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Paula Finn
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0 posted 2010-08-11 12:34 PM



I don't want to go
   he cries
Even as his momma
   calmly urges him
Up the steps to the
   first day of school


I don't wwant to go
   he sighs
As he kisses her goodnight
   at the door
Then walks backwards down
   the walk for one last glimpse


I don't want to go
   his heart cries
Even as he steps onto the plane
   uniform neat
Leaving her there, belly
   protruding, waving

I don't want to go
   as he tries
To loosen the grip
   of aged hands
And looks into the eyes
   that no longer know him

I don't want to go
    as his soul flies
Loosed by a last harsh
   breath
Freed from the pain
   I don't want to go

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Sunshine
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1 posted 2010-08-11 10:16 AM


And I, too, understand this wrench of heart.




Eldest
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2 posted 2010-08-11 11:24 AM


Wonderful expression of how life progresses and sometimes regresses.  Have been down a road similar to this.
Amaryllis
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3 posted 2010-08-11 12:09 PM


Wrenching, poignant.. and well written
~Amaryllis

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4 posted 2010-08-11 12:33 PM


poignant indeed... well done, well told...
passing shadows
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displaced
5 posted 2010-08-11 12:36 PM


oh dear



Paula Finn
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6 posted 2010-08-11 01:13 PM


Thanks all :P
Earl Brinkman
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7 posted 2010-08-11 05:58 PM


A well written piece on different stages in life.
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