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WAITING
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Scribbles
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Sunday, 28th June 2009 @ 04:03:17 PM in AEST
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Alone on her verandah
The old lady sat.
She sucked on her pipe,
Exhaled and then spat
As she thought to herself,
My Lord where did it go?
All the beauty of youth
That she used to know.
Those days when the sun
Seemed to shine for a year,
When no-one knew hatred
And no-one knew fear.
When everyone's heart
Felt quite safe on their sleeve
Where no-one would harm it
(Though hard to believe).
Then thoughts of old friends
Brought a tear to her eye,
And memories of kites
Dashing high in the sky
As the young boys from town
Played around in the fields
With rulers for swords
And their school bags for shields.
Defending their sweethearts
They'd go through the motions,
While all the young girls
Pledge their lasting devotions.
But time takes it's toll
As it turns o'er the page,
And innocence leaves
With the coming of age
Which smothered her quickly
And dragged her along,
No time for what's right
And no time for what's wrong.
Now suddenly, here she is
Sat in her chair
Alone on the verandah
With no-one else there.
And only her memories
To keep company,
She longs for the day
That her soul might be free.
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Re: WAITING
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by lesoleilnoire on
Sunday, 28th June 2009 @ 04:24:43 PM AEST
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I love this poem. The flow is terrific. I can see her in her chair. All the lines come alive for me. Great job! Sometimes I reminisce like this woman and wonder why time is traveling so fast. Great write.
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Re: WAITING
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by Former_Member on
Sunday, 28th June 2009 @ 05:19:07 PM AEST
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a charming write, good work.
-Phil |
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Re: WAITING
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by emystar on
Sunday, 28th June 2009 @ 10:28:39 PM AEST
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Awesome write.
Incredibly true.
good owrk.
Huggs, blessings,
emy |
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Re: WAITING
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by Bleedthelove on
Monday, 29th June 2009 @ 07:04:19 PM AEST
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| I really enjoyed this. Excellent writing. |
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Re: WAITING
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by windowguy on
Monday, 17th August 2009 @ 01:40:16 AM AEST
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| Beautiful poem , sensitively written. |
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