Succumbing to your loveliness
And captured by your charms?

It seems there could not be a world
In which there was no you.
You're the freshness of the morning,
The sweetness of the dew.

It took but one brief glimpse to know
You were the one I sought.
Days lived before my love for you
Are counted now as naught.

Though circumstance may change us both,
I promise you today
This all-consuming love I feel
Shall never go away.

Without a thought of self I am
Amazingly beguiled
And evermore enamored by
My precious newborn child.

By: Joyce Johnson 2/16/06

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

1 posted 2006-02-16 01:01 PM

You convey the love of a child that nearly makes ones heart burst.

Such a sweet and dreamy lullabye.
Beautifully said and done, Joyce.

Air Goddess
Member

since 2006-02-11

Posts 108
Canada

2 posted 2006-02-16 01:54 PM

I, too am captivated by the wonder of
little souls...
They are so capable of bringing the pure Self
to the forefront in every mother ...and
the Mind is given a backseat.
I love this poem of rhythm and rhymes and
pentameters...as fresh and pure as a newborn
baby and as flowing smoothly like a refreshing stream.

Rainbowdust
Member

since 2002-12-05

Posts 320
Sydney, Australia

3 posted 2006-02-16 03:39 PM

Joyce, this was wonderful! Thank you for sharing

The soul would have no rainbows, had the eyes no tears.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2006-02-16 04:20 PM

A pleasure to read...James

Goldenrose
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since 2003-05-30

Posts 3665

5 posted 2006-02-16 04:47 PM

Well what a touching poem here..enjoyed the read...thank you...

Goldenrose

Desire for nothing except desirelessness,hope for nothing except to rise above all hopes, want nothing and you will have everything.avatar Meher Baba.

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

6 posted 2006-02-16 05:10 PM

"It seems there could not be a world
In which there was no you."

Isn't it amazing that we KNOW those newborn faces the moment we see them... alomost as if we remember them? Maybe there never was a world without your little one in it.

What a beautiful poem for your child.

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

7 posted 2006-02-17 04:56 PM

Joyce~
There is such a preciousness to this piece~
It captures my heart in feelings of knowing exactly those special moments of which you pen~

So poetically marvelous you are~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~
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Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

8 posted 2006-02-17 05:11 PM

Thanks to all of you for your comments. It has been a long, long time since I held that new little being, but the memory is as fresh as tomorrow. Love, Joyce

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