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JLHunter
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since 2006-10-08

Posts 557
CA United States

0 posted 2006-10-10 01:14 AM

The Isle of Fallen Stars

The stars fell from the sky, today.
I watched them fall from far away.
And though I traveled long to see,
To find the heights where they might be,
I felt instead the ocean’s spray.

And so I sailed--the stars to find--
‘Twould ease the sadness in my mind.
When seeing far a distant isle,
I gained it with travail and trial
And found the dreams I left behind.

Unkownst to me, immortals planned,
Where stars and dreams and Heavens spanned,
That when my dreams did fade from sight
So fell the stars from darkest night
To shatter on this barren land.

Eternity has passed my eyes,
And smothered all my soulless cries.
I shake my fists at nighttime--clenched
For whom--or what--the stars were wrenched
As music born of Heaven dies.

Now, on this isle of dreams I stay
Whilst toiling both night and day,
To knit together the torn seams,
Will piece together all my dreams,
No longer wishing them to stray.

But here I will more lifetimes spend
All my days ‘til time’s own end
To pick the stars up where they lie
And paste them back into the sky
So dreams to others they may lend.

Pinky: Gee, Brain, what are we going to do tonight?
Brain: The same thing we do every night, Pinky: try to take over the world!

The Lady
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since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

1 posted 2006-10-10 01:59 AM

"To pick the stars up where they lie
And paste them back into the sky
So dreams to others they may lend"

lovely work JL

JLHunter
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since 2006-10-08

Posts 557
CA United States

2 posted 2006-10-10 03:30 AM

Thanks, TL.

That was a personal favorite of mine, because it is whimsically, semi-autobiographical. That is to say that it was a poem straight from my heart, with touches of personal experiences only hinted at.

Thanks again.

John

Pinky: Gee, Brain, what are we going to do tonight?
Brain: The same thing we do every night, Pinky: try to take over the world!

ThisDiamond
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since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

3 posted 2006-10-10 07:21 AM

We are each born of the stars that fell.
Lovely write.
TD

JLHunter
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since 2006-10-08

Posts 557
CA United States

4 posted 2006-10-10 07:37 AM

Thanks, TD.

I was in a fanciful, contemplative mood when I wrote this. And ever since I was a kid, stars have been magical and comforting to me.

Thanks for writing!

John

Pinky: Gee, Brain, what are we going to do tonight?
Brain: The same thing we do every night, Pinky: try to take over the world!

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

5 posted 2006-10-12 05:16 PM

Enjoyed...nice title...James

Marge Tindal

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

6 posted 2006-10-12 08:30 PM

John~

'found the dreams I left behind'

Ah ... the beauty of it all~

I am of the sky ... Luna and her stars are often my inkspills~

Adore the all of this~

*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]

JLHunter
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since 2006-10-08

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CA United States

7 posted 2006-10-13 04:18 AM

Hi, JamesMichael.

Thanks. I usually try to come up with the title after the poem, but this one wrote itself.

John

Pinky: Gee, Brain, what are we going to do tonight?
Brain: The same thing we do every night, Pinky: try to take over the world!

JLHunter
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since 2006-10-08

Posts 557
CA United States

8 posted 2006-10-13 04:20 AM

Hi, Marge.

I will trust your opinion on this one! Thanks for reading and enjoying...it makes me feel as if my time is not wasted.

John xo

Pinky: Gee, Brain, what are we going to do tonight?
Brain: The same thing we do every night, Pinky: try to take over the world!

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