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Norwegian Wood

I once had a girl
or should I say
she once had me.

with a soul so tender it
melted in your arms
and warm enough to want
to curl up to, she took me.

and with hands cool as stone
that could reach into your raw self,
and shake the very roots of humanity,
and to good health, she raised me.

we walked as gods would,
if they would breathe like us,
if they could need like us
and love like us.
touch like us and
enjoy like us,
the gifts of being
young like us
and being
merely us.

the days were devoid
of a sense of time,
as one-track as trees
growing, just up, up, up.

and the nights were sweet
and dark and long
with cool skin on skin
and hand on heart, songs
to a god not there,
and the art of offering
all to another.

how could I have known
which the way the winds would have blown,
and which trees would have grown
had I known the earth
a little better,
known that seeds need to be sown
and now this bird has flown, and
I once had a girl
or should I say
she once had me.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 6/3/2025 3:30:00 AM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
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Date: 1/25/2016 7:24:00 PM
JACOB, Excellent poem, Awesome flow. Luv ** SKAT **
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Date: 11/19/2010 1:05:00 PM
Oh so sad
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Date: 11/15/2010 8:48:00 AM
I would like to welcome you to PoetrySoup Jacob. Wishing you the best in your writing endeavors. You can look to the left side of the main page and find lots of information on PoetrySoup including contests by members of PoetrySoup and contests by the PoetrySoup site also which you as a new member and us oldies also may enter. If you have questions please feel free to ask ANYONE here. We are ALL willing to help and if we don't know the answer we will find someone who does. Love, Carol
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Date: 11/15/2010 8:29:00 AM
Welcome to Poetry Soup.. enjoyed reading this poetry from The Beatles song .. hope your time on Soup will be special and fun.. with luv..
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Date: 11/14/2010 5:30:00 PM
interesting write, enjoyed this one,..P.D.
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Date: 11/13/2010 4:53:00 PM
Very awesome and intriguing thoughts you have penned about you and a girl, Jacob
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