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SPIRIT Senior Member
since 2002-12-29
Posts 1745California Desert |
I Am Proud To Be... What a beautiful Sunday afternoon, How I love sitting beneath these big trees Talking to you, my beloved husband. The birds and the slow moving waters Of the Clear Water Creek add to the music Of the rustling trees... nature's orchestra. Many tears I have shed here, For our two babies we lost, And for you, my beloved husband.. I can but hope, that I will not live Long enough to have to bury Any more of my loved ones. I need to talk to you, quite seriously, This piece of land I have given away. I know you wouldn’t object, In fact I believe that quite possibly You will be most proud of me, And our lives together - are secured. Wind - our son, and Autumn Flower Our sweet daughter, have agreed with me, That this is indeed what you would want. You and our two babies, no longer rest here Alone, already ten more of our small community Lay here, in this well tended Garden of Sleep. The men from our neighborly, close-knit area Built a small retaining wall, solidly of rock and mud, For protection from scavenging wild animals. Miles Peterson built a most beautiful inscribed gate Donated in Loving Memory of Harlan Howard, By wife Small Feather and children. Wind has taken care so well, of the legalities, This ground is now a sacred trust, Never to be destroyed or built upon, A haven for the departed. I have reserved this portion of ground... That we might one day, all be together, eternally. How proud you would be of Wind, He is a fine doctor, He hung his shingle, here, in our town, Because, if we would have had a doctor here You might still be with us, today. He is soon to be married, she is lovely. Autumn Flower has gifted us with grandchildren, Twins, a boy and a girl, she is happy. Who would have ever thought that we would Have ever had so much, so many ‘naysayer’s’ In our lives, wishing us nothing but evil. How we have proved them to be so wrong. I know all these things I tell you, You have heard before, I tend to repeat. I am filled with a certainty That you have seen all that goes on, But I need to come here and talk It fills a void, since you have left. Was it really thirty four years ago That I was banished by my tribe. Disowned by my father and mother, For loving you, a white man I can still feel the spittle From my brother’s contempt, on my face. How dirty they made us feel, Even though we knew it was right for us. You gave me a good life, beloved husband. You left me and our children, with sorrow, But regardless, well provided for. We have never wanted for anything. Clouds of a summer shower Are passing over, I will be back Next Sunday, after our church meeting. I love to visit with you and our babies, I must tell you... I am so proud, not insulted, To be ‘A White Man’s Squaw’. |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
SPIRIT~ Oh my ... how I love this write~ Eloquently beautiful~ *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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PatAngel Member
since 2004-04-05
Posts 451California |
SPIRIT~ Your poem touched me very deeply as I sat here reading with tears in my eyes. I still feel the deep loss for my beloved son who left this world over eight years ago. Patricia 'When you find a dream within your heart, don't ever let it go. |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
A very touching story Spirit. Love, Joyce |
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midnightblues Senior Member
since 2000-07-01
Posts 1597Singapore |
the tender longing portrayed throughout your poem made me feel so sad.. and as usual I like it that you could actually make me feel such intense emotions in such a short read. thank you for sharing you are so talented  Love MiCheLLe If there cannot be equal in affection, then let the one with more be me - midnightblues |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
SPIRIT: Another outstanding write! I always look forward to your posts! Betty Lou Betty Lou Hebert |
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SPIRIT Senior Member
since 2002-12-29
Posts 1745California Desert |
I appreciate you all taking the time to read and respond. |
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