i am a tattered bookmark
nestling between feathered pages
the best time of your day you say
with coveted book, to read in stages
..
but alone in the light of day
to leave this worded catacomb
i’ll edge away from threaded spine
seeking freedom from paper home
..
so many of your transient reads
have evoked smiles…private tears
i’ve watched them come and go
i the constant,through the years
..
but these pages are not my friends
they constrict with musty damp
so rest me on your bed time lap
there us both, by oiled lamp
A gorgeous read. I’m feeling like a bookworm who’s intruding on the last page.
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Intrude away kind soul, I’m sure your presence is always welcome.
Thanks Ivor 😊
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Fabulous! It’s light and airy, but don’t allow the simplicity to trick you…for there’s much deeper meaning if one would only think!
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Aha! You have nailed it …. just a gentle blow and the dust clears to reveal the intention!
Thank you dear Wit! 😊🌹
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You’re quite welcome! Have a lovely day! ☺️💜
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It’s happening! Despite horrible rain I had a day off work so I’m a happy chappy errr gal! 😊
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I have a young cat who delights in retrieving bookmarks! Several are yet to be found … she hides them in different rooms … Maybe they’re calling to her for help?
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I think so Jazz … she is responding to their desperate, high pitched shrill voices. Unheard to us of course. 😊
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Ahaaan your imagination level Diana… ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
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Yes it runs with the slightest motivation! Delighted when you read me Nancy 🙂 ❤
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That’s great love. And its always my pleasure to read you. 😘
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Woowww 😍😍😍!!!! Such vivid imagination!!! This is ingenious work !! You are genius, I must say!! How beautifully you have woven it with your words and splendid imagination!!
Now I will view my bookmarks like this! Need to be careful the next time I read books that are tucked with bookmarks🙈
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Haha, yes indeed Parth! And make sure you never bend the bookmark to much, they have feelings 😉 I’m so grateful for your support 🙂
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Never ever!!! I promise!!!🙈
Thank you for sharing!😊
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Very clever Ms Diana, a complex yet utterly beautiful piece, personal yet like all great art open to interpretation. For me a close friendship that for one half is unrequited love, frustrating ! Does one give in to desire and risk all or play safe and bank what is already safe ?
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Thanks dear Nigel for the words that always elicit a smile, and boost my ego ever so slightly. Yes this one hints at the elements you propose … a loyal friendship that might be more .. knowing that the friend remains but the lovers will come and go. Somthing along those lines. Get it, lines ? hehe..
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Would you permit me to do a spoken version as a show piece for your work Diana ? I wouldn’t be offended if you’d rather not, but I got me an idea.
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OH!!! Are you kidding me! Would I mind!! I’d be thrilled as I love your voice Nigel! 🙂 🙂
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Great, this piece just fired the ‘idea machine’ as I read it, I’ll rid myself of an upper respiratory tract infection (it’s not working out, we both want different things) and get to !
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Well I was going to suggest a counsellor, but you are right … you are better off without your annoying guest hehe. Get well, stay hydrated (water not beer!) and I really look forward to the end product of your idea machine 🙂
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My god, i love this. You’re just getting better and better girl!♥️
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Well your comments are already the best so just let me JUMP AND AND DOWN ELATEDLY hehe!! Thanks so much Shreya …as you can see your excitement is contagious with me ❤
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I am smiling so bad right now!!♥️
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And that is soooo good!! 😊💕
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It was a very interesting read. I am always looking forward to your posts. Your blog is a whirlwind of fresh air to say the least hehe 😊 Keep it up !
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What wonderful feedback! Your fresh air I shall definitely keep my window open for 😊
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I love it
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This is something special to read! Thank you for your gracious comment NL! 🙂
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lovely
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Such a word …. means a lot ! 😊
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There us both by the oiled lamp.
Diana, your magic make this world cease to exist and I am in a whole new world where I am in amidst of your magical realm.
This is deeper on the feels. It is as amazing as you are.
Love it. Love you. ❤️
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Priya, sweet Priya!
You always have words of admiration and affection – how grateful I am for you and your kindness toward me and my writing….
Love you back big time 🌸💜🌸💜
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And there always will be D. My affection for you is never ending.
Much loved
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Love *
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” I am the constant…” how well put, you keep amazing us with your writing my friend!
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Such thoughtfulness with your words Neha! Hope our inspiration to write never wanes 🌹😌
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❤ ❤
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What a fabulous thing this is! Thank you ever so much kind Sir 🌷🌷💕
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Oh my! How beautifully you write Diana… Just look at this! Simple, articulate, touching the heart! Keep writing!❤
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What wonderful words Isha! When this little poem came to my thoughts it left such a sweet residue … I’m so pleased it resonated with you.
Hope your Saturday is smiles and more… 😊💕
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It’s a beautiful masterpiece! You have a great day too, poetess!❤
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I’m headed to sweet dreamland as it’s past 11 pm here … you are sweet 🌹💕
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Well then goodnight.. May another beautiful poem visit you in your dreams!
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You are delightful! Thank you so much for being … so sweet! 💕 I shall hope for nocturnal inspiration to arise…
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❤😊😊
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You capture so much, so beautifully!
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Oh, what a lovely thing to say my wonderful (new, so excited to know you) friend!! 🙂
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Nothing you don’t deserve!! 💐
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More please hehe 😜 Thank you so much vivacious V! 🌹
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haha before I was married my initials were VV
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As in Vanessa VavaVoom? 😊
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hahaha nice one, I must tell my hubby
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What a stunning use of personification!… It makes me open the book I am reading and check if the bookmark is doing well! 🙂 🙂 🙂
“I the constant, through the years ” – such a thought, such a perfection in few words. This line completely took me over.
Here is something for you to read, how I personified a bulb. Isn’t it funny how we try to breathe in a life into the things so lifeless so to claim it ours, we humans badly need to have an experience of attachment for us to survive….
https://writtenframes.wordpress.com/2017/10/07/friend-of-loneliness/
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So true and eloquently spoken my sweet ! Attachment brings comfort, and breathing life into inanimate surroundings is true mindfulness. My bookmark and your lightbulb brought us to the here and now of moments.
I read your piece and was, of course, most moved by it.
I love how you conquer words to do your bidding…my attention grasped from the first lines “I am a bulb flickering in my forgotten state”.
How strange… I found myself feeling sympathy for his flickering, his fragile filament’s last burn.
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