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Kisses Through Glass
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Kisses Through Glass |
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Rosemary J. Gwaltney Senior Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 997northern mountains, Idaho 
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Concrete bunk beds with thin rubber mats Waiting in line Crashing doors Echoing halls Eyes ever watching Mundane things mingled With tenderness Collect calls Miss you so much Four bare walls Toilets flush Beside the phones How long? no one knows Waiting, anxiety grows ~ ~ ~ Kisses through glass Hands palm to palm Pressing fingertips together Warm eyes smiling Through the pane. Throwing kisses in the air He walks away, that slow easy swing Twisting my ring, I Follow his graceful form With blurring eyes. ~ ~ ~ When a month looks like forever Takes a week to get your glasses They don't care if you don't have your medication Coffee machine but the money isn't on the books yet. ~ ~ ~ Was that dad on the phone? Does he still have a back ache? What did he have for dinner? Did he hold hands with you through the glass again, mom? ~ ~ ~ For The Keeper... |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
Wow, took me by surprise this one did! |
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caroline Senior Member
since 1999-08-16
Posts 1218http://members.xoom.com/belladona123/index.htm |
Beautifully done, Rosemary... It's not the love you fear, but the fall from the height~Edwin McCain |
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Songbird Member Elite
since 1999-12-15
Posts 2184Missouri |
I really like this, you really duplicate the enviroment and make us feel as if we are there. Sounds like prison although I have never been there, visits to some hopitals ring of a similar situation especially where the absense of loved ones are concered. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Wow..............excellent!! |
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highwayman Junior Member
since 1999-12-29
Posts 42Cookeville, Tennessee, usa |
That was very real I have been on both sides of that glass and it aint no fun. I hope things work out. They will in time!!!!! |
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Tamera Member
since 1999-12-28
Posts 121 |
Touching, and haunting...it makes my mind wander.. |
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Echo Rhayne Senior Member
since 1999-09-17
Posts 1495Canyon Country, CA |
WoW ~*~ Hell is not a place of fire and a devil with a tail and horns. But a place of torment because the light of God is gone. To escape this, accept the blood of Jesus Christ! ~*~ |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Rosemary - Didn't I see this one on the main site? I recall it being one of your best... Very nicely done, my friend..  |
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Rosemary J. Gwaltney Senior Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 997northern mountains, Idaho |
Nan, you have a marvelous memory! Yes, I put this in a year ago, when this site was an infant, and I first discovered it. Thanks for your comments! ...Living is ever like crossing rivers; finding a new life on each shore ... RJG |
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devina Member Elite
since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539Cali |
beautiful and sad. Open arms can be the most fragile in the world... |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
This certainly did pull attention from my heart--Well done In the dew of little things, the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. (ee cummings) |
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