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Please Stay (In Willow's Memory On St. Patrick's Day)
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Please Stay (In Willow's Memory On St. Patrick's Day) |
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Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada 
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  Play Pastorale By Secret Garden ~*~ Please Stay ~*~All around me seems frozen in timeas I wait in the quiet of dawn. Echoing far off in the distance I hear a heart, or is it just the wind softly whispering my name? “Please Stay” I strain to drink in memory of every word my heart ever heard you sing or speak in your Gaelic so sweet as honey. I long to taste your strained words in the dampness of this morning’s dew. “Please Stay” My body feels that sudden chill of you dancing and ribboning through me. So softly and quietly you tip-toe, while my mind whispers out loud, “Please stay” My days have been so lifeless and oh, so deathly quiet. Restless nights toss wildly in the memory of your name. I try not to close my eyes. “Please Stay” I have no more tears to give you, just an ancient Gaelic prayer, entwining our spirits forever more. Silently the wind carries my pledge to you, while I hold you in my heart, yet under my breath I whisper, “Please stay” ~* For Willow On St. Patrick's Day *~ My friend Willow was Irish to the core, with a temper to match and I loved her for that too! art: Ynestra by Linda Bergkvist The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. ~* Albert Einstein *~ [This message has been edited by Mysteria (03-17-2002 06:04 AM).] |
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Kit McCallum
Administrator
Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Oh my ... Sharon, this is such a beautiful piece! Your phrasing is stunning throughout. I started to copy my favorite lines, but wound up copying them all! What an excellent tribute to Willow ... this is truly lovely in both format and sentiment!  Best wishes, /Kit |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Once again, you bring us into the world of what was, making it so very, very real... please stay, and continue to delight us with memory after memory of a very special person... |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
This is absolutely beautiful... Willow is you muse, you know... She lives through your words without a doubt.. Lovely.. Happy St. Patrick's Day, Willow - and Sharon..  |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Sharon - A lovely tribute to sweet Willow. Enjoyed this with a tear in my eye. Chris Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Sharon, You sure Willowed me anew. A wonderful lovely write. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Sharon, strange as it may seem, yet not really strange at all...this is exactly how I always pictured Willow would look! This is lovely and yet another memory shared with us, which I for one hope you will always continue to do. Irish blessings bestowed upon you today dear friend. Hugs. |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Silently the wind carries my pledge to you, while I hold you in my heart, yet under my breath I whisper, Please stay ============================= A hauntingly beautiful write Sharon... she does "stay," in your heart & spirit & in your pen... again I say she is your most giving muse. thank you for the beautiful E card too...loved the music |
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Tracey Member Elite
since 2001-08-29
Posts 2808where insanity meets breeding |
Beautiful Sharon, just beautiful. As people come and go in our lives, the memories of some people just stay forever. If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please? |
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Flutterwings Member
since 2001-07-10
Posts 288Maine |
Sharon, Willow is blessed to have a true, loving friend like you. "I long to taste your strained words in the dampness of this morning’s dew." Your poetic gifts are showing in this deep expression of friendship. She be dancing an Irish Jig in the heavens.  Maggie ((~.~)) |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
  BRAVO!!! Ooohhhhhhhh...this is a fabulous tribute to Willow, sweet friend, your nwords are filled with the Celtic spirit, just as her heart will always sing it in spirit! (kiss on cheek) This is beautiful, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Sharon, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
How beautiful. For you and Willow: The heart and soul of Willow doth billow in the breeze 'round Canadian seas and Mysteria's poetic trees. OK, so it's as corny as corned beef hash, and maybe full of blarney. But Have a Happy Day.    |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
I print all these replies out and they are added into the book that is being made in July for the kids, and I know they are going to really treasure each one. Maggie ~ I hunted everywhere for an Irish angel and trust you to find one, you are a sweetheart you know that. Kit, Sunshine, Nan, Janet Marie, Nancy, and Kacy ~ A special thank you for always helping me keep her in my mind (as it fades unfortunately for some reason), I am blessed to have you as friends. Nightshade, Tracey, Seymour and Noah ~ It is the wonderful folks like you that make it so comfortable for me to write about her, and I thank you for that. Nancy ~ I did put a picture of her up once but her family would prefer that I don't do that, but it is on a poem I did (the picture was taken the day she actually got her part in Riverdance and moved from ballet to celtic dancing, which she never regretted), and she was much prettier than that picture shows. Her hair was down past her butt, and it was absolutely beautiful like the hair on this girl in the picture. Here is the link to that picture if you wish to see her... /pip/Forum50/HTML/002687.html I saved this picture especially for today, and thank you all so much you warmed my heart on a very sad day for me. [This message has been edited by Mysteria (03-17-2002 03:25 PM).] |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
This is terrific, Mysteria... and so very touching. *S* |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869 |
this is gorgeous..and the portrait is absolutely beautiful too..enjoyed Sharon..hugss..my long time friend is irish too..ive known her since third grade..MacDonald is her name. ~Victoria~ |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Thank you both for reading this one I do appreciate it. |
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Bridget Shenachie Senior Member
since 2002-01-23
Posts 1056Kansas USA |
Mysteria, Thank you for sharing your friendship and memories with us. We are all enriched by your poems to Willow. Shenachie |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
 A beautiful St. Patrick's Day tribute, Sharon... I loved it! copyright2002 Lyra Nesius "poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks [This message has been edited by Madame Chipmunk (03-20-2002 11:46 PM).] |
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Rosemary J. Gwaltney Senior Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 997northern mountains, Idaho |
I love your poems of Willow. Oh thank you for helping me see her picture - she was beautiful! And what a head of hair! I didn't know she was in Riverdance - I LOVE that! I'm so deeply sorry for your loss. It's wonderful that you write about her, and share with us! |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Sharon...deeply touching and so filled with love..thank you for sharing her with us. |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
You know you are all so kind and understanding while putting up with me writing these, and I so appreciate it. They will be over soon at least in the forums, but for now there are many people you don't know coming to peek  It is hard for me to read your comments sometimes but I do appreciate them so very much. |
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