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Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2013-07-18 01:39 PM




Go on and go
I won't miss
your cigarettes
and smoke
your clothes
left laying
and dirt
on the floor
No whiskers
stuck to the sink
or coffee rings
by your chair

Don't worry
about me
I'm a big girl
I'll do just fine
all on my own

So what if
it doesn't feel
like home
and there is
no one to
share nightfall
on the porch
or kiss me
goodnight
Who cares if
I make a pot
of coffee for one

I hope you have fun
on your Harley
without me
and my girls
pressed to your back
I hope you see
all our old places
and think of me
Each morning
when you wake up
I hope you miss your cup
of coffee  in bed

So go on with you
don't look back
you have only two weeks
and I can go next time
Ride safe and Godspeed
you back home to me
and my empty arms

LGR(C)7/18/13

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JerryPat2
Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
1 posted 2013-07-18 01:42 PM


You wrote your heart out in this one. It is there, touchingly, for all to see.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
2 posted 2013-07-18 01:51 PM


Thank you my friend for being here and supporting my work, it is much appreciated!


Lori  

Margherita
Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236
Eternity
3 posted 2013-07-19 02:45 PM


I do love this, dear Lori, you may not miss a few minor things about him, but your heart and soul are with him and those minor things have no chance to overcome the deep longing.

Love is also let him have some freedom ... no doubt.


Very nice write.

Margherita

jwesley
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563
Spring, Texas
4 posted 2013-07-19 09:36 PM


Gee ... you've got to stop doing this.  How am I going to have a BEST OF YOURS if you keep making me change it??

So . . . Stop, already!!

jimmy

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
5 posted 2013-07-20 07:58 AM


Thanks Margherita! He has been going to Sturgis for over 30 years, who am I to stop him? I get torn every year because my daughters birthday falls then and we always have to leave early so I can get back in time to go to work when school starts. This year is sweet 16 and I'm staying home.

Lori

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
6 posted 2013-07-20 08:00 AM


Jimmy...
     NEVER!
         NEVER!!
             NEVER!!!
                   EVER!!!!

lORI

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