I asked for very little from life


	I asked for very little from life

Sheroug

9-22-2008 10:58 PM

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9-23-2008 3:08 AM

davboz

Why?

9-23-2008 5:37 AM

abailart

Beautiful, Sheroug.

I love the dark hours of my being.
My mind deepens into them.
There I can find, as in old letters,
the days of my life, already lived,
and held like a legend, and understood.

Then the knowing comes: I can open
to another life that's wide and timeless.

9-23-2008 2:00 PM

Sheroug

What more is there to ask for, davboz?

I loved the poem abailart

9-23-2008 6:50 PM

carrerinyes

Lovely! I liked the poem too

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