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A song so familiar Changes time before I can find The title in my mind or hear the words. The beat of it fades; Black notes dancing backwards. Déjà Vu Egypt dangles a jewel I can't reach. Destiny laughs. Fleeting shadows haunt me, a song Plays in drops of rain teasing the grass, Feeding the old and the new. Soul mate Memories tucked between violin stings; Magic images in a water glass. Horses following a stream in easy peace, A warm sun, Spring's roses soaking up liquid honey. A song spills from a gurgling stream; Ferns play there. The air tastes like wild strawberries Peeking out between the graves; Ghost voices every where. Salt lingers in the wind Where the heather clings to granite. Cobblestones for French feet. Distance is the measure of walls, Home is where the land meets sea. Red poppies Sway in contented sleep. Church bells chime from a mountain high. We have promises to keep And neither shadow or light Death or life Can stop the dancing.... [This poem was first published in Sleeping Bear Review in the spring of 1998] · · · · · ·
Sandy Lulay, originally from Woodstock, New York, is a resident of Stuart, Florida. Lulay is an "Original Woodstock Girl" who has been writing poetry since age ten. Many of her poems have been published both in Woodstock and Stuart's Sleeping Bear Review. Sandy is a Swans' kind of girl, our in-house poet. Do you wish to share your opinion? We invite your comments. E-mail the Editor. Please include your full name, address and phone number. If we publish your opinion we will only include your name, city, state, and country. Please, feel free to insert a link to this poem on your Web site or to disseminate its URL on your favorite lists, quoting the first paragraph or providing a summary. However, please DO NOT steal, scavenge or repost this work without the expressed written authorization of Swans, which will seek permission from the author. This material is copyrighted, © Sandy Lulay 2002. All rights reserved. No part of this material may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. |
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