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inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

0 posted 2003-07-08 08:47 PM

The night is long with premonitions,
windows fill with sleeplessness
as neon lights form eyes and ears
that scream with warning,
dreams are warmed milk
with a spike of arsenic,
raindrops pound and
run off leaky rooftops
as my veins run deep with worry,
i sift thru pages of milestones,
longing to be washed
in a sea of moonlight,
calmed with lullabies
once sung on rocking chairs,
for my newborn babygirl

[This message has been edited by inkedgoddess (07-09-2003 06:24 AM).]

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

1 posted 2003-07-08 08:49 PM

Beautiful peace of writing Mish, felt the tension if only more mothers cared as much. Not an easy job but you excel

[This message has been edited by Aenimal (07-08-2003 08:50 PM).]

Wind

Member Elite

since 2002-10-12

Posts 2981

2 posted 2003-07-08 09:01 PM

I'd like to say this was sweet, but it scared me. I like it, of corse. After all, YOU wrote it, didn't you?

I said I'm going to buy a gun and start a war,
If you can tell me something worth fighting for
-coldplay

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2003-07-08 09:03 PM

dreams are warmed up milk
with a spike of arsenic,
raindrops pound and
run off leaky rooftops
as my veins run deep with worry,

~*~

the fears of motherhood
do carry just this...

welldone, Michelle

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

4 posted 2003-07-08 11:14 PM

i sift thru pages of milestones,
longing to be washed
in a sea of moonlight,
calmed with lullabies
once sung on rocking chairs,
for my newborn babygirl

Michele, when we get so worried about them, your last part of your poem is so much easier, isn't it?

Hugs

Ethel

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

5 posted 2003-07-08 11:22 PM

You hold the watch of all mothers...listening at the window. Even when they are grown and gone, it eases, but is the same.

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

6 posted 2003-07-09 12:39 PM

Michelle

"longing to be washed
in a sea of moonlight,
calmed with lullabies
once sung on rocking chairs,"

'misty moon sings of lullabies
in moonbeams shining,
bathing one of beauty tonight,'

BC

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

7 posted 2003-07-09 04:39 AM

I understand

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

8 posted 2003-07-09 06:47 AM

thank you raf, for those kind words

wind, thanks for breezing thru again

sunshine, yes these fears that never leave

ethel, yes you are right, if only it could be

martie, yes the window watch and wait is endless, isn't it?

bill, thanks for the beautiful response that glows with a loving moon.

yes, dixiegirl, i knew you could relate , thanks

bklynboy
Senior Member

since 2002-12-15

Posts 660
florida

9 posted 2003-07-09 07:07 AM

Nobody ever said mothering is easy, being a daddy is just as tough. I sense your little babushka is giving you fits. Hopefully she will see the light and do a little growing in the right direction.

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant

since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

10 posted 2003-07-09 07:11 AM

longing to be washed
in a sea of moonlight

now, that is a brilliant longing... wonderful write...

regards
sudhir

gemjop
Member Elite

since 2002-11-18

Posts 2587
Pencilveinia, USA

11 posted 2003-07-09 07:48 AM

The night is long with premonitions,
windows fill with sleeplessness
as neon lights form eyes and ears
that scream with warning,

wow. ah yer great. i'm in awe.

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

12 posted 2003-07-09 01:04 PM

Michele:

God, I worry so much for my son
you know?
Just rest assured that she has you for a mother and that, my Lady . . .
is all that she needs . . .
In my prayers indeed
xxoo

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

13 posted 2003-07-09 08:18 PM

Smiling...
They are the point and the exclamation point!
Be assured my dear, you are never alone at the window. TD

QjQ
Member Elite

since 2003-04-18

Posts 3756
U.S.A.

14 posted 2003-07-09 08:19 PM

very good,,,

A voice of honesty
   is treasured
more than voices
   of flattery
      QjQ

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