I have little faith in the color pink

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hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05

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Glen Hope, PA USA

0 posted 2007-11-30 11:33 PM

I have little faith in the color pink

nor do I trust those two blue lines
that promise maternity
making me spend mornings
bent
hugging porcelain thrones

I have become a skeptic
of two-tone ultrasound pictures
that show life
- in a small beating heart
then twenty weeks later
mock its existence

and I’ve come to hate
tiny caskets
blanketed in pink roses

I am nothing special...and my name will soon be forgotten,but I've loved another with all my heart and soul,and to me,this has always been enough.~N.S

dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

1 posted 2007-12-01 12:21 PM

Ow...that just aches all over...

hugs, g

"...Never regret anything that made you smile..."

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

2 posted 2007-12-01 02:32 AM

You captured the pain of this vividly Ruth, and I have to bet you have seen your share of this. Well done piece.

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

3 posted 2007-12-01 03:37 AM

Fine writing...James

lucky
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since 2000-01-17

Posts 1601
Idaho

4 posted 2007-12-01 12:01 PM

Ouch..! does this ever rip at Castle walls... I guess it's inevitable as we get older...to see more and more of this... But the young..?

dale

Rosemary J. Gwaltney
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 997
northern mountains, Idaho

5 posted 2007-12-01 12:07 PM

You paint colors of sorrow so vividly. I've been there too, in that land of heartbreak. Oh, I'm so sorry for your pain too.

"tiny caskets
blanketed in pink roses"

ah, yes, and the jewels within.

TinaTrivett
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since 2006-07-15

Posts 569

6 posted 2007-12-01 12:33 PM

I'm so touched by this write. So tender. ((hugs))

aziza
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since 2006-07-09

Posts 2995
Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!

7 posted 2007-12-01 07:16 PM

I keep coming back and reading
.. you moved me again ..

And the image you placed in my head is haunting.

Alison

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

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Realms of Light

8 posted 2007-12-01 07:25 PM

Oh, Ruth...

I felt every word...

Loving, compassionate, healing hug,

Linda

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

9 posted 2007-12-01 08:09 PM

heart ache...

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

10 posted 2007-12-02 01:25 AM

This packs a powerful punch, Hoot. You convey your sorrow and frustration very succintly.

Tim
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since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

11 posted 2007-12-02 09:56 AM

I sat on our state's child death review board for two years.
Yes, one feels hate, anger, sorrow and fear knowing that there is not a thing one can do.
As always, well written and expressed.

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

12 posted 2007-12-02 02:05 PM

Thank you all for your replies and as poets for knowing the pain behind the words

Ruth

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