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08-14-2005, 09:00 AM
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| Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: With Good Spirit
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| If I Could
If I could.. I would... Gather tenderly close The frayed and ragged edges Of all your dreams That never came true... And I'd weave therefrom a coverlet Of compassionate, comforting warmth, And understanding tolerance, To wrap you tenderly about When..... The fires gone low within your heart, Your being grows cold and weary... Afraid! If I could... I would... Straighten and strengthen. Quiety.....surely.... The foundations Upon which you have built Your faith in life, That the timbers may not weaken Nor crumble in dust away, To wound and hurt you sorely. I'd make them True tree-pillars that grew long years Straight and high Toward God! If I could... I would.... Build thereon a structure With it's inception grown From faith and understanding That your heart... And your thought... Should be filled with surety And peace, And wherein you might dwell In confidence and trust, 'Mid hopes transformed from dreams Into the vivid soul completion Of reality! If I could... I would... People your mansion Wth those who tenderness And healing strength would fill Your days...and nights...and years With warmth and light, Until its shining portals needed not Some outside sun To cast radiance at your feet. I should place as sovereign there, Tranquility...to reign supreme, Until some other Dawn Shall bid you leave, And set you...once more... Free! If I could... I would... Oh...I wish...I could (written by a fellow-poet, a friend of ours) Rex Alford  Hopefloats |
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08-14-2005, 10:16 AM
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That's a very beautiful poem, Hope. Thank you for sharing it here. Hugs Ann
__________________ “Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” ~Winnie the Pooh~  |
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08-14-2005, 12:03 PM
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I am so glad that you enjoyed this as much as I did. Our fellow-poet was a member of our poetry forum where I met Mr. Hope. He continued on with his writings, and his book Songs of Sorrow was picked up and sold by Amazon.com He signed a copy for Mr. Hope and sent it to us. Beautiful verses....and thanks for letting me share. Funny where this thing called cyberspace will take us ya know? Hopefloats |
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08-15-2005, 05:08 PM
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| ~Author of My Life~  Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't....
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Beautiful, beautiful!!!! Thanks for sharing it!!!!!
__________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~  |
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