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Martie
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0 posted 2002-05-12 12:44 PM


  Past the Sky
(In loving memory of Michelle)

I was just a child myself,
unformed and weaving a path of questions,
when you began my motherhood.
How could something so small
make me so big, I wondered.
Make me throw all my priorities to the wind like so much whatnot
until I would never be the same again.

A little girl all screech and vim,
you ran around with plan to twirl a tether
made of gold around my soul attached to you
for all eternity.  Now so entwined,
it is you I think of, for you are still the child
who made me wise with the wiles of your begin.

My first, my girl, I thank you for
the growing steps I took to keep you warm,
for taking me past this life on earth
and showing me spirit lives ever and still,
beyond the pale and past the sky
where you still can hear my lullaby.

[This message has been edited by Martie (05-12-2002 11:11 PM).]

© Copyright 2002 Martie Odell Ingebretsen - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2002-05-12 12:59 PM




(smiles) Awwwwww, I love this, sweet friend, your gorgeous words always shine with such compassionate love and heart! (big hugggssssss) Michelle will never forget you and will always love you, sweet friend, this is touching, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Martie, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

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2 posted 2002-05-12 01:14 PM


Lovely Martie. hugs on Mother's Day. Chris

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

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3 posted 2002-05-12 02:22 PM


A little girl all screech and vim,
you ran around with plan to twirl a tether
made of gold around my soul attached to you
for all eternity.  Now so entwined,
it is you I think of, for you are still the child,
who made me wise with the wiles of your begin.

My first, my girl, I thank you for
the growing steps I took to keep you warm,
for taking me past this life on earth
and showing me spirit lives ever and still,
beyond the pale and past the sky
where you still can hear my lullaby.

=================================

like the sky ... she too is your most giving muse.
Heart-hugs Martie-girl.
HMD

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4 posted 2002-05-12 02:29 PM


A loving memory of Michelle Martie, and JM said it, she is truly the spirit of your loving muse.

We should spend less time worrying about when our life is going to end and more on when it's going to start!

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5 posted 2002-05-12 02:46 PM


Martie darling girl Oh my stars how utterly utterly wonderful is this write of yours. Utterly utterly one of your utter best. YOU darling girl are a writer a really fabulous writer I love it, the flow is divine the form pretty near perfect, it’s beautiful the truth shining in this is plain. It is indeed your most beautiful muse


Love and warm stuff
As always
Mushy

To give light to them that sit in darkness..... to guide our feet into the way of peace Luke 2:79


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6 posted 2002-05-12 03:42 PM


Ahh, Martie, very gentle smile..those are the memories that live forever and are ever shared. It is not just memory, but a very living in the soul that always goes on, for she is always with you. A lovely write for her, very lovely...
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7 posted 2002-05-12 07:01 PM



You did not leave the hanky alert, nor did you leave a dictionary large enough to find the words which fail me now...

You know I know.

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8 posted 2002-05-12 07:03 PM


This is a beautiful expression of your love.  Well written.
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9 posted 2002-05-12 07:14 PM


And through your words...she will always be
with and a part of you...as you sing a
lullaby....

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10 posted 2002-05-12 10:30 PM


A little girl all screech and vim,
you ran around with plan to twirl a tether
made of gold around my soul attached to you
for all eternity.  Now so entwined,
it is you I think of, for you are still the child,
who made me wise with the wiles of your begin.

Oh I just can't believe how beautifully you write, Martie...

~Happy Mother's Day hugs

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

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11 posted 2002-05-13 12:22 PM


Martie!!!


I cried....awwwww  hugssss thats all I can do right now.....lovely....haunting, but so lovely a memory....
Lauren~

I would rather have one breath of his hair,
one kiss of his mouth,
one touch of his hand
than an eternity without it.

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12 posted 2002-05-13 06:45 AM


soft sweet woman
your art is lovely
ms martie

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13 posted 2002-05-13 07:48 AM


*hand over heart* hugs
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14 posted 2002-05-13 09:50 AM


My first, my girl, I thank you for
the growing steps I took to keep you warm,
for taking me past this life on earth
and showing me spirit lives ever and still,
beyond the pale and past the sky
where you still can hear my lullaby.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Such gentle and loving words. I am sure the song you sing will always be... just like her.

Hugs,
Deb

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15 posted 2002-05-13 09:08 PM


You should have titled this poem Amazing, too...

She said burn ... together.
-TON

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