Reply Sat 30 Nov, 2002 04:37 pm
In my dreams
In my genius
You are the one work of promise
I made you
Then you made me
Complete

In my grace
In my prescience
I gave you life
To live in my presence
I made you
Then you made me
Complete

And if I gave you wings
And a voice that sings
I did it all just for me
And if I gave you love
It was over and above
All courtesy

In my search for pride and power
I reached for you every hour
I moulded you from lifeless clay
One shady day

Then I touched your sightless eyes
They opened like the sunrise
I wrenched a life from the clay
That shady day

If we should ever reach the sun
I am the only one
Who touched it twice
And if I should ever die
You are the reason why
The one life could suffice
 
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Reply Sun 1 Dec, 2002 09:59 pm
Copied and pasted so I can print it out and read often.
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Reply Sun 8 Dec, 2002 01:02 pm
Why, joanne, your avatar is positively stunning.
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Reply Sun 8 Dec, 2002 10:39 pm
I think of my precious child, now 21, when I read this. Hits home eloquently. Expresses my feelings exactly. Comforting the last line: "You are the reason why / The one life would suffice." Thanks for sharing.
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Reply Mon 9 Dec, 2002 12:40 am
Well the old one keeps disappearing so I just picked the first red head in the gallery provided by A2k. Plus it was raining all day today.
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Reply Mon 9 Dec, 2002 12:40 am
Dupre it reminds me of my child as well.
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Reply Mon 9 Dec, 2002 12:42 am
Wonderful poem, edgar!
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Reply Mon 9 Dec, 2002 08:04 am
Thank you for the poem, Edgar. It is beautiful.

Chatoyant, I love your signature!
Laughing
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Reply Mon 9 Dec, 2002 08:10 am
Beautiful, and very touching. Thank you!
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Reply Mon 9 Dec, 2002 12:26 pm
Thank you, Kara. Very Happy
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Reply Mon 9 Dec, 2002 07:54 pm
Lovely poem Edgar.

I LOVE the last stanza!
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Reply Thu 12 Dec, 2002 08:49 pm
Thank you all very much.
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