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passing shadows
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0 posted 2006-12-19 11:50 PM

You said you didn't know who I was anymore,
and so that made two of us there.
Back then, I played on the black keys,
off-tune and I didn't care.

And damn if I didn't know
how much you needed me
to put a message in the bottle
and toss it out to sea.

Time went by. Tomorrows passed.
You never did walk away.
You spent many nights on the side,
just listening to me play.

You finally got the message
you so patiently waited for,
after I finally realized
I was worth much more.

I got you lookin' at stars again
yet you still don't see Orion,
but that's okay...you see me...
and now we're done with cryin'

I still play on the black keys
and you sit with an attentive ear,
you said it's good to know me again...

yeah, that makes two of us here.

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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Sydney, Australia

1 posted 2006-12-20 12:01 PM

I still play on the black keys
and you sit with an attentive ear,
you said it's good to know me again...

yeah, that makes two of us here.

Dixie.... love to hear you play! great write RDB

passing shadows
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2 posted 2006-12-20 12:07 PM

thanks Roniece

it's good to see someone else around here at this hour...it's 11pm here in Florida.

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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3 posted 2006-12-20 12:44 PM

ah I'm still in my working hour! It's now 4.50pm Wednesday here

RDB

Honeybunch
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South Africa

4 posted 2006-12-20 01:21 AM

Dixie - to know yourself is a milestone in life and for another to know you too is a gift from ... God!

Earth Angel
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Realms of Light

5 posted 2006-12-20 01:59 AM

Dixie, getting to know your own self better must surely relay into you liking yourself better!

To know you is to love you!

Love & Christmas Light,

Linda

rwood
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since 2000-02-29

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Tennessee

6 posted 2006-12-20 08:08 AM

Ah, I adore your words. I think when we don't know who we are, we are being our most precious selves without any editing or posing. Stay real, darlin'. Keep it on the "black keys."

Love,
Reg

divine chaos
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dancing 'neath the moon

7 posted 2006-12-20 08:23 AM

Dixie, I do so love reading you, sometimes I think we must be twin souls, 'cause the thoughts that drip from your pen, echo the ones in my heart so often ...

~*Sheli*~

By words the mind is winged
~Aristophanes~

passing shadows
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8 posted 2006-12-20 10:37 AM

Good to see each of you Helen, Linda, Regina, Sheli...

I thank you beautiful ladies for your beautiful comments here

there was a time when I lived inside of a bottle. To think about that person now, is almost unbearable. I can only thank God that I didn't lose more than I lost and that I'm still alive through it all.

I don't know how I stopped, and I couldn't be of any use in AA to help other people as far as how I kicked the habit...all I can say is it was God.

trutodaraiders
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CA

9 posted 2006-12-20 02:21 PM

It's nice when people keep themselves in check loved the poem! ~Bill

Interloper

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Deep in the heart

10 posted 2006-12-20 03:27 PM

Do you play more sharps or flats?

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

twinkyfl1
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since 2006-12-15

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florida

11 posted 2006-12-20 03:58 PM

You played this so well. Every note struck with the right chord.

Play on dear Dixie, play on!

nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines

12 posted 2006-12-20 06:19 PM

I've always played off-key Dixie...enjoyed this.

M

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

13 posted 2006-12-20 08:24 PM

Dixie?

C'mere...

Sing in me muse...
and through me tell the story~

The Lady
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The Southwest

14 posted 2006-12-20 10:49 PM

ah Dixie...
off key or not
it's a beauty of a tune

love that last line!

passing shadows
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15 posted 2006-12-21 01:55 AM

Bill, thanks...yeah I have to do that a lot lately...old age I guess

Interloper, a lot more flats I'm afraid

June, thanks

Maureen, you and me both. It's nice to know I'm in good company.

Nancy,

good hugs...thanks!

Kate, thank you much!

JamesMichael
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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

16 posted 2006-12-21 02:24 AM

Enjoyed...James

ethome
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New Brunswick Canada

17 posted 2006-12-21 02:42 AM

Love some of those lines....Well I'm glad you're all done with cryin!

Eric

Pilgrimage
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since 2001-12-04

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Texas, USA

18 posted 2006-12-21 10:12 AM

There's so much hope in this one! I LOVE the way it comes full circle. Well done.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

suthern

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Louisiana

19 posted 2006-12-21 10:43 AM

you said it's good to know me again...

yeah, that makes two of us here.

It has been such pleasure to watch you through the years... especially now as your poetry gets ever better and you realize your strength and true beauty. *S* This is great!

ivordavies
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20 posted 2007-01-14 05:47 PM

There is something melodious and haunting about playing in sharps and flats,
like always riding above and seeing below,
or reading between the lines,
living dangerously,
but courageously.

Yes it means that maybe we are 'off sync' for a while, but how can we gain understanding unless we have been there.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I still play on the black keys
and you sit with an attentive ear,
you said it's good to know me again...

yeah, that makes two of us here.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Nice to know that you do not disregard all the black keys now, but have learned to use them to your advantage.....

An interesting read,

Have Fun,

Ivor

The moment created this second, is a moment that's going to last.
It lives the full spectrum of time, the future, the present and past.

Angel4aKing
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since 2006-09-27

Posts 1372
USA

21 posted 2007-01-16 12:46 PM

Wow, I like this. I can't believe I missed it. It made me think of someone form my past that I have been thinkig alot about...Take care, JulieAnn

~~~kingsangel~~~

passing shadows
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22 posted 2007-01-16 05:06 PM

thank you so much!

DreamerSpirit
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Buenos Aires, Argentina

23 posted 2007-01-24 01:52 AM

I loved reading this poem..made me think a lot..i've been absent for a long while..and i'll be absent for a longer time..many problems around me...in any case, Excellent work!.i loved it.
Denis.

Angel4aKing
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since 2006-09-27

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USA

24 posted 2007-02-07 03:02 PM

I also played on the black keys out of tune...he always did have an attentive ear ya know? Oops I already replied to this one...But reading it a second time it was even better!

~~~kingsangel~~~

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