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OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

0 posted 2011-05-28 10:21 AM

WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?
28 May 2011

I woke
with a single tear
trickling full down
each cheek.

I semi-remembered
my dream
for a moment
and knew
it didn’t
warrant tears.

I wonder
where they came from . . .

Owl

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

1 posted 2011-05-28 12:55 PM

Hi diana,

very beautiful and well crafted, this is so delicate and emotive, enjoyed a lot

yann

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

2 posted 2011-05-28 03:20 PM

Thank you, Yann. Smiles.

Owl

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

3 posted 2011-05-28 04:17 PM

fine 'penning' !!

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2011-05-28 06:46 PM

I don't know where they came from, but the fact that they were there meant you were quite passionate about something. Sometimes it is just relief that causes the tears to flow.

~ I went to a restaurant that serves "breakfast at any time" / I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance ~

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

5 posted 2011-05-29 01:03 AM

Thank you, Jerry.  Yes, I suppose you are right, on both counts.

A couple of days ago, at the age of ±65½, I think I, at last, discovered my secret to my incomprehensibly good health.  I think it is that I allow myself to cry (well, not in public though, if I can help it - except here in the friendly environment of Pip).

As a young child, I think I hardly ever cried, but from at least my early teenage years, I kept my tears for at night in bed, as long as I knew my mother was asleep and then I would cry into my pillow so that she wouldn't hear from her room, if she was, contrary to what I had tried to establish, still awake.

Now, I don't have to keep them to night-time - just until I get home.  I don't mind Benji and Cleo seeing my tears, as long as it doesn't upset their doggy and kitty hearts.

Owl

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

6 posted 2011-05-29 02:52 AM

I woke up in tears a few times myself and didn't know why either, Diana. I try to keep the tears at home too. Best not to let them run amuck, I guess.
Ida

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

7 posted 2011-05-29 03:14 AM

It's strange, isn't it, Ida?. Perhaps, in my case, it may have been my second-last dream.

I have woken up with tears in my eyes on several occasions over the years, but to the best of my recollection, this is the first time that I have woken up with 2 tears actually running down my face.

Thanks for reading and commenting, Ida.

Owl

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

8 posted 2011-05-29 04:24 AM

Two tears? Two pearls! The heart knows.

Delicate questioning, dear Owl.

Love,
Margherita

"Love is the One who masters all things;
I am mastered totally by Love."
(Rumi)

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

9 posted 2011-05-29 09:19 AM

Thank you Margherita for your very compassionate reply. Smiles.

Owl

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