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laryalee2
Member

since 2002-05-22

Posts 96
British Columbia, Canada

0 posted 2002-05-24 12:08 PM

Her happily-ever-after dream
was not a palace, gowns or pearls.
She saw a simple garden gate,
a fireplace, white curtain swirls;
a home with laughter, warm and fresh,
where children learned and parents spoke
with tenderness. For just a while,
she held her dream. But then it broke.

She clings to fragments that remain,
stares back along a battered trail
and signs she recognized too late.
She must erase the fairy tale;
her focus now is to protect
her children, teach them how to fly.
She has no soft-swirled dreams to give --
just love that lives in every sigh.

05/24/02 Laryalee Fraser

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

1 posted 2002-05-24 03:50 PM

laryalee2: This is a wonderful, poignant poem. What a heart-touching story it tells and you have done it justice! You are very talented! I'm really enjoying your poetry.

Betty Lou Hebert

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

2 posted 2002-05-24 04:05 PM

You have done well with this, telling us just enough to know there has been suffering and survival. Bravo. Joyce

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

3 posted 2002-05-24 07:56 PM

Excellently expressed, Laryalee. Well done.

pegasus111
Member Elite

since 2000-07-27

Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa

4 posted 2002-05-25 11:06 PM

ahhhhhhhhh...Lary..your words flow from a golden pen. Bravo dear

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

5 posted 2002-05-26 11:35 AM

LaryALee~
This is so delicately beautiful~
I have emitted a *mother's sigh* just reading it~
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

ellie LeJeune
Member Elite

since 2000-01-10

Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA

6 posted 2002-05-26 12:27 PM

This poem reads of strenth and loss and an enduruing love...exquisite!

A friend hears the song in my heart, and sings it to me when my memory fails.

laryalee2
Member

since 2002-05-22

Posts 96
British Columbia, Canada

7 posted 2002-05-28 01:23 PM

Betty Lou, thanks so much! Your comments warm my heart!

Hi Joyce -- I'm glad those thoughts came through...thanks!

Denise, it's nice to meet you! I appreciate your comment!

Hiya Pegasus....thank you, dear friend!

Marge, your loving heart always shows through -- thank you!

Hi Ellie!
I remember you from way back when....thank you so much!

Lary

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