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Growing Pains |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
I love Mom, but I don’t see how she can understand these feelings I have for Sylvan. I mean I don’t understand them myself. It’s like they pull my heart from one side of me to the other. When I see him, I can’t speak, my heart beats so fast it’s like it grips my tongue taut as... as a string on my violin. My hands are clammy and cold and I can hardly get my breath. When I am away from him, and alone, I feel so at peace, in my anticipation. Then, when I’m with Mom, I feel afraid, even guilty of my feelings. I want to ask her what to do with them, but, I think she will be horribly unhappy with me. I feel as though I’m being dishonest to hide how I feel from her, disloyal that I place these feelings above the tender closeness we’ve always shared, till now. Think, though, Sara, maybe she remembers being in love, too. I know it’s hard to believe, but our parents were there, once. ©June 23, 2002 Whether on the shoal or on the shore, |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Isn't it funny the way children see their parents, as though they have always been a Mother or Father, nothing more and nothing less! Oh the stories we could tell if they would just listen! Enjoyed your poem very much~~ |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
Hard to share or even reveal the unspeakably personal, especially when it threatens another's trust. Nicely done, V. "Grab a pen, grab some paper, do yourself a little favor." e |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (big hugggsssssss) Oh Virginia, this is so very sad but true, sweet friend, it seems parent and child relations can always be so rigid and firm that truly a child always feels like a pawn to the king on a chessboard when truly the way it really is that a parent is teaching a child to succeed them as the king and helping them when they need it the most for their own good! (sigh) This is powerfully depicted, sweet friend, my heart goes out to you and I hope everything works out alright, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Virginia, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
thanks, all, I have to tell you it is to answer a challenge to write to a picture on another poetry site. The picture was of two girls, one a little older than the other. I decided they were friends, then I decided, no they were sisters. The younger one is doing all the talking until big sister, who has listened well, responds in the last stanza. This is a 'story' that I know happens in many households, though, so it really wasn't too hard to write. Whether on the shoal or on the shore, |
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