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hoot_owl_rn
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0 posted 1999-09-15 08:17 PM


Finality

Words
that should have been said,
no longer needed.
Tears
once shed as if in mourning,
now dry.
Bands
that symbolized eternity,
lie at the bottom of a jewelry box...
hidden from site.
Pictures
packed in a dusty box,
are all that show
that “we” once were.
It would be so much easier,
if I could bury my feelings
like we bury our dead.

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"In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus

© Copyright 1999 Ruth Kephart - All Rights Reserved
Severn
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1 posted 1999-09-15 08:20 PM


In so few words you really gave me a sense of loss and 'finality'. Such a devastating topic, but very well written, Hoot.
WhtDove
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2 posted 1999-09-15 08:28 PM


I like that last line there. If only we could bury those hurts like that. Great job!!
susieQ_luccier
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3 posted 1999-09-15 09:16 PM


I realy felt something when i read this. thank you hoot,Its wonderful written!
Denise
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4 posted 1999-09-15 09:26 PM


Very well written Hoot!

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Denise

[This message has been edited by dsnyder (edited 09-15-99).]

hoot_owl_rn
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5 posted 1999-09-15 10:27 PM


Severn, Susie, Whtdove and Denise......thank you all very much for your kind words

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"In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus

beowulf_26
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6 posted 1999-09-15 10:37 PM


*whew* Very powerful. I definetly liked the closing line. Another clever spot was the "hidden from site". You truly have much talent and I'm grateful to be able to read your work.

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Pepper
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7 posted 1999-09-15 10:38 PM


few words with such an impact....Hoot, your talent shines so...I always search you out knowing .......

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May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams

Balladeer
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8 posted 1999-09-15 10:51 PM


Such sadness in your poetry, hoot......
Seymour Tabin
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9 posted 1999-09-15 10:56 PM


Hoot,
You express your sadness to well.
reading it has made me sad as well. *L*

hoot_owl_rn
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10 posted 1999-09-15 10:57 PM


Balladeer....yes, there usually is......someday there will be much better things to write about

Pepper....thank you for those words of praise

Bewulf....thanks, you are far too kind

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"In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus

doreen peri
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11 posted 1999-09-15 11:33 PM


whoa! I've been *there* before! But my band went flying out of the car window on rte 495, 75 mph...never looked back to try to find it...if you know what i mean....

hey and yeah i *did* bury my feelings like you bury the dead and you know what? you can, too.

thanks for sharing this, rn

johnt300
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since 1999-09-12
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san diego, ca.
12 posted 1999-09-16 07:52 PM


Hoot,
I'm sorry I didn't get to this one sooner. A deep sense of loss, with an undertone of determination to start over fresh. Very tough. Thanks.
Tyson

Nan
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13 posted 1999-09-16 07:59 PM


I like the opener -
"words that should have been said/no longer needed"
Ya know, after awhile, there's just nothing left to say - and no reason to bother....

Andrew Scott
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14 posted 1999-09-16 08:00 PM


Yes it would. Although it has made for some great poetry, and this is no exception ,I hope one day you will be pain free. As always, you have my best wishes.
hoot_owl_rn
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15 posted 1999-09-16 08:21 PM


Doreen Nan and John, thank you all

Andrew, you are a dear......thanks

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"In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus

caroline
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16 posted 1999-09-16 09:09 PM


hoot...this is describing what I, too, am going through. Thank you. I haven't been able to put it so eloquently as you have. Hugs to you.

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The only man worth your tears will never make you cry...

Isis
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17 posted 1999-09-16 09:32 PM


Lovely, but to bury one's feelings would leave one bereft of all emotion, you wouldn't really want that. But I know what you mean!:

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Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.
~Isis~



passing shadows
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18 posted 2004-04-23 01:31 PM


this is close to home for me
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