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ghanima81
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posted January 20, 2005 11:11 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ghanima81     Edit/Delete Message
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Standing
Out in the white earth blanket
Smoking
Red wine
can't feel the icy air

Across the road
A tiny glimmer lies
Just a twinkle on the ground
Frozen in time
A snowflake catches my eye

I stare at it
Intently
As if some answer lies there

A light
A sparkling glimpse of life
drives past
homeward bound?
Into the night to some destination
It's cold distraction
cannot dim the twinkle
of one flake

A light
The glow from a bedroom window
of that white farm house
with it's massive red barn

My eyes dart to the trees
Their branches heavy
weighed down with snow
like the death of something
...just hibernation
Nature taking a break from creation

That reflection still bright
from one snowflake
If I move toward it
it will vanish forever
I tilt my head
Right
with a grin of appreciation
A silent laugh
of adoration

The spindly fingers of life
Grasping at the stars
Directing them lovingly
Like the guiding hand behind children

Exhale
Never losing sight
of that one particle
The eerie sound of winter music
The wind
blowing sharply through the branches
The inaudible fall
of snow from the sky

I know when I leave it
The spark will dissapear
buried beneath the chill of millions
...but it's simple smile

That tiny silver wink
will live in me
even when spring comes
and melts this blanket
Into mud...

Ghani

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pixelpixie
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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Aug 2003

posted January 20, 2005 12:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pixelpixie     Edit/Delete Message
Oh Ghani!!
My Heart!!!!
You are amazing!

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leo_on_fire
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Posts: 69
From: Heiskell, TN 37754
Registered: Dec 2004

posted January 20, 2005 10:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for leo_on_fire     Edit/Delete Message
Oh wow...Ghani that is amazing. You are most definitely talented. Lets see more. xxx

Kt

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love is not love which alters when it alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove.
William Shakespeare

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Sheaa Olein
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posted January 28, 2005 12:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Sheaa Olein     Edit/Delete Message
Simply gorgeous, Ghani

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moonshine
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From: UK
Registered: Oct 2004

posted January 29, 2005 02:15 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for moonshine     Edit/Delete Message
That's beautiful

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26taurus
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posted January 29, 2005 07:40 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for 26taurus     Edit/Delete Message
Awesome.

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future_uncertain
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From: ohio
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posted January 30, 2005 10:02 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for future_uncertain     Edit/Delete Message
I love it, Ghani! It's really beautiful!

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moonshine
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From: UK
Registered: Oct 2004

posted February 03, 2005 04:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for moonshine     Edit/Delete Message
Ghani, just wanted to say I honestly LOVE this poem, and am still thinking about it days after i first read it!

The reason Im bringing this thread up again was becuase I had a dream last night, and I think it was inspired by this poem! I do not remember much about it though except that it was snowy and dark and the feeling was similar to the mood in your poem. Just wanted you to know! Ta

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ghanima81
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From: MAINE! :)
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posted February 24, 2005 02:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ghanima81     Edit/Delete Message
Wow, moonshine!! That is awesome! Thanks for sharing that with me. How did the dream make you feel?

"If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts..."

--Counting Crows

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