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The Ash |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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 The Ash (for Michelle...Oct. 28, l965- Feb. 21, 1974) Like a feather it drifted across the currents born of February just one small ash a piece of bone perhaps torn from the door in splendid flow atop a mountain wave I watched from the ground on a blue day wrenched with her presence still as I had shopped and bought her favorites my heart on automatic forgetting she was no longer Her dresses hung from one shoulder tilted in the closet and the precious pieces of her haunted the floor in taciturn where I slipped on them but could not bare to close the door no Years clicked past like telephone poles in a sleepy child’s watch then today I went with frame of mind all tucked and worn each year to fine wood but worried that her ash had burned again in a mountain that blazed to look like elephant’s back the trees like tiny hairs across the top it looked like that yes not a national forest…  but twenty-eight years ago she could have landed in a dappled current and flowed like my heart to the sea yes forever and always no matter she is like dappled light burned in many places mostly though in me ---------- California seems like a replay, this post is from October of 02. |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (big hugggssssssss) Oh Martie, my heart continues to send angel hugs your way as I know Michelle will always love you and is guiding you from the heavens above! (sends angel hugs) God Bless You, sweet friend, we are all here for you, 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 I don't need no proof when it comes to God and truth |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Dear one, this is such a treasured gem of your treasure chest. A chest formed from the tiny life that has stirred you so deeply over the years. Sending lots of hugs... |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Dearest Martie~ I feel you here, not only what you write but the way you write. I so love that picture of you two. And especially this~ but twenty-eight years ago she could have landed in a dappled current and flowed like my heart to the sea yes forever and always no matter she is like dappled light burned in many places mostly though in me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Through the beauty of you, Michelle has touched us all. Gentle hugs for you Martie girl~ |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
MartieSis~ I so thought of you during this time ... and of Michelle and the memories held in that single ash~  I love this ... love you and thank the dear Lord for the safety of you~ This is beautiful sweetie~ *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
I have no words that could add to this and want no thoughts inside me to detract from that which this poem makes me able to feel. Thank you for sharing this. |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
whisper - I love you MLP..  K |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
oh damn it  damn heart just fell into my stomach |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
yes forever and always no matter she is like dappled light burned in many places mostly though in me And through you... us. There are no words for the feeling this leaves in me... so I'll just send {{{{{hugs}}}}} |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Martie, when we don't learn from history our culture is deigned to be in re-run mode... it's only when we make those changes necessary that we change the course of history. Michelle floats, and will always carry you alive. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Martie,   |
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Ericc Member Elite
since 2003-01-31
Posts 4178 |
A beautiful tribute. Eric |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
A fine remembrance of one so beautiful, and so appropriate for our current situation in So. Cal. Peace to you and yours. |
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EvocativeVerse2 Senior Member
since 2003-09-10
Posts 1279 |
Oh Martie well done. This is a wonderful piece to read this morning. You really have a gift with words. Bravo! Remember, if you're not part of the future, you're history! |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
no words, just  and es, an I love you and a thank you.Maree fate is not just |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Dear Martie, Oh ... just "dear" Martie! No more appropriate words come to mind for my heart has blocked the free flow thereto. |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
and may she always whisper her love to you as you do for her here thank you Martie and *smile* xxoo |
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Greeneyes
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
Peace sweet lady.... Lauren~ i carry your heart with me |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
There is no adequate reply, just know that I was here and within this bit of ash....glimpsed her Hugs |
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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
Martie - I remember this one and it is as amazing now as it was when I first read it - your writing is truly magic - Paul |
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