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Before it's over... |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart 
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Before it’s over… Such a lovely bequest this is, a large enough albeit magical frame to hold photos…technology and light…sparking memories with a random roll by way of things I can’t grasp other than it’s programmed, but they roll on, regardless. I smile at memories of a young lady who sits on a special bench, her bench, caught in time between Y limbs of a young tree growing old in October… an extraordinary moment of light and expression, a smile unconditional… oh but wait! There’s Robert; and my sister… mother, father, and Grandmother…and there they are, our friends of several decades, my aunts, uncles, relatives of our internal poetry, our loves… so far there are less than 300 everlasting memories that others can now share, perhaps even smile along with, while snow white peacocks emerge along grassy lawns, where parrots perpetually shine in Jamaican colors of orange and green against grand backgrounds of beloved books; just think…this magical, marvelous wonder that might hold 3,000 memories… just in time before a possible, probable omygod onslaught of Alzheimers. So I plan ahead. Maybe, perchance, I’ll smile while in some nether world because what was, will again be colorful, having as its nesting place a calm where people smile back as long as electricity lasts. Maybe, perhaps, I will smile back, before it’s over. © KRJ 8 July 2009 |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
ahhha ya made me tear up  loved this |
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OldPoet Member
since 2009-06-30
Posts 112The Left Coast |
I think you have made and are living in the perfect frame. One that holds 63,659 entries since you created it. Perfection in Perspective... "And every time I've held a rose |
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Spiros Zafiris Senior Member
since 2002-10-20
Posts 982Canada |
..the clarity of poetic calm; always rewarding to read.. spiros |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Wow! This is certainly thought provoking, Karilea. Ida |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
A write that hits home for so many baby boomers and their grown children. |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
ms sun..you always do the things that do the things.. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Dear Karilea, you have been missed, how I love to read you! This was very captivating and cute. ... as long as electricity lasts ... just so. But then they will finally use some other longer lasting energy ... SUNSHINE!   Love, Margherita |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Karilea! It is wonderful to see you gracing us with your poetic thoughts again! I found this one to be especially touching. Love & Sun Light, Linda  |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
this is a sweet & poignant write...with much to ponder...all I can say is 'hooray for electricity' |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Nice...James |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Sissie...so many memories stored in the photos of the heart and right here on the blue pages, in a park on a bench. |
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Oklahoma Rose Senior Member
since 2008-02-28
Posts 1586Oklahoma USA |
You sure have alot of memories. A very beautiful poem, Karilea. |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
oH, HOW WONDERFUL! It seems our minds were in the same place today, though this is a far superior rendering; I liked the title TAke care Liz |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
Sunshine, A very lovely rendering that will go straight to my library. I, too, have a few colorful pictures of a lovely day spent with a friend in Kansas! It would be nice to cast all of our pictures onto a screen, as long as the electricity doesn't go out! I think you compared that to Alzheimer's in the poem. My opinion is that in Alzheimer's Disease, a person may be appear to lose all those wonderful memories or thoughts, but rather, those most sacred visions are protected in the heart down to the last beat, perhaps translated in a different language than we are used to. I'm reminded of one of my dearest friends who could never, and I mean NEVER, remember my name, yet she felt/knew my insides out intuitively, through her heart. That's what I think, or at least, hope what happens to Alzheimer victims. Again, what a beautiful poem you've written! Hugs, misce' |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo dear Sunshine, Old photographs can do that for a person. They bring back so many mementoes that are worth keeping, and sharing. You did good work on this poem. Love Bobby |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
there's some great inventions out there right sunshinygirl, especially the ones that spark up the memories.  Sgood to read you, it's been so long. And I apologise for that. m xx |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
...so many boxes we find ourselves in, some with colored windows, so that some of life is view in rose, some in blue, and oh the greens! but the magic unfolds in the sunlight of love, and we want to remember it in more than mind, that part of the heart which glows incalescently, incessantly, with the warmth of our days. How natural for a poet to want to leave that legacy for discerning eyes--"in moments or lifetimes" (Richard Bach). And heart. Pensive and lovely reading.  |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
Hello, Sunshine! ~ This was another from the heart. You truly know how to speak for your thoughts and write them on these pages of blue... to you KARCTIC WIND |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
Maybe, perhaps, I will smile back, before it’s over. Dear Sunshine I sincerely hope you will smile back. You always feel better when your smiling. a lovely write dear lady much enjoyed. Love. Lindsay |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
'Maybe, perchance, I’ll smile while in some nether world because what was, will again be colorful, having as its nesting place a calm where people smile back as long as electricity lasts. Maybe, perhaps, I will smile back, before it’s over.' You, m'lady Sunshine never cease to amaze me with the beauty of your words and soul... and MommaK...I've missed you so...YB. |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Very much enjoyed this. All my pictures are framed in my head and when/if the electricty falters/fails ... I don't have a battery backup and recalling them... well, I'll not know they're lost, will I. Very thoughtful write, my friend. j. |
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