Lessons In the Breeze

Echoes roam these hallowed halls
and for a moment I wished 
to run away into the darkness

The last of her glow 
lies low to the west
and I can barely feel her touch

Once a warm summer's kiss
on a sun soaked Lilly pad 
floating in a pristine pond

Now relegated to rains falling down
her comfort in a foreign land

Echoes don't leave just yet  for
I will not chase haunted dreams
but will gaze quietly upon her beauty
and listen to the lessons in the breeze

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 10/2/2016 5:05:00 AM
This is one of your best, Tim, for I feel that it is based on reality and not fiction. Sometimes it's best for both not to "chase haunted dreams". Congratulations on a deserved podium finish! // paul
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Date: 10/1/2016 6:15:00 PM
cant believe I missed reading this gem before Tim - many congrats on your win:-) hugs Jan xx
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Date: 10/1/2016 10:37:00 AM
Tim, very profound poem you have written here- I really enjoyed it, I am loving reading poems I haven't got the chance to yet :) congratulations on your placement :)-luloo
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Date: 10/1/2016 9:13:00 AM
Tim, Congrats on your win. Stop by my blog "in a perfect world" and celebrate with a smile or two. With Hugs **SKAT**
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Date: 9/26/2016 1:45:00 PM
From all situations there are lessons in the breeze... Both the good and bad memories in life...Even changes ...Changes bring so much more than change with them...indeed..This is a poem to read in between lines...Very deep.
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Date: 9/26/2016 7:53:00 AM
Wonderful write. Well penned. Enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing it.
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Date: 9/25/2016 8:41:00 PM
simply gorgeous, Tim. You are showing your talented quill here for sure!!
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Date: 9/25/2016 8:19:00 AM
Sometimes it seems odd, how little things can stir a memory. A smell, how something feels to the touch, just that one particular memory. Nice write, as per usual, Tim
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Date: 9/25/2016 5:46:00 AM
I know I like it, you have such a way with words, just need to read it over and over and try to follow and understand the meaning, or maybe there is no meaning, just nice words, let me read it again. Lesson learned...I think.
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Date: 9/25/2016 3:39:00 AM
- A gem, Tim - Wonderful - Best wishes for a delicious Sunday :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 9/24/2016 10:41:00 PM
Tim, Someone asked the other day, what kind of poems I like? This is how I like my poetry. By the way, how did you turn darkness into beauty? No wonder the feeling is to follow. A 7 all the way. soup mail. LINDA
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Date: 9/24/2016 10:35:00 PM
Go Cowboys.... :):):):)
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Date: 9/24/2016 10:28:00 PM
Lessons in a rum palm breeze, I like this! :)
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