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| as spontaneous as they can be Posted: 6/21/2006 12:19:09 AM | Heya Christopher:)Its good to see you breaking the rules I enjoyed your poem bunches.Thanks for posting it here. I just felt like doing a tiny bit of writing before bed....so its spontaneous time again kids:)Sleep tight yall,Kat
In a diamond mine of thoughts Pressure creates brilliance With colours the envy Of any artists pallette Love holds hands in brilliant pink Keep on painting and dont think Feel the softness and gentle lines Dont worry if this work of art is refined By anyone elses definition Its your life ,your painting No need for revision It may be Imperfect in someone elses eyes I start to paint a lullabye With satin amber glow of contenment A line of antique roses represent The fragrant blossom days I spent Rocking my daughter to sleep Ill paint that moment robins egg blue The paint is soaking through The paper,kissing the edge of Your tender cheek,I wont speak Brush by brush stroke its all conveyed on canvas As I paint a watercolour version Of my life in poetry You may never see what I see A multiplicity of hues Sometimes out of balance Yet the way the shades blend In this life is so fantastic Time for the final touches I wonder where my brush is? But instead I reach for you Now it seems in crimson blush My cheeks are painted too | |
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| what the heck.. a few more on the spot writes before I zzzz :) Posted: 6/21/2006 12:39:05 AM | My eyes rest ever dreaming upon wildflowers in an antique vase Do our lives resemble them As we try to fill the empty space That exists within the glass A vessel made to contain Our collected dreams that seem so vast As I walk along the hillside The dusk settles in shadows upon my cheek In these soft spoken hours I can barely dare to speak A butterfly plays hide and seek With the summer wind for fun And sets sail for the sunset Before the day is done I stop to pick a daisy In memory of this place Is it just an illusion As we try to place lifes face Are we merely vessels meant to be another place Sometimes I feel like a flower Trapped inside a vase | |
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| carrying on this way Posted: 6/21/2006 1:11:37 AM | Kat, the trouble with that rule thing, bugs me over my second poem here and the lines of
Her South African beauty her Canadian strength Each eye, each apple this prayer given in strength
I did not know I had used the word "strength" twice, until some hours later, when I read this poem again. Then I had a big think about it, in considering the only rhyme for 'Strength" was the word "length". In my thought I found it was best to leave things as they were. While I would value your opinion about the bottom poem and my 'double strength' write.
5482 Carried Forth 20 June 2006
Contentment, honour, beauty was this love
Her heart the soul her being, beauty Just to know if to understand
With eyes a window this mercy she does behold Carried forth in open will this desire, giving in kind
Such wonder, an enlightenment would she love, would she take him to her side Together content, apart in misery was this love, and could it ever be
The Libra child is a born diplomat, a peace-loving sort who wants everyone to get along. The Libra child can be fickle and indecisive at times, in having a tendency to see all sides of an issue! A born mediator, he or she is a sensitive individual and likes to be shielded from the unhappy side of life, at times content to live with illusions.
The Libra child loves beauty, colours, music, and the arts. If not talented in the arts, he or she will deeply appreciate them. Libras often show a great sense of sympathy toward people and are good at using tact. A Libra is likely to be an attentive listener who shows genuine compassion for others.
5484 Carry Me Near 21 June 2006
Her South African beauty her Canadian strength Each eye, each apple this prayer given in strength
Carry me home, hold me near Guard my heart take away that fear
For where was love when you were born Where was hope when they gave me scorn
Where was beauty that which she does hold Where was glory now I’m too old
Carry me back, carry me forth Carry my love and hold that near No matter what, no matter fear
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11: 1 KJV
© 2006 Christopher W Herbert (a New Zealand Poet)
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| carrying on this way Posted: 6/21/2006 2:25:35 PM | ^Christopher,I appreciate that you value my opinion,so here it is:)I think all poetry thats written from the heart and has significant meaning to the writer rocks I dont care if a poem is repetative or technically good.I write because I love it....Whether I have talent in anothers eyes or not is irrelevant to me ..Heres a spontaneous one from "show me what ya got:)
A mystical night Viewed from her tower The princess watches the sun Unfold like a flower With spun silken petals And colour a flame She stares out the window And whispers the name Of the one her heart misses Even as she sleeps Like a willow her heart Begins to weep Her tears fall like angels From heavenly skies Her eyes reflect memories Of the long gone sunrise She waits at the window Of her tower so high Alone like a butterfly Whose forgotten how to fly | |
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| Never to be Lost Posted: 6/21/2006 2:53:13 PM | I think that is the point Kat, in being the writer or poet, to find and be happy with what we do write and the way we write it. When my 'double strength' poem and my one that does 'live' twice, are just poems after all.
And in this field of expression, it has a selfish way of existing. We write for ourself, even for others to enjoy, yet thrive on feedback from that enjoyment to endure in our writing.
Nevertheless comes the judgement and that of the world of publication, and in that outlook, it could be said, that by posting a poem in a form, is a form of publishing ones work, or indeed making it public.
To do so should be a pleasure, and not an expectation of gratitude, however as to human nature, we want to know if our writing is good or not. The point being good enough for what or whom, or good enough just to be happy to have been the writer to begin with and maybe that is the important factor in all of this. Such double strength to live.
5487 Never to be Lost 21 June 2006
This mother, this child oldest to her birth The likeness, a mirror such beauty adjoined
Each smile, bananas in taste content, love, unity refined This flavour of togetherness an aroma of parental delight
For unto the morrow neither in truth departed Pain and hurt, a travail of happening to know value was a badge well worn
This symbol of tranquillity the pen to a page of ink To look forward, to read back A mind of thoughtfulness never to be lost
“We pray for the daughters of Zion. May they be preserved in virtue, chastity, and purity of life, be blessed with vigorous bodies and minds, and with great faith. May they develop into true womanhood and receive choice companions under the new and everlasting covenant for time and all eternity in thy temples provided for this priceless privilege and purpose. May they too be privileged to enjoy as the fruits of their union a noble posterity which, we pray thee, may be taught at their mother’s knee to believe in thee and in the divine mission of thy Beloved Son.” (President George Albert Smith, dedicatory prayer of the Idaho Falls Temple, USA [23 September 1945]; The Improvement Era, October 1945, 563)
© 2006 Christopher W Herbert (a New Zealand Poet)
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| Never to be Lost Posted: 6/21/2006 2:56:58 PM | When the magic is gone, and love has faded, the loneliness can be devastating, and leave you feeling jaded...
But you must have faith, and stay true to the course, for soon you will discover, there is little time for remorse...
Love is like a virus, mutating with each infection, changing to suit the needs that arise, and from it there is no protection...
So enjoy life while you can, you need not worry about the past, life may be a play filled with idiots, but the players are hardly cast...
Believe in yourself above all, learn from the road that was driven, become the person you want to be, so that your love can be freely given.
Lobo Black
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| inspired from above Posted: 6/21/2006 3:14:15 PM | So it was Kat, how I read your own verses of verse, and from within me this came forth. Yet another for the Kat-a-list as our pending anniversary of time gets ever closer as the days go by
After all, every poem I have composed in these past 12 months has a strong bearing on your own existence, as to my own, and how one July day in 2005, a true buddy was found.
5488 Clementine Upon the Wind 22 June 2006
Ahead was flight yet what of wings Was it this, nature was to provide to fly forth and welcome joy
Whether in heights of a mountain top or towers built by man This beginning of time as to hands touching in an ethos of hope
An electrifying reality, or a closing dawn that sunrise, or summer held over from winter Much to a flower in bud, a rose ready to open toward the humble daisy, wildflowers to the wind
Dandelion seeds, or thistle tufts one man’s weed, that of a woman’s love Amour, a heart beating in relevance Clementine, her fragrance in flight upon the wind
“In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.” Hubert H. Humphrey (1911 - 1978) US politician, Vice-President USA 1965-69
© 2006 Christopher W Herbert (a New Zealand Poet)
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| Lil prom wave for posterity hehe Posted: 6/22/2006 7:57:43 AM | Morning everyone:)I hope youre all having a spiffy day so far Christopher~I absolutely adore your above poem,"Clementine upon the wind" I think its my all time favourite write of yours:)It rocks my socks Loboblack~Welcome to my lil corner of the poetry forums.Your write holds so much truth an inspiration .Im sure a lot of us can relate to your write:)Thanks so much for sharing Feel free to drop by anytime.Heres a little Mozartesque inspired write O mine..See yall later,Kat..ps ~lil prom waves rock
Your unspoken hearts passions glide effortlessly over the keys Fluttering fingers,like heavens breath on angels wings Let me listen and become entranced By the melodic sounds of your heart And all that it encapsulates As it breathes lifes fire into mine Our souls hold hands through the timelessness of music I am captivated,and enchanted beyond the moment,beyond the stars I become more eternal as you weave your spellbinding tapestry Your genius wraps around me,as fingers dance from key to key Play your thoughts and deepest emotions for us to see The music melts into me,becoming such a part forever Music is such an inspiring lover I am not one,without the other It touches me in places noone else can Reaching inward beyond what the world cant see In perfect,timeless tapestry | |
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| you made my day Posted: 6/22/2006 1:25:05 PM | thanks for being the great buddy you are:
5481 The Ugly Me 20 June 2006
So at last you get to see this glimpse and view of the ugly me All eyes untold, that truth within at last you finally see, this grin
The smile that looks back those words we do share Finally that moment has come the one that shows all in ways fair
With age against that word called love yet all to bond in such grace Today you look beyond and truly see that face
So at last you get to see this glimpse and view of the ugly me The person who thinks of you in kind finally that day has arrived, in this beauty to find
“And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:” Revelation 2: 26 KJV
© 2006 Christopher W Herbert (a New Zealand Poet)
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| you made my day Posted: 6/22/2006 4:17:05 PM | ^Thanks for the post Christopher:)Right now its raining and I wanna play outside Ah well,at least I can run barefoot in the forums for a bit:)Hope all is well kids,Kat | |
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| a new one:) Posted: 6/23/2006 8:03:19 AM | The scent of a summer mornings Still linger on my sheets The ice is slowly wearing thin From winter painted streets Somewhere in the distance Beyond the frozen window glass The world looks purely angelic White washed again at last | |
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| a new one:) Posted: 6/23/2006 8:05:50 AM | The sun beats down, and there isnt any water in the well I woke up several hours ago, and its still hotter than hell. This is home, and I love it so dear. But there was nothing in the brochure about the sun... Being so near!
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| a new one:) spontaneous style Posted: 6/23/2006 8:11:49 AM | I stop to rest my thoughts beneath the shady apple tree I aspirate the beauty of the fragrant flowered tranquility Theres something so fragile about this day And something so majestic about how the trees sway A flock of summer songbirds are teasing summer wind The golden wheat illuminates along a path thats wearing thin From thousands of other travellers whose dreams have wound this way Their souls finally awakened lucidly in time to play I watch as heavens canvas is painted in sunset The world becomes enchanted but the masterpice isnt finished yet A languid splash of purple and a taste of etheral pink This majesty soaks into my skin as I begin to think This is the place my thoughts can play so free and openly With the innocence of children seeking solace beneath the apple tree
Hope all is well yall..Have a super spiffy day,Kat | |
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| a new one:) spontaneous style Posted: 6/23/2006 8:21:41 AM | ^Heya CROSSFADE:)Thanks for the lil visit.Hope all is just nifty on your end.Your poem made me smile
One more spontaneous lil write
Can you fathom the wonder of a million stars Heaven has never been very far it exists in the smiles of the people we love and washes our souls clean like innocent doves It illuminates our futures still yet undefined With the flutter of angels wings dancing through time The echo of freedoms kiss is meant to remind Heaven is closer each and every time We do something nice and reach out a hand Or let someone know with understanding we can Still make a difference in spite of it all When were chasing our dreams and encounter a wall Just when it feels insurmountable,God makes it fall Our futures at hand if we just dare to taste The sweet kiss of heaven exisits every place | |
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| Everyone else is doin it....I want a thread too lol Posted: 6/23/2006 8:30:06 AM | CHORUS 1: THIS SONG IS DEDICATED TO THEM EX’S, (AND TOO ALL THE FRONTING GIRLS ON PLENTY OF FISH) AND TO ALL THEM OTHER ****ES THAT JUST ****ED WITH OUR MINDS.
VERSE 1: (DEDICATED MY EX-WIFE) WHEN I FIRST MET YOU SHORTY, I AINT EVEN GONNA LIE, ALL I EVER WANTED TO DO, WAS GET BETWEEN THEM THIGHS; UP IN GREEN PARK, EVEN UP ON LONDON EYE, I WAS MAKING YOU MOAN, MAKING YOU SWEAT, MAKING YOU CRY; WE WERE COOL INTILL ABOUT THE FIRST YEAR, I WOULD ALWAYS CATCH MY TEARS, YOU ALWAYS HAD YOUR REAR; DAM THAT FIRST YEAR, BROUGHT THE PAIN, BROUGHT THE FEAR, BROUGHT US HERE, NOW YOU TURNED IN TO THE WITCH FROM THE BLAIR; ****, I NEED TO BUY A GUN AND PUT YOU OUT YOUR MISERY, **** ALL THE SHIT WE BEEN THROUGH, AND ALL IT’S HISTORY; THOSE YELLOW TEETH OF YOURS, YOU NEED TO BUY SOME LISTERENE, DON’T LOOK AT ME ****, I BOUGHT YOU A BOTTLE NOW IT’S HISTORY; GOING THROUGH THE MALL, LOOKING FOR THE SMALLEST BRA, DID SOMEBODY CHOP YOUR TITIES OFF, CUZ THAT’S AGAINST THE LAW; BUT THAT ASS IS NICE, BUT I NAILED THAT TO THE WALL, AND TO ALL THE GUYS WHO **** YOU, FEEL THE RESIN FROM MY BALLS.
CHORUS 1: THIS SONG IS DEDICATED TO THEM EX’S, AND TO ALL THEM OTHER ****ES THAT JUST ****ED WITH OUR MINDS.
VERSE 2: (DEDICATED TO MY EX-GIRLFRIEND) IF I EVER SEE YOU AGAIN, I PROMISE ON EVERYTHING I LOVE, I’M BRINGING OUT THE GUNS, I’M BRINGING BOTH OF THEM; I DON’T CARE ABOUT YOUR FAT ASS BOYFRIEND, HE EAT’S TOO DAM MUCH, AND YOU MAKE****INTO A TREND; SOMETHING TO PUT MY****IN, BUST A NUT IN, TURN THAT ASS OVER, SLAP THAT ASS, WATCH IT START JIGGLIN; ASS IS BOUNCING AND WIGGLIN, YOU JUST FINGERIN, SCREAMING OUT, “SEAN, JUST PUT IT IN!!!!!!!!!!!”; YOU SPEND MY ENDZ YOU STREET HOOKER, WON YOU OFF A HAND OF POKER, THAN TOOK YOU HOME AND JUST BOOKED YA; NOW I TOOK THE LEASH OFF, AND JUST UNHOOKED YA, BUT YOUR PHINING THE**** LIKE FOOD PHINES FOR OPERA; BUT NOW YOU WON’T LEAVE, AND I STILL CAN’T BELIEVE, HOW YOU MADE MY HEART BLEED; THAT’S WHY YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND THE RAGE INSIDE OF ME, THAT’S WHY I SAY **** YOU AFTER EVERY DAM THING; BECAUSE YOU HURT ME ****, AND I AIN’T GONNA LIE, I SAID YOU HURT ME ****, YOU LEFT ME HERE TO DIE; I SAID YOU HURT ME ****, NOW I HOPE YOU F’N DIE, I HOPE SOMEBODY, TAKES YOUR BODY, CHOPS TO PIECES, START TO MULTIPLY.
CHORUS 1: THIS SONG IS DEDICATED TO THEM EX’S, AND TO ALL THEM OTHER ****ES THAT JUST ****ED WITH OUR MINDS. | |
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| Everyone else is doin it....I want a thread too lol Posted: 6/23/2006 8:44:14 AM | BROOKLYNLUV~Thanks for dropping by.Some of your poem made me go and some of it made me The great thing about writing is we all express ourselves in different ways.I have to say,your write was an interesting switch from what I just posted Im all for anything that evokes emotion and shows what a persons feeling.You have a very unique style all your own, and I can appreciate that. Thanks for sharing My door is always open to all,nomatter what type of style, rhyme or form anyone uses in their verses.I enjoyed the eclectic reads kids:)Have a great day yall,Kat | |
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| Everyone else is doin it....I want a thread too lol Posted: 6/23/2006 5:15:50 PM | 5490 Mothers to the Wind 23 June 2006
I will always love you just don’t let anyone tell you wrong I will always like you, these words of hope those to sing in our love song
For a heart is more than one each number, each knock Those turns of the key an unlocking of the door
I will always love you that will never change Ahead a road, a path this place of ever, for God to arrange
Going home, captured deep this love and understanding to keep I will always love you because finally I know what love is
“Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” Matthew 19: 19 KJV
© 2006 Christopher W Herbert (a New Zealand Poet)
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| a sequel to the above Posted: 6/23/2006 11:05:52 PM | 5491 Carried Upon the Moon 24 June 2006
The mother of thy children a captured heart Shared in a bedtime story carried upon the moon
To look above, upon a darkened sky of this glow of distance between Those same desires, yet different to seek her heart, his love, shame to amour
One day, another in shadow hours to that of ages between Can love be cruel or kind or was alone, alone, alas
The mother is thy children a man without, would it be could he indeed in “Hope” shout A captured heart, just one moon of a prayer and faith to forgive
“Spare a little candle. Save some light for me Figures up ahead. Moving in the trees White skin in linen. Perfume on my wrist And the full moon that hangs over These dreams in the mist” Lyrics: “Heart” - These Dreams (B. Taupin/ M. Page) from the self-titled 1985 album “Heart” from the Group of Heart, and sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson These Dreams was the band's first number one hit in the United States
© 2006 Christopher W Herbert (a New Zealand Poet)
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| Just having a cup O coffee and peeking at whats new:) Posted: 6/24/2006 8:00:45 AM | Hiya everyone.Hope youre all having a super spiffy weekend.I just decided to peruse the poetry forums and check out whats new before my day gets in full swing.Poet~Thanks for the visit.I always enjoy reading your latest.Speaking of which,I think Ill write something new now just for the heck of it.Have a groovy day kids,Kat
A poem for someone I love dearly whose going through tough times.Mwah!
If I could bind the hands of fate Just this once ...you know I would Why some have to fight so hard Ive never understood With knighted sword, wielded against strife I want to scream "enough" at life Set your prisoners free,change their destiny Give them just one chance To share freedoms enchanted dance Rewrite the ink worn pages Of a long since tainted past If I could change the outcome Just this once for you I would My hands are calloused from praying "God please let him taste whats good" Wielding knighted sword I scale the castle wall I see your weary soul so clearly As I rise above it all My tears fall like spring showers As I try to drown your pain A desperate attempt on my part has failed yet again "God cant you hear me when I call" My hands are tired of hanging on Now Im about to fall Just this once please change the course Of what is meant to be Sometimes my unwaivering faith Doesnt seem like enough you see I cant carry the weight My eyes are stinging now And the sunset is painted much too late Just this once for him Can you bind the hands of fate My hands are cold and calloused And the time is getting late Please rewrite his future Let him taste whats good I know I have no right to ask But my heart cries out I should | |
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| giving hope to living Posted: 6/24/2006 1:50:18 PM | I managed to read your poem Kat ^^^ and it got me thinking about Hope. And in my above posts, is the 'moon' poem and the word "Hope", as if right now there is a double meaning to that single word - given hope, faith and charity, and beyond doubt all three.
For I had seen a vision, I knew it, God knew it, and I could not deny it, for to do so would offend God in so doing. - (the quote might not be accurate, but those words have a significant meaning in my life )
4804 Hope in Chilliwack 30 December 2005
Where was Hope at times of being in Chilliwack This universal suffering of both freedom and desire
Found along a highway from Vancouver to heaven A fashion of promise and things never to break
To know in hope there was family and others to partake
These kind of laws laid to the land The British in Columbia in ways Washington never planned
© 2006 Christopher W Herbert (a New Zealand Poet)
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| Sometimes I just have to write:) Posted: 6/24/2006 9:56:11 PM | Sometimes,late at night,I just get this overwhelming urge to write...so here I am again doing my 1am writing ^Thanks for posting that Christopher:)
This want This need This life This love Fits me like an iron glove this pain this past the circumstance Barbed wired Set me free to dance
These tears your face Amazing grace the truth rings out most anyplace
so why is it so silenced here Who lets fear win? Not me not you Its something wed both never do
Forget the words giving up If this is a trial that I must face I say Life pass the cup | |
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| Sometimes I just have to write:) Posted: 6/24/2006 10:20:35 PM | The fairytale princess Escaped her lonely tower Tore her dress in a briar patch As she ran through a field of sunflowers She tripped upon a long lost dream And skinned her memory Yet she kept pressing on A fighter for her destiny Poison apples dont tempt her Like the fairytales of yore And cinderellas ball Doesnt cast the same magic anymore She longs for something different A story born anew When shes finished writing it Shell share the end with you For now her legs grow weary As the sunset bleeds again A brilliant crimson canvas A light in fiery red Rapunzel let her hair down In the story long ago She wonders if the flowing mane Conceals her so her scars wont show There are no magic mirrors And no need for snow white She continues on her journey And wont give up her fight She has the strength of angels And wonders if it shows She grows a thousand gardens With poetic verse divided rows The fairytale princess Sets her sweet soul free Along a lighted hopeful path of unwritten waiting destiny | |
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| Sometimes I just have to write:) Posted: 6/24/2006 10:33:37 PM | I have to agree Kat, when in truth reading your poem made it for me a time to write. So I stopped over and composed this right here to the pages of your thread.
5492 Hope in Canaan 25 June 2006
Dancing on barbed wire as if the pain was piercing the skin This desire to love, her in destiny to win
For what was love, where was Hope this place in British Columbia to view High upon heights of entity looking in faith that unity of two
As if the caught was a gabble to thump because she was all of loving to be Of an auction of passion, priceless to bid to carry forward that destination of charity
In a land called Canaan, this place of God sure he knew more to future behold Going forth, being there to desire the story of two fishes and that call told
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.” Psalms 33: 12 KJV
Hope is the name of a settlement in British Columbia, Canada
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| Sometimes I just have to write:) Posted: 6/25/2006 12:01:53 PM | ^Interesting , and uniquely expressive verse Christopher:)
The sound in the distance echoes just beyond the summers gaze Im drifting dreamily and innocent in a childlike daze The footsteps draw in closer like ballerinas on a stage Dancing though life,pirrouetting on page Can you hear the vividness of colours all around My thoughts are finally resting as the day becomes unwound Cloudless blue perfection of an azure painted sky Wills my heart to open with tranquility as these days go dancing by | |
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