The Haunting...........For My Grandma

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Open Poetry #27

The Haunting...........For My Grandma

Honeybee
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since 1999-12-26

Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA

0 posted 2003-07-26 10:29 PM

A re-write of an oldie...

The Haunting

I still remember the stench of your gangrene gauze flesh
and how I had to watch you lying there
helpless decay, amputated hope,
and how the hospital gift shop didn't sell red capes that day
so there was nothing that I could do to save you.
And sometimes, when you appear in dreams
I still hear the echo of your screams
as you cradle your severed leg like a stillborn baby in your arms.

And still, I can feel the intensity of how hard I prayed to God
to seep the pain from your wounds and sew it into my own skin,
but, He never answered
and I had to see the tears fall from your weary old eyes,
pouring and sobbing with the rain in my heart
and haunting my every day with your memory...

So perhaps He did answer my prayer afterall.

By Melissa Long-Monette

~*~*~*~*~
For my Grandma Phyllis Long
who passed away on June 15, 1996
from stomach cancer and severe diabetes
with one leg amputated past the knee cap down.
~*~*~*~*~

[This message has been edited by Honeybee (07-26-2003 10:37 PM).]

IntoTheFlames
Member

since 2003-06-21

Posts 92
Va, USA

1 posted 2003-07-26 11:36 PM

Very emotional and sad poem but also a very good one! It really touched me.

~*Summer*~

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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2 posted 2003-07-27 03:39 AM

i remember certain memories too, you are not alone

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

3 posted 2003-07-27 05:56 AM

Your pain is deeply felt .... it's a desperate, powerful tribute of love to your Grandma. Now she is in peace, may you find peace too.
Love, Margherita

Munda
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since 1999-10-08

Posts 3544
The Hague, The Netherlands

4 posted 2003-07-27 02:26 PM

This poem touched me deeply Melissa. I've seen and felt this pain with my Mother. Thank you for sharing.

Aenimal
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since 2002-11-18

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5 posted 2003-07-27 02:30 PM

Painful M, powerful write and unapologetic in its honesty

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