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Born Under A Bad Sign
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Born Under A Bad Sign |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738
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It means a thing or two to me I had to fight to win the day; and since I did, I've been forlorn the only time I got my way broke my mother's heart. |
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Professor Gloom Member Elite
since 2000-07-23
Posts 3082of Depression |
The sign matters not Those things are soon forgot What matters most of all Is how we rise after the fall. Broken hearts will mend To be broken once again But it’s not the tears spent it rests in the intent. Gloom |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
There was a stop sign shadow that covered my crib every afternoon...too late now.. your sign was meant to be babe |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I remember the one time my mom showed me that I had hurt her badly... I may have caused her pain another time... but she didn't ever show me again. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Ah, my two favorites--gloom and darkness... I kinda knew ya'll would understand. And the advice is cheery, considering. Let us switch to the Bloody Mary and praise the night that's slain beneath this rising sun, eh? <--I wrote that like I was wearing a codpiece, huh? (Just nod like ya know.)  danke' |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Lawd sunny one, I missed you as I typed so slow--and me and my mom look at each other with equal amounts of guilt. Nod. It's painful, but somehow? Also satisfying to know that we understand one another.  |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Now you've got me thinking about my mother! I'm inclined to think she broke my heart more than I did hers - but I'm still thinking. Not sure I should say thank you for that, serenity gal, but your writing always hits somehow or other and that's good. Helen |
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Amaryllis Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306Mi now |
Wow Serenity.. I adore your writing, each time I read you.. you have such a unique, distinctive voice. Whoever you freelance for is sure to be in for a treat.. I`m liking this spare poem, with it`s sorrowful message.. great stuff Best~Amaryllis |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
*smile* I just talked to my Mom about this very thing. She was indeed rather miffed when she realized she'd conceived her fifth child, so miffed that she didn't speak to my Father for a month. (Um, I didn't question her complicity in the matter.) She just told me that she thought it worked out rather well. Being at peace with your mother is a very good thing, so I urge everyone who still has the opportunity--call your Mom. And let HER do the talking. My mother is totally awesome, btw. She's the kind of Mom that EVERYBODY calls "Mom." She is also completely unflappable. That wasn't always the case. So now I can also look at her and think there just might be some hope for me.  Thanks for reading, and Amaryllis? I need to start letting you know when I pop in on your work more often. I happen to think you're pretty groovy too.  |
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SlowlyFallAway Member
since 2008-08-29
Posts 279North Carolina |
Sad, but true. I enjoyed the short length of this, simply because of how much truth it held within those few words. |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Karen, This is so true of many mother daughter relationships. I felt many hurts from my mother as I grew up and not until I had a dream one night in which we had an argument, (I woke up crying), did I learn to think of her as a person and a human being and there for a person who had hurts and aches of her own. Maybe my sensitivities were more than need be.Too bad that dream did not come until I was into my late forties. love ya, jo |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
not sure if signs mean anything I am Balance  yeah right |
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Amaryllis Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306Mi now |
I`ll never forget the first time I made my mother cry.. when I was 17 and knew it all, dontcha know. And this is one tough lady.. she rarely cries. It was heart-rending, and I grew up 10 years in an instant. . .There is such liberation in finally seeing your mother as a woman in her own right.. with her own unique gifts and hopes and dreams and yes, her own faults, too, of course. My Ma is now like one of my closest girlfriends.. we can yak & yuk it up for hours! Priceless. . .Anyhow, yeah. ~Amaryllis |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Don't it alwys seem to go~~~ we don't know what our wants or fights will do...and no matter the sign... always someone or something to counter.. long time no spy....... what goes on in your world my friend? |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I tried to keep this one simple, although I confess I was thinking about the active principle and damned determined my father's offering must have been to lead the charge of the light brigade against my mother's determined will (a force, I tell you, a Force to ne'er be reckoned with) but against all odd, here I yam. *shrug* (I did ask her if she'd been drinking that night--she asked me why I would ask such a thing--and I replied, "I know I'd have to be totally wasted to conceive a fifth child." She claimed the fifth. Hmmm. Y'think she meant the amendment? *cackle* As for what is going on in my world? I just wish my little neck of the woods would stop being news. I've taken up swimming, though. And even that? I do better on my back. lawd-have-mercy! ciao dawlinz, if I come back a little wet, you'll know what I've been up to--er, won'tcha? thanks for reading |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
And...little did she know she was getting two of you! You know, I can remember crying because I thought I was adopted this one time. My father piped up," Do you think for one second if we had a choice we would have picked you Mz. Drama Queen!" It is a luxury to give birth to Geminis we are most intriguing don't you agree? |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
I'd also hope your neighborhood is soon rid of satellite trucks! Enough already! My own Mom passed away over 30 years ago, so this made me consider the missing bits. In a good way. hug, y'yeti |
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lucky Senior Member
since 2000-01-17
Posts 1601Idaho |
mom told me when I got married it was the stupidest thing I ever did... She was right. It wasn't Rosemary..! best friends best finds love and prayers dale |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
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easy1 Senior Member
since 2010-05-22
Posts 1209Southeastern USA |
Interesting read. People can be pretty resilient, and I don't believe in that "Bad Seed" stuff, especially when it comes to a momentary clash of wills on a rite of passage deal. Appreciated. |
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