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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738
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O pity me the voice derides mocking echo pity you I cannot drink them back to life but came close to drinking death throw the glass against the wall and wait for smoke to clear. Nope. They're still not here... "Time to grow up, Karenanne..." I heard him in my sleep. Like that sleepy little girl looking for her shoes and socks, I yearned to crawl back into bed. Nope. They are still dead. I make the coffee anyway, because it's what I always do. Sleepy inhale of the brew-- startled that I just poured two... |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I can remember the morning Dad came for coffee. He must have for I brewed it just like he liked it and I poured two as you when I turned and he wasn't there I sat at the table and moved out his chair and our thoughts still met in the coffee'd air. HUGS..... [This message has been edited by Sunshine (07-02-2003 10:20 AM).] |
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Kahlil Senior Member
since 2003-04-12
Posts 1881 |
this is sad and beautiful...I enjoy your style of writing and I really like the ending. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
serenity, And all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't put serenity together again.  |
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Duncan Member Ascendant
since 2001-08-07
Posts 5455 |
Well...this brought to mind a few years of various hazy scenerios. As always K, you reach me in places no one else can. Listen to your Dad, put on your shoes kiddo...maybe it's really that simple sometimes. |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
I make the coffee anyway, because it's what I always do. Sleepy inhale of the brew-- startled that I just poured two... -------- yeah... that hit me straight... I know how that feels... thanks  regards sudhir |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Oh hon... this hurts...  |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
Treat your phantoms well, they will be with you . . . and you do, me thinks. I like this, K. And Sunshine's response too. Kraw' |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
even tho you grew up... you are still his baby girl... always will be................ always baby...always.   |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Thanks to all, and Kari, I like your perspective on things much better. And yep, just y'can run, but y'just can't HIDE... Hugs all. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Stickwith me kid.... and we'll ride the storms together... |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Brought tears to my eyes.. hang in there Ser. Love ya lady! ~Hugs~ ~If you haven't heard the sunset, |
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Edder Senior Member
since 2003-04-02
Posts 671 |
hang in there |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Ah man - one day I am gonna just hug the living daylights out of you that I do know for sure. |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Karen, I wish all of us friends of yours here could come to La and give you all the hugs you need.......... We love ya, Kare...... Heart hugs...bunches and bunches of 'em Ethel |
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skyshine
since 2002-02-07
Posts 3058Beneath the northern stars |
I felt startled too, when I read this....very sad Karen but you drew me in.  ~ElizabethDreams last for so long, even after you're gone... |
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TasteOfOctober Member
since 2003-06-24
Posts 94 |
Extremely touching... The only difference between the creative and the conformists is that the creative will not be conquered and the conformists already are. |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
I hear ya lady...I really do. Chris "Said you'd give me light... |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
I hear the voices as well...sometimes I smell their scent... It's all a balance beam routine... Love, Susan |
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Ceinwyn Member Elite
since 2000-07-09
Posts 2175VA |
this is why I sleep with the lights on *sigh* I like to tell myself it helps..If at first you don't succeed destroy all the evidence that you tried. |
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Kaoru
since 2003-06-07
Posts 3892where the wild flowers grow |
"O pity me the voice derides mocking echo pity you I cannot drink them back to life but came close to drinking death throw the glass against the wall and wait for smoke to clear. Nope. They're still not here..." Really loved this write, especially this part.. Enjoyed |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
lady, this aches deep, the ending sent me to tears |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Thanks again--and I know this is the same old same old. But it always feels so new to ME... Hugs all. and Kraw/Ed? yep...some phantoms are welcome anytime. |
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Jason Lyle Senior Member
since 2003-02-07
Posts 1438With my darkling |
Nothing "same old same old" about this.An open write, expressing well a loss I wish you did not have to feel. Jason |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
serenity...I have served up the favorites of the dead myself and placed them before an empty chair, knowing the reason is love, helps. |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
serenity blaze - two coffees. Keep them hot, I'm on the way... BC |
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