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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity 
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Shattered dreams On that festive summer afternoon smiles shone on everybody’s face and we strolled hand in hand along this stream of merriness. Not a thought of worry clouded my sky. Then suddenly you mumbled some excuse and left me alone “Honey, I’ll be back in a minute ...”. The minute passed and the sun was still shining bright in my sky. Five minutes passed and a tiny hint of boredom swept through me. Ten minutes passed and my feet tapped the ground nervously. Fifteen minutes seemed outrageous enough to induce me to go look for you. Impatiently I entered the house, totally unprepared for the scene that invested me on the forth floor. There you stood, smiling into her eyes with your arms upon her shoulders … For what seemed an eternity I couldn’t breathe or utter anything. Finally I heard myself shouting with a voice that didn’t seem mine at all “Now you won’t need to lie anymore!” You turned towards me in disbelief and in the same instant I flew down the stairs at hair raising speed, driven by inconceivable shock and pain. You ran after me and blocked me just in time before I could escape through the entrance door ... You held my pale face in your hands frantically kissing me all over ... At the edge of fainting I heard you say “Baby, it isn’t what you think it is ...” But baby felt the coldness of death flood her mind as well as her heart you see, in those moments of shattered dreams, she simply wasn’t able to think ... * (note: just an emotion that surfaced from the past and asked to be relived and ... dismissed  )* [This message has been edited by Margherita (08-27-2008 05:38 AM).] |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Whew! I was so glad to come at last to your footnote. I was really worried for a moment. They say the past only hurts if we let it but sometimes in the remembering it does hurt until it's "dismissed" and we breathe again. I try not to remember but, you know, it's almost as if I'm numb these days so maybe memories both good and bad aren't such a bad thing.  Helen |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
Always good to write about your emotions and phases that your going through, and then solving them right away! I like how your writing took a different turn this time Margherita!, lovely ARCTIC WIND |
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poddarku Senior Member
since 2008-01-15
Posts 589india |
amazing. Amazing the result of your grief is deep and a palpable emotion chokes my heart clever talks delay friendship! |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Yes, time to release it...James |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
On that festive summer afternoon smiles shone on everybody’s face and we strolled hand in hand along this stream of merriness. Not a thought of worry clouded our embrace. Great poem Margherita, much enjoyed but I couldn't help myself in changing the last couple of words. I hope you are not offended. Love and hugs my dear. Lindsay |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
ms mar....from each occasion of life we break from the routine and grow new wings...enjoyed your sharing this |
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martiniat8 Senior Member
since 2003-06-21
Posts 897Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic |
wow! such depth here, you've introduced me to a whole new side of you. I found myself lost in the depths of this one, bravo |
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HopeS Member Elite
since 2000-12-22
Posts 4596Perth Western Australia |
Sad and heartbreaking , yes those feelings wonderfully expressed Hope |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
From release comes relief and from each scar imparted on our heart comes the wisdom to strive for better in our tomorrows. Lots of vivid emotions painted in this one. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
When I saw the title, I thought, "Oh, please no. Please no shattered dreams for Margherita." When I saw the footnote, I was so hoping that you were going to say that it was fiction and based on a picture, a book, a movie, or the like. I know there has been sorrow in your life - it has surfaced from time to time. But I just don't want you to have experienced such sorrow. You are the epitome of love to everyone else, and everyone in PIP loves you. You deserve only the very, very best. I know you said it was in the past, but it was shattering enough for you to have remembered it with such fervour, and it was certainly shattering to your readers. Huuuuuuuuuuuge hugs from me, meeows from my cat, Tigger, and woofs from my dog, Daisy. - Owl |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
My dear Maga Margherita, as you so often do to me, Owl has now down as well ~ taken the words right out of my mouth! She beat me to the punch and wrote the reply that I would have written ~ if I had as fine a mind and pen. I love you, girlfriend, and it pains me to know that you ever had to experience that kind of heartache. Like yourself, I have put it behind me, but at times those hurtful memories can surface without a moment's notice. You wrote well of those emotions.   Linda |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
This was different for you Margharita and surprised me a little. I think we have all had some disappointment in our past and not everyone handles it as well as you. Great poem and and good therapy as well I'm sure. Love, Ida |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Dear Margherita, This is very good wok. Love Bobby |
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nourzihane Member
since 2008-07-10
Posts 254Algeria |
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Ericc Member Elite
since 2003-01-31
Posts 4178 |
Very intense Margherita. Love, Eric |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Thank you so much, dear Helen! This event in my life has occurred a long time ago and I don’t know why it came up so powerfully these past days, but for sure I never forgot how I felt then and jotting it down felt somehow liberating yes. Numbness is to flee like hell, better laugh or cry … We are the sum of our experiences, the important thing is not to be stuck, life is so gracious in its freshness every new morning! Dear Michael fresh Arctic Wind, thank you! You are so wise at your young age! I am glad you appreciated this “real life” poem. Thank you dear Kushal, for reading and commenting with your beautifully sensitive heart! Thank you dear James, high time yes! But funny nonetheless how such events surface again after one might reasonably suppose to have forgotten! Dear Lindsay, there is absolutely no reason to be offended! I thank you instead from my heart. Your suggestion is quite lovely. I know you have a highly musical ear and I appreciate you very much! Dear D., thank you, it’s a pleasure to find your reply here. Your words are wise and indeed I did grow new wings … Thank you, dear Kenneth, it’s nice to hear you felt the depth. Amazing how memories can be still so powerful! Dear Hope, thank you for your warm and kind comment. It was heartbreaking indeed, I was told afterwards that I was as pale as a ghost … Thank you, dear Mark, I am glad if I could convey the vivid emotions. It was a tough lesson, but a lesson it was. Diana dear friend, your words touch my heart you know, thank you for your warmth and caring! And for the sweetness of Tigger and Daisy! Tamàs Gabor was an important love story in my life and it saddens me that I don’t know where he is and how his life evolved, but I do hope he is happy with his destiny. The last thing he said to me after I told him that I was getting married was “when you are putting the ring on his finger, think of me … it should have been us, you know”. Oh God, Diana!! No, I did not think of him in that moment, but I have never forgotten his eyes when he said those words, they were deep ponds of imponderable sadness … But I had my responsibilities too! I have my dark sides too, no doubt. I might not be that deserving after all! My sweet Linda Angelo Terrestre, thank you from my heart, I know you feel me! But well, in comparison to other things that I had to endure in my life, that painful discovery can be considered a minor accident … but then how can we enjoy beauty, when we have never known its opposite? Thank you for your love. Dear Ida, thank you so much for your warm reply. I have long ago forgiven this man, we were young then … and he too had a few things to forgive me  . But you know you are right, it is a good thing to write about it. Thank you, dear Bobby, for appreciating this one. You love realism I know. Dear Nourzihane, thank you so much for your kind words and for the wonderful white roses! I love them, they are gorgeous. You have a beautiful heart. Dear Eric, thank you! Indeed it was an intense emotion. Jealousy isn’t the wisest feeling, but the heart sometimes reacts unexpectedly powerfully! Thank you all once more. I am in the Now again and it means it’s time to go sleep … Love to all of you, my dear Poet friends. Margherita "Love is the One who masters all things; |
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