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She stands
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She stands |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa 
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Right under the sky and the visible stars a woman steps out on a road to the end knowing the way but as the wind blows she turns about face to a bend in the will. ‘tis a gale of a kind that shatters and breaks and litters the lakes with life-long residue and she without boat can’t steer a course from ‘a’ to ‘b’ and the collection of fear. There in the past as cold as stained glass fear bolted the door to sharp clarity and brought in the colours of apathy like a placebo to forestall the heart. Geared now to advance and yet she stands hot in the heat of long lost memories gone yet clinging, dead yet alive, and bending strong will into denial. She stands, she stands, hallelujah, she stands alive to the feel yet resisting the need to swim in a lake of all fear! Helen / 26 November 2006 |
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Angel4aKing Senior Member
since 2006-09-27
Posts 1372USA |
I wish I could write I lack the elegance that this has.....nice read...take care. Julie My favorite part alive to the feel yet resisting the need to swim in a lake of all fear! |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
Honeybunch, I like this very much. With all your imagery, you've painted her character well. Especially like the following, but thought your whole poem was just amazing and one to keep. "There in the past as cold as stained glass fear bolted the door to sharp clarity and brought in the colours of apathy like a placebo to forestall the heart" I guess what I like best about the poem is the celebration that she stands. misce' |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
now this is inspiring! |
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MsSouthernOrchid Member
since 2003-07-12
Posts 192 |
Makes you want to stand up and cheer! Loved this one. |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Thank you all so much for reading and for your comments - much appreciated and, yes, I think a cheer is in order for the one who stands. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Hi Helen...I've missed you!! "She stands, she stands, hallelujah, she stands" I sure do know this feeling.  |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
Very well done, indeed! Poet, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
A great message, dear Helen, and very well rendered indeed! No, fear will not win! Love, Margherita |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Thanks Martie, Interloper, and Margherita! I guess fear is one of the most destructive things in life until overcome, that is. |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
That's inspiring. You can put the past behind you, but until you can face it you can't move on. Well done. Nan (Pilgrim variety) |
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