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1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

0 posted 2006-08-26 03:04 PM

A Dying Ivy

we met over dying ivy
no lightening struck but
that day bared the root of things
where everything changed
the limbs of naked truth
feelings of uncontrollable passion
and grief that shouts pure agony
pain that rips the pores of me
and settles in as second skin
I don’t know how it happened
this casual to be so intimate
so separate to be so equal
lifetime of lifetimes chasing
to arrive light years apart
living in this suffering
to breathe the sheer ache
between tenderness and torture
please understand in this sorrow
my face feels your tears

“all romantics meet the same fate”…Joni Mitchell

sandgrain
Member Elite

since 1999-09-21

Posts 3662
Sycamore, IL, USA

1 posted 2006-08-26 04:07 PM

Your imagry is spectacular! This was such a great use of words I was drawn to reread it for the sheer pleasure of them.

Rae

Larry C

Member Patricius

since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

2 posted 2006-08-26 10:02 PM

Helen,
You do emote so well! It's good to get to read your writing again. Peace.

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

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2006-08-27 04:18 PM

I've so missed reading you Helen

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

4 posted 2006-08-27 07:01 PM

"please understand in this sorrow
my face feels your tears"

so well done Helen

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

5 posted 2006-08-27 08:17 PM

"please understand in this sorrow
my face feels your tears"

Deep impact...excellent write.
TD

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

6 posted 2006-08-27 09:43 PM

Helen,

the give/take
tear apart/put together
puzzle/answer
of this poem
is exquisite.

Well done, young lady!

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

7 posted 2006-08-28 08:12 AM

ms slick..oh hell yeah...enjoyed you ms

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

8 posted 2006-08-28 12:38 PM

Beautiful!

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

Martie

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

9 posted 2006-08-28 02:37 PM

Helen

"this casual to be so intimate
so separate to be so equal
lifetime of lifetimes chasing
to arrive light years apart"

So deep to be so understood!

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