Date:         Mon, 13 Jan 1997 17:07:30 -0800
Subject:      Sub: Valentine's Contest: "Soul Mates": Poetry

There's still time to send your entry! Check out
http://web.mit.edu/mbarker/www/val97/val.html for details.

Please reserve all critiques on contest entries until after Valentine's
Day!
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Soul Mates: A Love Story in Two Sentences

He could not, no he must not, risk the happiness of those
 whose lives were entertwined with his,
 and so, therefore, he chose
 to say "adieu" to one he loved
 who loved him in return,
 whose whispered words
 and softest touch
 would linger there -
 to burn
 upon his soul for all his days,
 the future cold and bare
 devoid of her, the sparkling one,
 who always had been there.

She turned away and staggered home, their parting barely done,
 and yet she knew her heart had died
 because she lost the one
 who made her laugh,
 and love,
 and live,
 whose essence kept her whole,
 whose face and memory were seared
 into her very soul,
 nor ever could she put behind,
 forget
 and learn to care
 for someone else instead of he
 who never would be there.




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