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The Pain Of Saying Goodbye (written with Tara)
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The Pain Of Saying Goodbye (written with Tara) |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA 
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The Pain Of Saying Goodbye (written in collaboration with Tara...thanks Tara!) I can still see you, as you looked that day, getting back on the plane; blonde hair catching the wind; blue eyes shinning in the sun, misting over with the pain of saying goodbye. I forced a weak smile from my lips, blew you a kiss as you boarded. I watched the plane take off, soar into the sky; my best friend leaving me. I tried to damn the flood of tears so you couldn’t see my pain. I left the airport that day, leaving a part of myself behind. I turned my back on the scene of heartbreak. So much left unsaid, would I ever have the chance to say it? You called that night to let me know that you were okay and asked me how I was. I forced the words “fine” off my tongue, neglecting to say I was dying inside. I wonder if you felt it too... the emptiness that comes with the pain of saying goodbye. ------------------ Man can not discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. |
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Tara Simms Senior Member
since 1999-08-12
Posts 1244Honea Path, SC USA |
Ruth did the majority of the work on this one, folks! She's amazing. ------------------ It matters not how strait the gate; How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. --W.E. Henley Visit my poetry website: www.geocities.com/Paris/Musee/9954/ |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
This brings the pain of parting into crystal clear focus! Great one, you two!  ------------------ Denise |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Tara...I'm blushing here, but thanks Denise...thank you from both of us |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
very well done Ladies....wonderful collaboration ------------------ May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams |
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Watcher666 Senior Member
since 1999-10-13
Posts 1606 |
Very heart felt Dear Ladies.Wonderful verse! ------------------ Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you. |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion |
This was a very self-centered poem, Hootessa and Tara. How do you think the person leaving felt when his/her luggage went to Anchorage, Alaska? hmmm??? Now, THAT is pain. Other than that, I really enjoyed this poem. Very sweet. |
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Beki Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1569Newport Beach, CA, USA |
well done, my friend...it is my habit never to leave the airport till the plane is off the ground...ask my kids, they will tell you...we leave when the plane is gone and not before. Ant parting from a loved one, long term or short, is painful..and it is not the pain I wish to prolong but the joy of being yet in their presence another moment. You relayed the pain of parting very well here...good job! :-) |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Pepper, watcher, LJA, and Beki...thank you all |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
I'd have to agree with Beki on this one - ask desperado - he was left dangling in Dulles with but a groucho disguise - cuz those crazy poets dropped him off and ran - but he fooled 'em - He came back to play for another day... Nice poem, Hoot... |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Thank you Nan |
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