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Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

0 posted 2006-06-15 10:47 PM

I stand before the altar of time, in
wait the moment of one’s demise.
Anticipating the breath that shall
raggedly become a last word, an
epitaph.

Resting patiently for a moment
when the pen shall swirl and twist,
rise and repeatedly fall into the
darkened well of ink, as a muse
whispers into a starved ear,
hungering for just the right sound,
the right feel within a burdened
chest that rises, swells and then
falls, and...at times....pauses for
what seems a galaxy of time.

Where might the lingering thoughts flourish
and dance? Where might the hallowed page
become more than just smooth pure lifeless
paper?

For the time is nigh and a rustic clock awaits
the silent closing of heavy lids as I tumble into
a meadow of dreams.....wishing to again
touch another weary soul as their breath
twins and echoes my own until coveted words
are born and quietly locked away, awaiting
the soft click of a lock...and the fall of
a single shimmering tear.

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

1 posted 2006-06-15 11:01 PM

"wishing to again
touch another weary soul as their breath
twins and echoes my own"

Feeling this, dear very Barry...emotion so well captured!

Paul Wilson

Member Elite

since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

2 posted 2006-06-16 11:01 AM

Barry.This has got to be my all time fovorite from you. Touching but reality expressed in words not easily written...Paul

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

3 posted 2006-06-16 11:07 AM

Barry, this was awesome, especially loved this...

For the time is nigh and a rustic clock awaits
the silent closing of heavy lids as I tumble into
a meadow of dreams.....wishing to again
touch another weary soul as their breath
twins and echoes my own until coveted words
are born and quietly locked away, awaiting
the soft click of a lock...and the fall of
a single shimmering tear.

whoa!!!!! some very good writing here, the visuals are magnificant

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

4 posted 2006-06-16 11:46 AM

Magnus~
The title ... the doormat of welcome that bid me come-in~
The talent surrounding the words of thought ... brilliant !

'Where might the lingering thoughts flourish
and dance?'

Right here, sir Poet ... right here~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~
Email - [email protected]

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

5 posted 2006-06-16 01:48 PM

"For the time is nigh and a rustic clock awaits
the silent closing of heavy lids as I tumble into
a meadow of dreams.....wishing to again
touch another weary soul as their breath
twins and echoes my own until coveted words
are born and quietly locked away, awaiting
the soft click of a lock...and the fall of
a single shimmering tear."

Oh my...just oh my.
Heart hugs.

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain ~

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