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Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2006-02-08 08:05 AM

The door was closed a long time ago
on the far inner reaches of soul
but a flood of pain and love gone astray
has loosed the hinges and bolts
and set it at an angel aligned
with an off-centre viewpoint of life.

Love knocks again, again, and again,
until a heart can’t give what it takes
to open and straighten a lopsided door
with only the power of one.

And God? There is most surely a God
on the sidelines purported to be
a kindly old soul who can’t interfere
with a really don’t care attitude.

I’m younger than He and prone to be me
so always I’ll knock till I bleed
for I know of the worth and the value
of laying my heart on the floor.

So there it is like a sovereign of old
with value more precious than can be told
so take to the sky through the porthole of mind
and the door will take care of itself.

It will buckle and bend like a true friend
and swing to the music of love
when passion awakes to the thrills and the spills
that only true freedom can bring.

It will be … you!

Helen / 8 February 2006

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

1 posted 2006-02-08 10:18 AM

Excellent!!!

You always bring light to my dark mornings.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

2 posted 2006-02-08 10:36 AM

Well, icebox, love is the light not me but then again I am love, so - thank you.

I'm glad to have brightened a day.

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

3 posted 2006-02-08 12:07 PM

your writing is brilliant...enjoyed this and what it sent to me...thank you for writing

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

4 posted 2006-02-08 12:16 PM

Helen

"I’m younger than He and prone to be me
so always I’ll knock till I bleed
for I know of the worth and the value
of laying my heart on the floor."

Me too!!

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

5 posted 2006-02-08 01:34 PM

LeeJ - While not thinking that your compliment is fully deserved, I nevertheless say a big thank you. If I can "send" something through this medium then I am totally fulfilled.

Martie - Yes, I know you know.

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

6 posted 2006-02-08 01:49 PM

"So there it is like a sovereign of old
with value more precious than can be told
so take to the sky through the porthole of mind
and the door will take care of itself."

So well said, my friend!

....jo

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

7 posted 2006-02-08 02:43 PM

Thanks, Jo! Closed doors are like closed minds - neither can fly and we have to fly beyond here and now in order to be prepared. Now, don't you dare ask me, "For what?"

D.Lester Young
Senior Member

since 2001-12-08

Posts 1219
Austin, Tx

8 posted 2006-02-08 03:13 PM

Very well versed poem, really liked the line "so take to the sky through the porthole of mind".

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

9 posted 2006-02-08 03:27 PM

Thank you, D.L.Y. What the mind can perceive it can achieve.

poetry_queen
Member

since 2006-02-02

Posts 94
england,

10 posted 2006-02-08 04:45 PM

thanks for this lovely poem such an excellent write

keep up the good work
leanne x

The Lady
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since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

11 posted 2006-02-09 11:05 PM

Beautiful!

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

12 posted 2006-02-10 12:29 PM

"so take to the sky through the porthole of mind"

~ I absolutely love that line!

Sending a hug-o-love,
Linda

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

13 posted 2006-02-10 12:48 PM

My thanks to Leanne, The Lady, and Linda, for your kind comments. Sometimes we have to take to the road before taking to the sky but it's all a process.

troubadour
Junior Member

since 2006-02-09

Posts 43
in the land of yore

14 posted 2006-02-10 01:45 AM

Loved the last couplet. Much enjoyed.

t

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

15 posted 2006-02-10 02:54 AM

Thanks Troubador - much appreciated.

Martie

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Posts 28049
California

16 posted 2006-02-14 06:08 PM

Helen? For what??

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