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hoot_owl_rn
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0 posted 2001-02-05 09:12 AM


Help Me To Fall

I’m stuck on the edge
Yet my back’s on the wall
I try to hold back
As I give you my all
I’m dying to soar
I’m living to fly
I’m screaming inside
While outside I sigh
     Please help me to fall

I stand on the precipice
Between future and past
The moment I’ve wanted
Finally here at last
And I’m scared to hold on
Afraid to let go
Caught between the familiar
And what I don’t know
     Lord, help me to fall

Your hands show no mercy
As they sentence my skin
To burn with desire
From passions within
How slowly I smolder
How quick I ignite
Lost in the darkness
Found in your light
     So help me to fall

I’m falling fast now
I’m holding my breath
I’m closing my eyes
Yet seeing love’s depth
You kiss me once more
I tighten, I slack
I’m sinking, I’m rising
There’s no turning back
     As you help me to fall



~ Ruth
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© Copyright 2001 Ruth Kephart - All Rights Reserved
USBZoso
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1 posted 2001-02-05 09:21 AM


sweet orgasm song, lady
hoot_owl_rn
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2 posted 2001-02-05 09:37 AM


Hmmm....USBZoso, I think you may have misunderstood this one a bit. It's actually about being afraid to let go, to give into love once more. It tries to explain the fight going on inside of one who has fallen (in love) before and is afraid to fall again and the confusion and finally the release as she gives herself over to love.
Thank you for your comments though...brought a bit of a smile to my face  


~ Ruth
www.angelfire.com/pa/OriginalMinds/index.html

Irish Rose
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3 posted 2001-02-05 09:38 AM


sounds like you are on your way!!!

"I walked beside the evening sea and dreamed a dream that could not be." George William Curtis



USBZoso
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4 posted 2001-02-05 09:41 AM


Ohh yeah?
then what's this?

"I’m falling fast now
I’m holding my breath
I’m closing my eyes
Yet seeing love’s depth
You kiss me once more
I tighten, I slack
I’m sinking, I’m rising
There’s no turning back
     As you help me to fall"

Sound pretty much like orgasm to me.
See for yourself, might not notice it at the first time.

Well anyway i am here to entertain myself not others. Hehe

Stan

hoot_owl_rn
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5 posted 2001-02-05 09:47 AM


Kathleen...thank you  

Stan...I know exactly what the poem says as I wrote it and I guess it depends on how you look at things:
I’m falling fast now (Falling in love)
I’m holding my breath (Because I'm afraid to fall)
I’m closing my eyes (I don't want to see what's below when I fall)
Yet seeing love’s depth (Pretty self explanatory)
Just kiss me once more (Same here)
I tighten, I slack (I pull back, I give a little more)
I’m sinking, I’m rising (I'm sinking into the depths of love, I'm rising above the ordinary)
There’s no turning back (I've lost love's battle, but also won)
As you help me to fall



~ Ruth
www.angelfire.com/pa/OriginalMinds/index.html

USBZoso
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6 posted 2001-02-05 09:55 AM


it sounds to me like you are talking to yourself here!

HELLO!??!?!?

do you know what poetry is?

its not what you write, its how i see it
all about perception, lady

you crazy people are so selfish

its not all about you, snap out of it

Read, Special

hoot_owl_rn
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7 posted 2001-02-05 10:01 AM


Stan...I've read special and yes, I do know what poetry is (with over 45 poems published, I'd better know what it is) and yes, everyone percieves poetry in a different way. If my poetry moved you in anyway, it was successful, regardless of your interpretation of it.
USBZoso
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8 posted 2001-02-05 10:19 AM


you are still such a girl behind a school desk... i like that

Stan

Honeybee
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9 posted 2001-02-05 10:40 AM




Ruth, well expressed from a woman who was scared to let anyone close to her.  I relate very much and am often afraid of falling in love, and I push it away so that I won't get hurt.  I have always loved your style and your personal reflection in your poems.  This really touched me, I relate to a tee.  But then again, I'm sure that Rodger helped you to fall in true love... I'm very happy for you!  

Take care,
Melissa~

dragonpoe
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10 posted 2001-02-05 11:18 AM


Well written. Self expressive, honest and penned well. And yes, each individual interprets a poem in their own way.. As is the success of the poem, if there is no interpretation, there is no poem.
Good write.


With the word, I am mighty, with the pen I am free..
dragonpoe

Wesley the Blue
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11 posted 2001-02-05 11:30 AM


Wonderfully writen.  It had a unique flow to it that I dont often see.  Thanks for letting us read it.
Keith

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Wilfred Yeats
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12 posted 2001-02-05 11:54 AM


truth on both sides - what you felt writing = AND - how readers percieve - The multiple gifts of great poetry
jellybeans
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13 posted 2001-02-05 12:09 PM


this is so honest, so open, so beautiful  
Martie
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14 posted 2001-02-05 12:12 PM


Ruth--What a beautiful and well done poem...sounds like you have a case of the jitters...here's a little push from me.  Hugs, my friend.
Janet Marie
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15 posted 2001-02-05 12:54 PM


I stand on the precipice
Between future and past
The moment I’ve wanted
Finally here at last
And I’m scared to hold on
Afraid to let go
Caught between the familiar
And what I don’t know
     Lord, help me to fall
=========================
I’m falling fast now
I’m holding my breath
I’m closing my eyes
Yet seeing love’s depth
You kiss me once more
I tighten, I slack
I’m sinking, I’m rising
There’s no turning back
     As you help me to fall
=====================

I love this poem Hoot-girl ...
very very cool ...
you have captured perfectly the mix of anticpation and helplessness the heart feels when falling....
wonderful cadence and flow...
and the repetion of the last line made the poem.(as did those fires ingniting)  
very well done poetess
(the poem & the replies)  



Tomorrow holds only mystery
And who's to say what might be
But in you I've found a love so strong
The sun and the moon look on in jealousy
~VH~

BloomingRose
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16 posted 2001-02-05 05:44 PM


Ruth~ Great poem. I understood it completely.
Hugs,
Deb

Lone Wolf
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17 posted 2001-02-05 07:42 PM


Ruth,

Sometimes we have to face our fears my friend to find happiness.  Best wishes to you.  

~HUGS~
Jennifer


Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats

Denise
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18 posted 2001-02-05 09:28 PM


Beautiful, Ruth, very beautiful!!  
hoot_owl_rn
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19 posted 2001-02-06 08:33 AM


I just want to thank everyone for your comments on this one. Yes, falling is never easy nor is letting go of the past to finally visualize the future. In 3 days, I'll make the plunge and Lord how wonderful it feels to fall  

~ Ruth
www.angelfire.com/pa/OriginalMinds/index.html

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