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One Sunday Afternoon
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One Sunday Afternoon |
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quatro Member
since 2003-04-29
Posts 392Galveston, Texas |
One Sunday afternoon, It happened. I saw someone, someone from my past, someone I wanted to forget. I knew him, yet I hesitated. He gave me a hug, A familiar embrace that yielded my strength and gave way for my emotions. The ones I kept hidden. He stood there, in his familiar stance and his eyes sparkled as he looked me up then down. He moistened his lips in a way that let me know that he was more than happy to see me. We stood there in the afternoon rain and I listened as he spoke of yesterday and how he remembered it. The version he knew; the one he believed. I stayed quiet as he spoke and nodded my head when appropriate. My hair was getting damp and the entrance to my exit was at arms length yet I couldn't move. He held secrets that were ready for release. He wanted approval and to free himself from the guilt he carried all these years. But I wanted nothing to do with it or him. I was over that part of my life. He wanted forgiveness that I had already given him long ago and I had forgotten them just the same. The rain trickled away the time and his words fell like droplets to the ground where we stood as he attempted to merge with me like a puddle to a pond. Anticipation grew as I looked beyond him to the place I was going a place he had left. He had held me back before and I wasn't going to let that happen again. He asked if he could call me and if he could have a second chance. He loved me now. He didn't know it then. He waited for a response. I'm at a place now where I am not ashamed Of who I am or who I've become. I'm strong enough to say that I won't go back. And so it was said. I watched him as he walked away. |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
"One Sunday Afternoon" to remember with a smile ~ and then to forget.  You are a strong, self-realized woman! ~ Walking into the future and not into the past!  EA |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Nice writing...James |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
a Sunday afternoon... I've had one of those... only I did give them a 2nd chance and we are good friends now, but it took awhile for me to get there from where he left me. Very nice work especially with the rain.  "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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quatro Member
since 2003-04-29
Posts 392Galveston, Texas |
Earth Angel, Thank you for your comments. Walking to the future is a constant goal. It doesn't help when the past comes back to haunt me. James, Thanks so much. Susan, Thank you so much for reading and commenting. You don't know how I considered giving him another chance, but the past was best left in the past with him in it. Thanks very much to everyone. Naome |
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