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Echo Rhayne
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since 1999-09-17
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Canyon Country, CA

0 posted 2000-01-22 07:20 AM


Time seemed to stop
not a sound could be heard.
My heart stopped it's beating
no one uttered a word.

Chills coursed through my body.
I stood with delight.
Tears flooded my eyes.
The darkness seemed bright.

His feeble little fingers
wrapped around my single one.
I snapped back to reality
and got the fetal surgery done.

That moment was so magical
that I never will forget,
the way he held my finger tight
the instant that we met.


OK I want to give you the gist of the challenge so you can understand it better....
"Recently I recieved an email from my sister that included a mind blowing picture. It was a story about a pregnant mother who's child had spina bifida. The child would die unless he recieved a new type of surgery in which the doctor would operate while he was still inside the womb. Well, the doctor performed a C-section and made a small incision in the womb...and right before he began to operate...that small 21 week old baby stuck his perfectly formed hand out and grasped the doctors finger. A picture was taken at that moment...and it came out perfectly clear. It was the most breathtaking thing I've ever seen.
So, Echo, my challenge is to write a poem...from the perspective of the doctor in that very moment. ~Saxoness"




 ~*~ ^i^ ~*~ Love is such a lonely art, and death is but a taste. Minds are merely instruments that often go to waste! ~*~ ^i^ ~*~



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SnglDad
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since 2000-01-08
Posts 115
Seattle area
1 posted 2000-01-22 07:36 AM


Wow,
You have put the beginning of a life into word`s and in such a way that I`ll never forget this story.
Great Job  
Hope Mom and her child are well?
Thank you for sharing.
God Bless

                            Joel

Paul Hoekman
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since 1999-12-28
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Harwinton Ct. U>S>A>
2 posted 2000-01-22 07:37 AM


Extremely well done
and such a neat perspective!

Earthman

Munda
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since 1999-10-08
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The Hague, The Netherlands
3 posted 2000-01-22 07:57 AM


Echo, you did so well ! Amazing ! !
hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA
4 posted 2000-01-22 09:43 AM


I saw that challange Echo and wondered what you'd write...challange well met.
May give this one a shot myself  

Echo Rhayne
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since 1999-09-17
Posts 1495
Canyon Country, CA
5 posted 2000-01-22 01:59 PM


Thank you all, this didn't come out like I expected but I think it gets the feelings accrss.

Ruth, I jsut got done reading yours and I must say it is FAR better than mine is!

 ~*~ ^i^ ~*~ Love is such a lonely art, and death is but a taste. Minds are merely instruments that often go to waste! ~*~ ^i^ ~*~



Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648

6 posted 2000-01-22 02:03 PM


This is beautiful, too, Melanie! It captures well that magical moment!  

Denise

SEA
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7 posted 2000-01-22 02:07 PM


Echo.... I just read Hoot's .....yours expresses the feeling just as well. Amazing. I enjoyed yours very much!-SEA  
Saxoness
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8 posted 2000-01-22 02:42 PM


Wonderful! Reading the poem brought tears to my eyes....as did seeing the picture. Challenge well met, Echo!

 "Glory remains unaware of my neglected dwelling where alone
I sing my tearful song which has charms only for me."

-Charles Brugnot


devina
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since 1999-10-28
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Cali
9 posted 2000-01-22 07:43 PM


Beautifuly written, I don't see where it didn't turn out right, I got the feeling before you explained...as always, wonderfully done!!

 Open arms can be the most fragile in the world...

Martie
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California
10 posted 2000-01-22 08:12 PM


Beatiful!  How precious life is!
WhtDove
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since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245
Illinois
11 posted 2000-01-22 10:04 PM


I missed the challenge, but WOW!!  Excellent job in portraying what happened! Amazing, just amazing!

 <*\\\><
Where there is faith,
there is love.
Where there is love,
there is peace.
Where there is peace,
there is GOD.
Where there is GOD,
there is no need.

Hallmark



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12 posted 2000-01-22 10:34 PM


This is really excellent, echo!
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