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Best Poems From
FAITH ELIZABETH BRIGHAM
(May 14,1953)
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Nothing
according to my recollection
i remember nothing
about you
mostly because you
were born before me
soon diappearing
as though the earth
swallowed you whole
i had six sisters
growing up
without a brother
never knowing you
were adopted off
being lied to
about your existence
i don't know much
about you at all
never saw your picture
never knew your name
for all i know
you could be
living next door
or be any one
i might pass by
in the street
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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Now That The Loving's Over
you say
you want to
be my friend
now that the
loving's over
but please-
don't bother
as you never
treated your
friends any
better than
you ever
treated me
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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Oh, My Soul
oh, my soul-
some say it is
an old one
others say it is
quite deep
but no one knows
my heart-felt joy
nor the tears
i sometimes weep
oh, my soul
has work to do
in its search
for beauty and truth
i see God in everyhing
as i have done
since i was
in my youth
oh, my soul
if i should pass
i'll know my
work here is done
but while i am
still on this earth
i'll speak my piece
out of a need
to be heard through
the written word
Written 11/19/05
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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180.
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On A Rain Sent Summer's Day
did we not
on a rain-sent summer's day
sky filled with thunder
hide beneath your bolero
ground wet with rain
inquisitive man
that you were then
kissing first my eyelids
then slowly but surely
you kissed my lips
pressing your warm body
next to my own
you trespassed slowly
growing bolder
with each whimpering sound
that found it's way
up to my throat
somehow you never
noticed i was crying
did we not
discardng your damp bolero
wonder when the rain had stopped
rolling in the wet grass
your laughter filling the air
i fully realized
what i had only sensed before
it wasn't me
who filled your soul with longing
it wasn't me
who filled your heart with joy
you called me by another
woman's name more times
than i care to remember
so much for rain-sent summer days
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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