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suthern
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0 posted 2006-10-04 11:02 AM


Love
Cannot be measured
Except
In terms of heart

It can send one
To both heights
Undreamed
And depths
Unbearable
But has no girth
Or breadth

It cannot be
Calculated by time
Clocks merely watch
As years pass
In sheer endurance
Or an instant
Redirects
And redefines
Entire lives

I lack words
To express
All the ways
You fill my life

I can only say
I live
By the grace
And goodness
Of our love

© Copyright 2006 suthern - All Rights Reserved
Seymour Tabin
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1 posted 2006-10-04 11:45 AM


suthern
As good a definition as I've ever read.

seraphin
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2 posted 2006-10-04 11:49 AM


And a more worthy way to live does not exist. A throughly lovely read.

Sandra

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3 posted 2006-10-04 10:03 PM


this one for sure needs a

don't want too many folks to miss it


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4 posted 2006-10-05 12:05 PM



"I live
By the grace
And goodness
Of our love"

and that's
true love...

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5 posted 2006-10-05 06:11 PM


Love is like an orchestra when it begins....the piano strikes a note perhaps, and the violins come plick-plick-plicking until they're in tune....and an oboe comes wooting into line, French horn, harp, the timpanist touching, touching, ear so close to the skin, tuning....before long they're all together, altogether....defined, as you so beautifully say it.

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6 posted 2006-10-05 09:35 PM


No, love cannot be measured, but you certainly did a love-ly job of "defining" it!

You are beautiful both within and without, Suthern Gal!

Loving hug,
Linda

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7 posted 2006-10-07 02:46 PM


suthern,

   THIS IS WHY I LOVE YOUR WRITING!  No words could be more true or poetically offered.  It is good to read your writing again.

Gotta go, but first a trip to the library...

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Martie
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8 posted 2006-10-07 03:39 PM


Ruth...lovely and true!  
JamesMichael
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9 posted 2006-10-07 06:18 PM


Enjoyed...James
iliana
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10 posted 2006-10-08 02:37 AM


Yep, that's what it does.  Suthern, keep 'em comin' -- you look good in love.   ....jo
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11 posted 2006-10-09 07:45 AM


SweetestSuthernFriend~

'Clocks merely watch
As years pass'


I sooooo like that thought~

You poeticize love so beautifully~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~
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12 posted 2006-10-09 09:08 AM


A love that brings life and breath?
What a wonderful thing this must be.

Enjoyed this very much.

luminosity
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13 posted 2006-10-29 10:36 PM


ah...having a 'partner' in life does not necessarily mean you will have love as this...it sounds like something worth keeping
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14 posted 2006-10-30 10:04 AM


I love this!
It definitely belongs at the top.
Well done, indeed!

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

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15 posted 2006-10-30 02:34 PM


this was grate, it flowed and rolls right off the tongue, thanks
suthern
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16 posted 2006-11-17 02:47 PM


Thank you all so very much!!! *S* I appreciate each and every response. *S*
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