Lit

[Locrian]

It is very hard for me to share the crud I write...but in the issue of "getting over it" here I go...[8)]
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Surely loves passion will consume me;
its joyous angst twists and burns
stealing from me the very poison on which I live.
Until
like the drops from a wound that is bleeding,
my soul weeps in your light
and I fall to my knees
to beg of thee
do as you see fit;
for how can I stand in your presence
when you love me so?

[yogani]

So beautiful...

That's right up there with St. Theresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross and Rumi.

They also felt it to be a feeble expression while writing their stuff. Yet, we are still reading it hundreds of years later, and new divine odes like yours too. Thank you...

The guru is in you.

[Locrian]

For as vulnerable as I felt posting that...<sigh> ....was worth it.
I know I am deeply flattered when I feel about 2 cm tall. lol

Thank you. really really

[lucidinterval1]

Amazing! Envy is supposed to be a sign of weakness, yet as a songwriter I am humbled by your way with words. I suppose that the reason that I have not achieved this level of literacy is that perhaps I still have my guard up.

Thanks for inadvertantly pointing that out for me.
Paul

[david_obsidian]

A wonderful,  wonderful poem.  Paula,  far from it being crud,  it's in fact a hard act to follow --- if you continue to put up stuff like that,  we'll all be afraid to put anything else up.  

[Locrian]

you guys are way too kind!! (I'm blushing all over the place)
I hope to see some of your stuff too sometime!