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Sunshine
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Listening to every heart

0 posted 2001-08-08 09:25 PM


how it goes

jiffy sprinklings
are simply
candy colorings on
moments,
bringing back
what you were
to me,
what I still am
to you

even as
birthday candles
waxed under
yellowing flames,
I knew then
you would be
gone, soon

sooner came too
fast, as good things
do, you scampered,
girlhood escaping
into a world scared,
ready to conquer,
but not knowing
why

I knew…but we
had barriers that
seem inherent when
understanding that
we are both wanting
similar things,
as life
seemingly starts
to set us apart so
we can both grow…

I think of
tomato plants
being thinned,
roots dangling for
moments in
thin air, then with
a rush of liquidity,
and a warmth of
earth, transplanting
is complete

boys and dads
go through it,
too

how it goes, then,
is that,
sooner come
later,
words that my
mother spoke
come through lips
belonging
to you, and you
wonder where your
wrinkles came from,
while thinking
that I am now
looking pretty good
for someone you had
to run away from

and we are
both
new as under
standings
are seeded

while you look at
your child
through my eyes
and wonder
if there will be
time
to change the
mold…

and knowing this is

how it goes


© Copyright 2001 Karilea Rilling Jungel - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2001-08-08 09:43 PM


Be patient, she'll be back.

"Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to decieve"

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2 posted 2001-08-08 10:02 PM


I miss my kids!!!

" I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be" George William Curtis"

Kay

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3 posted 2001-08-09 12:48 PM


Oh brother do I know this song!  Good one, Sunshine, really good!

~ To see real beauty you must look with your heart ~
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4 posted 2001-08-09 10:09 AM


you know I love this....

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5 posted 2001-08-09 10:37 AM


Sunshine- I love this! So easy to relate to the the the complicated layers of a mother's concern.
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6 posted 2001-08-09 10:57 AM


Karilea~

'while you look at
your child
through my eyes
and wonder
if there will be
time
to change the
mold…

and knowing this is

how it goes'


Absolutely beautifully said~
Spoke to a mother's heart, ya' did !
~*Marge*~

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Nan
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7 posted 2001-08-09 11:05 AM


And so it does go - There MUST be a plan, eh?  Sometimes it's too bad we can't be privy to it - Do you suppose that'd make life easier or more difficult?.. Rhetorical question, I guess... Nicely said, my sunny friend...
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8 posted 2001-08-09 11:23 AM


A beautifully spun tale that encompasses all mother's and daughters I'm sure.  Powerful words Sunshine...I enjoyed every one.
Keep smiling!
~Krista  

"Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you.
And all you can do is to go where they can find you."
~Winnie the Pooh

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9 posted 2001-08-09 04:36 PM


nice
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10 posted 2001-08-09 05:17 PM


The past has been repeated
And the future has been lived
And this has been expressed so beautifully in this poem
This is a treasure
Liz

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11 posted 2001-08-09 06:08 PM


Golden! Both for it's reality and motherly concern. I'm hanging on to mine as long as I can, but I feel her slipping 13 on me too fast. Loved this so much.
Sincerely,
Regina

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