by Tracey W.
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April 21, 2007

Envelope (Poetry Please Single Word Challenge)

February 13, 2008 08:44 AM EST
views: 75 | rating: 10/10 (14 votes) | comments: 18
 

I am empty, but not for long.

Soon I will be filled to capacity, to bursting!

I wait.

It won't be long now.

The others before me have all gone.

My darkness will soon end and I will see the light-

that bright light hat I have only caught glimpses of until now.

I wait.

I am empty.

But not for long,

I am sure of this.

©TSW 2008

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Comments: 18

Kathy W. Feb 13, 2008, 9:03am EST
Tracey: This speaks of faith in the future, and the willingness to have good things "happen" to and for you. I especially like the "note" of hope it holds.
Lovely emotions, very lovely. Good things come to those who wait...I heard that somewhere.
Wilka
sheila ~the hapless housewife~ j. Feb 13, 2008, 9:12am EST
Very enjoyable!

Thanks for posting to Just Poetry!
Tracey W. Feb 13, 2008, 9:45am EST
Thanks Wilka. I wrote an acrostic about nymphs and satyrs firstSmileyCentral.com but this kept rumbling around in my head.

Thanks sheila. I'm glad you liked it.
Sandra (secretary of Lalaland) C. Feb 13, 2008, 10:00am EST
Thanks for sharing
Patricia F. Feb 13, 2008, 12:27pm EST
I like all the hope here too...to me, it was a woman waiting to have a baby...I am sure I am way off...but if you read it with that in mind...it works! That's where I was.Thank you for putting me there!
vijay kumar Feb 13, 2008, 12:30pm EST
'But not for long,
I am sure of this.'..

I love the positive note here. Beautifully made, Tracey.
Anita R. Feb 13, 2008, 12:59pm EST
Very sweet Tracey and full of anticipation (one of my favorite feelings) -
Lydia aka Freedom's Daughter Feb 13, 2008, 1:42pm EST
A really nice interpretation of the word. I like it Tracey.
Granny Janny H. Feb 13, 2008, 2:29pm EST
Envelope empty
Open to the coming light
Waiting for heaven
Neal Wass Feb 13, 2008, 2:36pm EST
What confidence this poem has, the certainty of knowing.
Alison Pearce Feb 13, 2008, 6:02pm EST
Excellent Tracey! A beautiful piece with so much hope and promise "enveloped" within!
Alison H. Feb 13, 2008, 6:31pm EST
Very nice, and can be understood on different levels.
Austin Cushing Feb 13, 2008, 6:37pm EST
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Gigi K. Feb 13, 2008, 10:38pm EST
I like this - the promise of what's to come! Uplifting and positive!
Ruthe M. Feb 14, 2008, 1:08am EST
Beautiful,Tracey.
Oh Tracy I liked this. I could hear the envelope speaking...and while this poem could also be inturpented to mean a person...I'm going with the envelope today.
lynn a. Feb 15, 2008, 5:56pm EST
It made me think of getting to go to Heaven and finally be with all those I loved and missed so. I liked this very much. A sort of getting to go home story.
Shelbia C. Jul 23, 2009, 11:13pm EDT
I like this

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