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Martie
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0 posted 2001-02-21 12:30 PM


February 21, Every Year


Today you emerged
from hibernation.
I felt you tapping
the shoulder
of my memory.

Look, you said,
I am
swept under your heartbeat,
sleeping,
covered by hours
then by days
finally by years
until my laughter fades
and the sound of my voice
is lost.

I am only noticed
when February cuts into
your heart
or in my picture
one sided and posed.

You look for me
across the mountain top
as if my ashes are what
seed the ground
and I can feel
the pilgrimage
of your feet
upon my soul.

Your heart beat
is me
and the ache
in womb
the full blue veined
breast of remembering
is where you can find me
and I will always be there
trust your tears.

[This message has been edited by Martie (edited 02-21-2001).]

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Janet Marie
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1 posted 2001-02-21 12:45 PM


Your heart beat
is me
and the ache
in womb
the full blue veined
breast of remembering
is where you can find me
and I will always be there
trust your tears.
=========================

yes... and trust in your poetry ..
you engrave her beauty in gold with every write ...
and you engrave both of you in our hearts.
No parent should ever know this...
and I have no words for it ...
your in my thoughts dear sweet Martie
love you

Love is my religion, I believe in nothing else.
To find that inspiration, live that inner vision.
Love is my religion...I believe in you.
~T Kimmel

CocoBaci
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2 posted 2001-02-21 01:54 AM


Martie, not a word can I find to express in this reply how your poem has touched me...
DearLady, you have a place in my heart...
hugs2uPoetFriend
~coco~

Marge Tindal
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3 posted 2001-02-21 02:47 AM


Martie~
Michelle is such a gift of your love~
Thank you for sharing her~
Hugs, sweet Sister of my heart~
~*Marge*~


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Mark Bohannan
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4 posted 2001-02-21 02:52 AM


Your walk in this life holds much to the fact that so many of us learn what the true love of a parent is and has to offer and your poetry holds the beauty of her in our hearts closely as we are able to see the two of you forever entwined hand in hand through your heart. Beautiful words and very touching tribute you share with us my friend. Big hugs from the cowboy.
Irish Rose
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5 posted 2001-02-21 06:57 AM


touching and yes. the trust of tears, sometimes the ONLY thing you can trust in!

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee


Dee
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6 posted 2001-02-21 07:01 AM


Martie, so sad and sweet. Thanks for sharing with us.
Dee


I wish you every happiness and pray you'll always have the best of the good things in life. a brand

RainbowGirl
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7 posted 2001-02-21 07:07 AM


Big HUGS Martie...I know they can't physically reach you but I'm hoping the thought can be shared along with the tears.

I was directed to a site hosting your poems and photographs of Michelle a little while ago and looked for a guest book but couldn't find one. She's beautiful, just like her mum and she always will be..

Take care...it's a beautiful poem.

HUGS

nakdthoughts
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8 posted 2001-02-21 07:32 AM


You write so beautifully of your love that will always remain within...as you share with all of us her memory...

~Wynter


"The worst prison would be a closed heart".
...Pope John Paul II



Sunshine
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9 posted 2001-02-21 08:45 AM


Sending many quilted hugs....and walking that path with you....
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10 posted 2001-02-21 02:08 PM


Every time I read this, it touches me more deeply... You're in my thoughts and prayers, dear lady... and Michelle is forever in our hearts because of the love you've shared.
Martie
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11 posted 2001-02-21 02:51 PM


Thank you, my friends for all you loving thoughts...I know I get fixated this month on Michelle...you are sweet to put up with me...hugs to all!!!
RainbowGirl
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12 posted 2001-02-21 06:10 PM


Nope Martie, not sweet at all..I actually take great comfort from the way you put your emotions into words..so for me, you post for us all in a way...and I'm glad that you do.

Thank you for your email, bless you..been thinking of that mountain all day...

HUGS

Severn
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13 posted 2001-02-21 07:31 PM


No words hon.

Just a huge DOT and many cuddles.

K


[This message has been edited by Severn (edited 02-21-2001).]

Aimster
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14 posted 2001-02-21 08:15 PM


martie-

just beautiful and sad. soft hugs
to you sweet lady. this moved me
to tears...

take care
amy

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart & can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."


JLR
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15 posted 2001-02-21 08:29 PM


Same month, different date, different reason...nonetheless, it took me back, way back. And I found the pain was less. Thank you for that.
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16 posted 2001-02-21 09:19 PM


Martie~I don't think at all that you're fixated...but if you were, that's OK....
Mother_Earth
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17 posted 2001-02-21 11:42 PM


Dear Martie, this mother's heart is crying. This lose of yours is every parents nightmare. Love and hugs, ME
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