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Tears In My Hands

 

 

 

Last night
as I dreamed
you came to me

all alone
in a sullen dark room

and it seemed... as if
I was watching you
seeing you.. from a distance

Kneeling
and softly sobbing
hidden beneath a cover of cloth
lost and alone

just the sound
of your tears... filled the room

Caught in your sadness
your peril pulled me near
and I lifted the cover away


gently holding your face..
as you cried into my hands

Then... loving you
I bathed my face... wet in your tears
to share.. in your consuming sadness

and prayed to God as a humble man

and held you
with all my heart
as I watched you.. smile again

That was the end
and also the beginning
of knowing

how much
I really love you



By Lee L

Author notes

I dream often and seldom know the origen, I just dream.
I could have said more.. but I will leave it as it is.

Words for my love

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  • evelynxxoo
    June 20
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    very sad to have someone visit you and conger upall these feelings so heart wrenching


  • azlyn gold member
    June 8

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    This is beautiful...I need to re-visit a lot of your poems. They are always such an escape from the sadness I feel at times. Sometimes I think it would do me good just to stroll through your mind and linger in your world. A nice distraction for me today my dear and kind friend.

    • Endeavor gold member
      June 8
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      Susan


      I excape to words sometimes myself
      I am glad my thoughts offer that distraction

      I love your words as well
      Thank you Hon

      Rick

  • aj.vamp
    June 8

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    This is awesome. I love the way you wrote it first of all. And second of all, I think it is such a great poem and told so beautifully.
    That was the end
    and also the beginning
    of knowing

    how much
    I really love you

    Best part, great work.

    . Rewarded 4


    • Endeavor gold member
      June 8
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      Hi aj.vamp


      Thank you for saying awesome
      You are kind to quote me

      Thank you for the three Smilies
      Rick

  • Tears of Roses
    May 31

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    these words are more precious than gold
    So very deeply moving
    Encore Lee
    Roses to you Superbly written

    Teresa


    • Endeavor gold member
      May 31
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      Hi Roses


      Thank you for reading me
      This is a little different for me
      all from a dream

      Rick

  • SuicidalLover gold member
    April 26

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    This was very sweet in emotions. Wish I could find a guy who could pen me words like what you have done here. I'll keep looking. Lovely reading material you have. Congrats to you on your Silver, you deserved it.
    ~Kystal Angel


    • Endeavor gold member
      April 27
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      Hi Kystal


      Thank you for caring for my words
      Keep looking, your young

      Rick

  • BeautifulFlame gold member
    January 25

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    Dear Rick

    I don't know how many times i have read this verse but your words draw me back to read again. Its one of my favorites.
    This poem is so beautiful,one day i know you will see or find the origen of this dream. I pray you God will show you.


    gently holding your face..
    as you cried into my hands

    then.. loving you
    I bathed my face.. wet in your tears
    to share.. in your consuming sadness

    and prayed to God as a humble man

    My favorite part,
    Love and admiration,
    ~Lisa~


    • Endeavor gold member
      February 9

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      Hi Lisa


      I entered this cause I knew you were reading every poem
      So nice that you care for my words
      This is a personel favorite for me as well
      See you in my dreams

      Your Rick

  • Stardust-luvr
    November 17, 2007
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    my dear friend - the love from your heart emulates to the reader quite profoundly as it brought me to tears possibly from my own feelings of lost love in my heart but the write was well written and beautiful like the wonderful spirit you behold. xxxx


    • Endeavor gold member
      February 10
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      Hi Stardust


      Pleased that my words moved you
      Thank you always for reading me

      Rick

  • F a t i m a
    October 19, 2007

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    - purely fascinating -

    awww! It's soo-oOo cute!....everything is beautifully penned.....wow! 4 thumbs up for you


    • Endeavor gold member
      October 19, 2007
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      Hi FaTiMa


      Pleased you found this facinating

      I hope you will read others by me

      Rick

  • Ithica silver member
    October 18, 2007

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    You are blessed to have such beautiful dreams. We are blessed that you choose to share them. Ah! to be held in such high esteem! Congrats. on your Silver, it's well deserved... Ithica


    • Endeavor gold member
      October 18, 2007
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      Hi Ithica


      In some ways, I am blessed

      I have had so many dreams like this

      Many of my verses are from my sleep

      Thank you for carring for my words, Rick
  • incidence
    October 2, 2007
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    I liked the poem
  • incidence
    October 2, 2007
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    wonderful
  • nothinghere silver member
    September 8, 2007

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    I love that you haven't overdone this, it is simple and beautiful, I could soak in the glory of this piece and the beauty it beholds, marvellous, you must own a gold pen, because these writes are surely penned with gold

    Karen


    • Endeavor gold member
      September 8, 2007
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      Karen

      I am pleased you think it not overdone

      My old mentor used to say,
      each word has to earn it`s way in, what does it all to the verse

      Thank you for caring for my words

      Rick

  • moon2u gold member
    September 7, 2007
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    Sometimes I like to read them again! hehe


    • Endeavor gold member
      September 7, 2007
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      Moon2u


      That is always the greatest complement

      Thank you, Rick

  • tinydarkgoddess
    September 4, 2007

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    This was a dream? Dear God, I would have woke up crying. Very touching, heart-felt completely. I wish I had a favorite line or something but I don't - I loved every word. Absolutely beautiful.

    • Endeavor gold member
      September 4, 2007
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      Hi, I already forgot your name


      We all have our IQ maladaies... lol & spelling

      Thank you for caring for my words

      Read 2 comments down

      Rick

      • tinydarkgoddess
        September 4, 2007
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        Haha, yes I rarely read the comments below anymore due to the little box that follows you down the page as you read...
        ~Katrina

  • Coelogyne
    August 23, 2007
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    Fantastic

    you really put your heart into this one i can feel it, very nice write amazing imagery

    • Endeavor gold member
      August 23, 2007
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      Darkkobra


      From a dream

      Sometimes I wake up crying

      Thank you for feeling my words

      Rick

  • Jalalbad gold member
    August 9, 2007

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    this is awesome

    Did you cut the bubble gum out of her head?
    Sure was full of it

    Judy


    • Endeavor gold member
      August 9, 2007
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      Hi Judy


      I don`t totally understand your comment

      But I like the three bunnies for applause

      Thank you for reading my words

      Rick

  • bergettigirl
    July 25, 2007

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    One real sign of true love is this part here -

    "then.. loving you
    I bathed my face.. wet in your tears
    to share.. in your consuming sadness"

    true love is hard to find. But once you have it. It's absolutely wonderful.



    • Endeavor gold member
      July 26, 2007
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      Hi Girl


      Thank you for liking my words

      I feel that verse as well

      It is an honer of one allows us to share in their greif

      Rick
  • mysty rain
    July 23, 2007

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    This is absolutely beautiful dear friend. What a wonderful dream of the one you love. My favorite lines are, "I bathed my face..wet in your tears to share..in your consuming sadness." Such empathy is a rarity, which can only come from the heart of a true poet. Your friend in Poetry, Mysty Rain


    • Endeavor gold member
      July 23, 2007
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      Mysty


      Thank you for feeling my words

      If I can say this of my own writing
      I love that line as well

      My dreams show me what can be

      Rick
  • John Veinot Sr.
    July 5, 2007

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    'Tears In My Hands'...

    I love this write...and the ideas of tears in my hands as though someone who would hold them as being that dear to their heart....very very moving and touching poem...Thank you!

    Anyways;as always i thank you for sharing and letting me and the rest of us read your words....I now think upon them...

    • Endeavor gold member
      July 6, 2007
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      Sandra


      I love when someone reads my writing
      and has the same vision as I did when concieved

      I appreate your care for this, and the Silver

      Rick

  • azlyn gold member
    June 30, 2007
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    Ahh..these dreams we have. I know of these so well. It seems to me you may have been much needed that night to share someones sorrow. Not all believe this as I do, yet I believe deeply in this. You heard the weeping and felt compassion and washed yourself in her suffering. This dream then left her with a smile and a renewed sense of hope and love. I have never been able to say that the dream world is not a part of the conscious world. They are just seperated for a reason, yet often they seem to cross paths. A lovely ending to a grand dream!

    Azlyn


    • Endeavor gold member
      June 30, 2007
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      I dream almost every night and remember most

      Some are repetive and ongoing

      Others are from life and profetic

      My daughter Marilee, is the same

      Thank you, Rick

  • Unheard Butterfly
    June 14, 2007

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    Gental...

    I love this piece,
    It's so peaceful,
    I'm amazed of how much that you can write,
    & Write everything with heart...
    You Have A Gift...

    ~Breanna

    • Endeavor gold member
      June 30, 2007
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      Butterfly


      Thank you for finding the peace in these words

      The words are from life, from a dream, and came to me

      I seldome compose, I just type the words as given

      I thank you

      Rick


  • michellemybelle gold member
    June 10, 2007

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    reading agian
    feeling these words, the sorrow of her
    then the light of your love
    beautiful verse my friend

    • Endeavor gold member
      June 10, 2007
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      Hi Michelle


      You found my words
      just as I made them
      Just as they were in my mind

      Love, Rick

  • Dragons Lady
    June 4, 2007

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    Beautifully sad

    This is as beautiful as the others and nearly made me cry. It touched my heart. The way he went to her when she was alone and crying and made her smile again. The imagery is magnificent. The flow is so smooth, seamless. I love the way you started out with her lost and alone and ended with love finding her. I really loved where it was an end but also a new beginning. Absolutely beautiful.


    • Endeavor gold member
      June 10, 2007
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      Shadow


      Thank you for feeling my words so completely

      You have the words well in your mind

      exactly as my thoughts

      Rick

  • PonderingPoetess
    May 19, 2007

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    I was deeply touched by this one, thank you for recommending it. I could feel not only her deep deep sorrow, but your compassion and desire to absorb her tears. The second to last stanza really struck a chord in me, as it made me realize that the endings we sometimes dread, are really just a ploy for the birth of new beginnings, whether it be for knowledge, wisdom, or love.


    • Endeavor gold member
      May 19, 2007
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      _Poetess


      Your view of my words was spot on

      Thank you for feeling this inside

      I thank you

      Rick

  • mypassion
    May 4, 2007

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    the compassion of your heart

    shines in this moment of sorrow...Thanks for sharing, and continue writing for all the critiques you have gotten through the year are words written by true admirers...

    God bless, Brenda


    • Endeavor gold member
      May 19, 2007
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      Hi Sweet Brenda


      Thank you for your thoughts on my writing

      I am blessed to have readers such as you

      Your Rick

  • michellemybelle gold member
    April 27, 2007
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    This is lovely, I decided to read this one, as it is written on my birthday and I once cried into a loving man's hands and he bathed his face with them, mixing with his own, it was an act of love I will never forget. Your poem reminded me of this.
    A tender dream you had here and a touching verse this made.
    much love,
    Michelle


    • Endeavor gold member
      April 27, 2007
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      Sweet Michelle


      That was sweet, Please remember that thought

      I will use this poem always to remind me of your birthday

      So I`ve got that going for me... lol... Kewl

      Rickie

  • Tabitha-Robin
    April 24, 2007

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    Very deep, very beautiful. Oh how you write emotion. You have done wonderful on this. God bless you my friend in all that you do.

    Tabitha

  • Endeavor gold member
    April 8, 2007
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    < Hi sandra

    Thank you for reading this

    It is a personel favorite

    Rick

  • TacetFiat
    March 19, 2007
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    Very deep...love it!


    • Endeavor gold member
      March 19, 2007
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      Oddball

      Thank you for reading me

      Enjoy the day

      Rick

  • Patience15
    March 19, 2007

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    Wow... I really loved that poem. Really deep and the title is real good. The whole poem really it was just so amazing. I loved it!!!!! Keep writing you have a beautiful talent. Emily


    • Endeavor gold member
      March 19, 2007
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      Emily

      Thank you for saying amazing

      I appreate your care for my words

      Rick

  • ennovy silver member
    March 17, 2007

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    Exuberant Man of Love

    Interrupting her melancholy moment to show her you care. I was so move by the tears in your hands. Heartfelt words, and actions magnificent prose. Write on, in excellence.....................novy


    • Endeavor gold member
      March 17, 2007
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      Novy

      Thank you for reading

      This is all from a dream
      Most of it will never be said in words
      but I will remember it all

      Rick

  • Laura
    March 3, 2007

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    this is an amazing poem it got alittle to descriptive at afew parts for my type of reading but its still very very beautiful well done its a credit to you
    laura xx

    • Endeavor gold member
      March 3, 2007
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      Laura

      Thank you for your kind words

      The dream was hard to describe

      Thank you for saying amazing

      Rick
  • deleteit
    March 1, 2007

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    You definitely pull my mind and heart into a dream world of it's own with these words and imagery. Affection of a man is something that often goes desired. A desire that once found, you treasure it deeply, love him endlessly, beyond any perception of mere appreciation...but with absolute total devotion

    • Endeavor gold member
      March 18, 2007
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      Rose

      Somehow I missed your comment

      I thank you for your kind words

      Do all you said within your love for another, and be blessed

      Rick

  • DarkestAngel68
    February 26, 2007

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    Nice

    I wish there were more men like you in the world. There doesn't seem to be enough like you. You are very charming.....Why can't they all be like that?


    • Endeavor gold member
      February 26, 2007
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      Angel

      Thank you for reading this
      Thank you for saying charming

      If there were more like me
      who would need me...lol

      CooL

      Tick

  • Spiritvision angel
    February 14, 2007

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    "Caught in your sadness, you peril pulled me near and I lifted the cover away and gently held your face." How loving! i can feel the warmth of hands against my face as I read this! "I bathed my face, wet in your tears" I love this line! The imagery is life like. "And held you with all my heart as i watched you smile again". OH, The feeling of being loved so much that tears could be turned into a smile absolutely wonderful. Melt my heart in your hands.


    • Endeavor gold member
      February 14, 2007
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      Hi Angel

      I am pleased you liked this write
      Many of my words are directly from dreams

      There is more to this, but I chose to stop
      and leave it where it is, soft words

      Thank you for quoting me

      Rick

  • clarinetchick1929
    January 20, 2007
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    I like how you helped the girl feel better, and how at the end you realized you loved her. So many poems are about just the one they love, and it usually is done cliched, but this, like your other pieces, isn't. Great job.

    - Cait -


    • Endeavor gold member
      January 20, 2007
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      Hi Cait

      This is from a dream

      You are a reading machine...lol

      I thank you very much

      Dad

  • Providence
    January 5, 2007

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    This poem/dream speaks as much about you as it does your love. It is very strong in the messages we all yearn to dream of.

    • Endeavor gold member
      January 20, 2007
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      Marianne

      Thank you for saying it speaks of me

      This is a personel favorite

      Rick

  • A u r i e l l e
    December 22, 2006

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    aww that was sad not the poem but the mood very deep. its funny how the way you can really know how you love some one is when u are tested. When you want the one happy. I know how your feeling with this one. When I was with this boy I never thought I loved him but when he was sadthat I never wanted to go with him I cared and then i knew i loved him too.

    I love the flow such a sad flow. The bro sunk down with this deep emotiional poem. I feel you loves the lady so much u weren't really sure. At that moment was the power from love that had flew into your soul. You were happy yet sad that she was crying but that crying had made your beginng to show forth your KNOWN love. really good.


    • Endeavor gold member
      December 22, 2006
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      Aurielle

      I read your comment closely

      You are very close to my thoughts in this

      I thank you for reading and feeling my words

      I wish someone could paint this as a picture as written

      Rick

  • paullallady silver member
    December 19, 2006

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    wow

    what a powerful poem/dream. To find the one of your dreams and to wipe the sadness and tears from them, for them. Such a sweet tender, wonderful poem. I love this one a lot. Terrific job.


    • Endeavor gold member
      December 19, 2006
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      Paulla

      The dream was moving to me

      Almost a prayer in motion

      I thank you for reading, Rick
  • TwoBoo
    December 19, 2006

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    reading this more than once... i feel most dreams are of what is yet to come preparation for the unexpected... if one looks away from the peom and back again.... they will see that there is no gender no age for the one who is sadden... for all one knows it could have been a child, an elderly person, a lover, a stranger, a sibling, a friend, a parent or spouse.

    it is possible to know love when there are tears that leads one to know love has no preferances...

    it could also very well have been the very person who dreamt it... seeing themself in another diamention of learning more of self and what is to soon follow them into reality... to learn to love themself for who ever they are... so they can heal from within to love without cause.

  • bunnybee
    December 17, 2006
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    Fabtabular !!!!! i have nothing else to say lol

    • Endeavor gold member
      December 17, 2006
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      Bunny

      Thank you for reading

      All from a dream

      Rick

  • Tabitha-Robin
    December 4, 2006
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    Wow, God speaks to you in dreams also. I have many that tell me of things. I love this IT is great. Keep up the wonderful write. I enjoyed this piece. God is wonderful.

    Tabith