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serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

0 posted 2003-10-19 04:08 AM

silver curling
shimmer gray
turning twice
upon itself
I stood there
at age of five
breathing heavy smudge...

wishing for
myself away
a shaman at the age of six
bending smoke to suit my will
wafting from the clay
I spoke
and formed a mask of distances.

I loved to try to capture it.
I understood it was his breath.
It had form and understand--
my tiny hand would try
to clutch
as smoke would disappear.

He never worried me away.
My fingers learned to dance this way--
like the cobra--basket free--
spinning carpals
"watch me, Dad"
hear me
gripping lobes
I speak--

seven...voices

clap and sing.

[This message has been edited by serenity blaze (10-19-2003 04:54 AM).]

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

1 posted 2003-10-19 08:49 AM

"He never worried me away"

I loved that.

Brings back so many memories...

"if you won't let me fall for you
then you won't see the best that I would love to do for you"
~Dido~

Janet Marie
Member Laureate

since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

2 posted 2003-10-20 10:44 AM

I loved to try to capture it.
I understood it was his breath.
It had form and understand--
my tiny hand would try
to clutch
as smoke would disappear.

He never worried me away.
My fingers learned to dance this way--
like the cobra--basket free--
=============================

I read this one late lastnight before going to bed...left the forums with a smile and thoughts of you.

This one begs to be one of your amazing prose pieces me twin.

"I've still got sand in my shoes
and I can't shake the thought of you ...
I wanna see you again."

Dido

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

3 posted 2003-10-20 11:33 AM

Hey JM~ Just saw your sig...don't you love the CD?

"if you won't let me fall for you
then you won't see the best that I would love to do for you"
~Dido~

Janet Marie
Member Laureate

since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

4 posted 2003-10-20 12:01 PM

Hey Susan... yep..its become somewhat of an anthem in this house...both my son and daughter play it constantly. lol

Heres all the lyrics.

http://www.lyred.com/lyrics/Dido/Life+For+Rent/

"I've still got sand in my shoes
and I can't shake the thought of you ...
I wanna see you again."

Dido

Local Parasite

Member Elite

since 2001-11-05

Posts 2527
Transylconia, Winnipeg

5 posted 2003-10-20 12:49 PM

What a sad, powerful image... a child who doesn't understand smoking, drinking, just associates them with her father, and celebrates them as being something wonderful and magical. The innocence of childhood manifest defiantly against the brutality of fact. I'm glad that at least some of us can remember how wonderful it was not to know.

You and your wonderful poetry, Karen... what ever shall we do.

See you in an anthology in the distant future.
Bri

Faith is a fine invention
When gentlemen can see
But microscopes are prudent
In an emergency.
~~~Emily Dickinson

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

6 posted 2003-10-20 02:43 PM

Thank you.

And LP? you always see right on through too...I was thinking the other night while I was sitting here wheezing how I've always loved smoke. I would stand over my Dad's ashtray--and the sad fact that my Dad died of lung cancer is not beyond me either.

and OH. I did get your offlines too, but yahoo has been acting up for me too. Methinks I am about to shoot the messenger.

Love to all--I'll shaddup and go read a bit.

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

7 posted 2003-10-20 04:27 PM

*slow, appreciative whistle*

*deep drag*

*slow, billowy exhale*

*hacking cough/nosebleed*

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