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Footsteps Footsteps On the ground….. Lightly Stepping Without a sound….. Tears are Falling As oceans sigh….. The sun is Descending In her eyes…
The waters stretched their surrounding arms Caressing her precious prints with their saline charms Smoothing her past—an exhalation at last As legacy lavishes the flight of her path Withering and draining, absorbed in the sand Are the tears she once shed—no longer does she stand In kneeled acceptance her deep pulse unwinds As her melodious voice falters in the plague that binds In her serenest solitude have I kept her close As those streams do crash upon my heart-burdened coast I listened to her sing—as the sickness rose Like the tide’s sudden descent, oh how life suddenly goes!
Footsteps Footsteps Heavy now………. Carry her To bury her In the ground………. Oceans In motions WAVES//COLLIDE
…..Someone beautiful….. …..…..now has died……….
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Date: 1/26/2015 10:49:00 AM
laura I must say wow wow wow girl this made me tear so moving 7 rating for you :), Dee xxx bless it be
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Laura Breidenthal
Date: 1/26/2015 7:19:00 PM
Davina! You're such a sweetheart! Thank you for such sweet, kind comments. Lots of love! ~Laura
Date: 9/22/2014 8:09:00 AM
Hi Laura! The end of life is touchingly described in this beautiful poem....where the sun and tide descend....while light and heavy footsteps transmit the passage of time. Very well expressed and worthy of a top rating. // paul
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Date: 9/15/2014 12:49:00 PM
Love this poem Laura...Awesome you wrote with ALOT of passion:)-Love Ettie
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Date: 9/13/2014 10:45:00 PM
Ooooooo.....You are so fearless woman! You portray her suffering with a grace thats breathtaking. And the spiritual/emotional relationship between her and the ocean is lovely in charm and rage, this is why you are my Gothic Princess Laura. " As legacy lavishes the flight of her path...As those streams do crash upon my heart burdened coast." The clarity and novelty in these metaphors are stunning in quality Laura...J.A.B.
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Date: 9/12/2014 10:38:00 PM
AWESOME POEM, Laura! I loved it. Rate: 7 Favoriting too!
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