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Krawdad
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since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597


0 posted 2001-05-12 01:15 AM


I Came Here Alone, part III


you missed the dream
          you could not do
I missed mine too
          because of you

you persisted long
          with what you wrought
I did not know
          and no one taught

you had your chance
          it came to pass
I yet could not
          become a lass

you used me long
          to dream your girl
I grew to hate
          so much a curl

you the mother
          I never had
I no daughter
          instead a lad

you had built that dream
          for me
I could not be
          nor could I free

you had closed
          so early the gate
I feel so little
          now so late

you trapped us both
          without a clue
I tried so hard
          could not undo

you never seemed
          to realize
I could not with you
          empathize

you insisted for
          fifty years
I could only
          respond with tears

you said last
          “you are my daughter”
I felt again
          your brutal slaughter

you sitting there
          gave up alone
I by chance?
          heard no atone

you heard the organ
          music ring?
I listened to
          the cantor sing

you received my
          respect filial
I am left with
          your denial


© Krawdad
05.12.01


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1slick_lady
Member Ascendant
since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace
1 posted 2001-05-12 01:33 AM


e.........
your mother left you
with hurtful sting
but your heart lives on
how sweetly it sings......h

"...the rest is silence" (Hamlet)       Shakespeare


coyote
Senior Member
since 2001-03-17
Posts 1077

2 posted 2001-05-12 11:19 AM


Part III a requiem.
May you find peace through the flow of feeling.
Thanks, Krawdad.  

"The rose, like the cactus flower, protects herself with thorns. We however, impale ourselves on their beauty."
coyote

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