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serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

0 posted 2003-11-28 06:28 PM

five of us
did not give thanks
five of us just did our time
going through the motions of
seven in remembered eye
there were times
when no one spoke
interrupted by a joke
that never garnered smile--

five of us
is all that's left
brokerage
to be the next
silence
humbling our breath
wishing we could stay awhile
as we wish ourselves away...

[This message has been edited by serenity blaze (11-28-2003 07:04 PM).]

Duncan
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since 2001-08-07

Posts 5455

1 posted 2003-11-28 07:06 PM

"five of us
did not give thanks
five of us just did our time"

Which is why I rarely go 'home for the holidays'.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

2 posted 2003-11-28 07:10 PM

Sad write here Ser.
Made me stop and think of those missing from our table..
Heart hugs to you dear lady.

~ To love and be loved
is to feel the sun from both sides ~

Krawdad
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since 2001-01-03

Posts 2597

3 posted 2003-11-28 09:03 PM

lonesome bones creak
then rattle

and soon the dust

PsychoticBunni
Member

since 2003-10-03

Posts 162
Mythical Atlantis

4 posted 2003-11-28 09:15 PM

losses are painful. i'm lucky to have never suffered a death in the family but if i had i would prolly feel like this aroung the holidays. great write, but remember: use these times to remember your loved ones fondly. Of course you can do whatever you want when you channel your pain into a poem like that.

Meg

Meg- And the Texan pushed the Mexican out of the plane and screamed, "Long live the ALAMO!!!!!!!!!"

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

5 posted 2003-11-28 09:47 PM

Sad...
...and familiar.

vlraynes
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

6 posted 2003-11-29 02:14 AM

...just

Love you, Karen

Kit McCallum

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since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

7 posted 2003-11-29 09:52 AM

This write really hit home, Karen. You have me pondering deeply with this. I will make an extra effort to appreciate Christmas and the persons still present around the table this coming year. Thank you for that.

Best wishes and hugs,
/Kit

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

8 posted 2003-11-29 09:57 AM

serenity,
Could that be the five senses my love?

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

9 posted 2003-11-29 10:20 AM

My sweet friend, holidays can be so painful
sometimes, can't they? I sure did miss my daughter,
but I do know where she is....even if she is
thousands of miles away from me.
Heart hugs to you, K

Ethel

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

10 posted 2003-11-29 01:12 PM

sometimes I wonder why we put ourselves through pain like this...bahumbug...why do we even have hoidays?

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

11 posted 2003-11-29 05:48 PM

I wanted to say thanks to you all--and yes, keep your loved ones close, m'friends.

Those empty chairs ache.

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

12 posted 2003-11-30 05:59 AM

*bows head in silence*

I know Karen, I do
the loss . . .
bless you Lady
xxoo

GG
Member Elite

since 2002-12-03

Posts 3532
Lost in thought

13 posted 2003-11-30 06:17 AM

I know....

I do..

Always, Alyssa

He was a man of sorrows
...I am a girl of tears.

inkedgoddess
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since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

14 posted 2003-11-30 08:52 AM

i know this one too well too, this year......
slim pickings for many more than known

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