TAPADA by romanceworks

Writers • Romance • posted on Jul 10, 2003

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A woman, bent with age, came out of the dark green shadows. She was covered from head to toe in a black veil, but for some reason, I wasn�t afraid of her. She called herself Tapada, the veiled one. She never touched white flesh, only animals. She told me I had the power to heal. That I must use my gift to help those who need it most. She led me through the vines and giant leaves, showing me healing plants and flowers, telling me what each did. She said we are all connected through the cord of the branch, the stem, and the vine. That all the secrets are inside the forest. That I must respect the power of nature, for as many plants that could cure, as many could also kill. When we parted, she told me something that has haunted me until now." Daman drew Bianca into his arms. "One day, Tapada said, you will meet a woman who comes to you as broken and helpless as the tiny parrot you found. Follow your destiny, that comes from the sea, and you will find the greatest happiness a man can know." He cupped her cheeks and kissed her tenderly. "You are my destiny, Bianca. When I saw you laying in the surf, with your black hair covering the bloody wounds on your back, I saw that tiny parrot in the forest. And deep inside I knew we were meant to be together.The way you healed, the way your body responded to my touch, the way we kissed and made love before ever speaking." Excerpt from RichMEDIA Romance�, TOPAZ, My Woman. ©2001 Cavalaris & HEART LOVE & MUSIC® ��ALL RIGHTS RESERVED This is our first posting to the brand new Writer�s Gallery. Hope you enjoy. Thanks for looking and reading.:o) Cavalaris & HEART LOVE & MUSIC®

Comments (14)

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FearaJinx

8:28PM | Thu, 10 July 2003

I like the story that goes with the image! Great job!!!

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Stacey_73

8:40PM | Thu, 10 July 2003

oooh lovely :) "She led me through the vines and giant leaves" is my favorite... Wonderful visual going on there. Oddly enough, this actually reminds me of my grandmother on my father's side. She was a Medicine Woman. I had the chance to spend a summer with her on the Res when I was 13. She was small, and bent... and had a fondness for smacking the back of my head when I got a bit too cheeky. But she made a point to drill into my mind the concept that "All things are one on the Web". I loved her dearly, and your excerpt in my opinion makes a powerful satement about the power held within a healing hand.

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electrix

9:52PM | Thu, 10 July 2003

Oh wow. Awsome...Great story and a great change of pace. Very well done;)-Joel

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rhiafaery

10:17PM | Thu, 10 July 2003

Oh, I love this! The story is really moving and tender, and the image kind of draws you into the story even more. :)

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LadyFire_Ice

10:31PM | Thu, 10 July 2003

It is fantastic that you are sharing "ALL" of your artistic talents and abilities with us you two,,, Not only creating masterpieces to view but masterpieces in print to read as well,,, Thank you so much,,, AWESOME works,,, :-)

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BellaMorte

11:55PM | Thu, 10 July 2003

I love the colours and the story to go with it. I look forward to viewing and reading more by you.

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FrenchKiss

1:04AM | Fri, 11 July 2003

Beautiful story and I love that image! I also love the fact that we'll get to see some writings here from you as well as the lovely artwork. Marvelous!

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SophiaDeer

1:19AM | Fri, 11 July 2003

Very beautiful story and fantastic image!

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Avalonne

6:10AM | Fri, 11 July 2003

What a wonderful story....you are indeed multi-talented...Excellent prose.

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j-art

6:32AM | Fri, 11 July 2003

great story, and yes a much to litle picture which is soo interesting and i even cant see enough :-( , this forrest in the back wow so much detail, oh have i already said that the picture is to little, oh my god and this scary women, or isnt she scary, she holds this beautiful bird in her hand - the bird seems tu trust her, think i can trust her too - wonderful work which goes with the story - and wonderful story, if i could only see this wunderful picture a little bigger - think i already said this - really the creativity of you two is mindblowing - you always make my day with your new postings - please never stop doing this - yours uwe

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antje

9:31AM | Fri, 11 July 2003

Beautiful story and render! Excellent work!!! :o)

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Shoshanna

6:11PM | Fri, 11 July 2003

Having read this, I demand you take back your apology for posting in the writers gallery. It's obvious you belong. Looking forward to reading more of your work soon :-)