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Martie

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0 posted 2004-04-29 10:30 PM

A Certain Degree of Attitude

Here I go again on that wind of road
the one with the precipice on one side
and the sharp rocks on the other
you know the one where the road crew can’t reach
cause fixing this one takes courage
and a certain degree of attitude

So this is the one I’m on you see
and I have stopped at this hair pin curve
and I can’t really see if anything is coming
but I know there is only room for me
if I’m careful
so I gather myself together
but I find I cannot slither around these rocks
they are sharp and I’m bleeding fear

So I close my eyes
and I remember how my father taught me
to cross a river on the rocks
it takes a straight back and a sure foot
and an attitude
and you just do it like you were not in danger
of tumbling into a raging current
you do it with a meadow of grass below you
and your father’s smile
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reposted because of my husband, Taylor, and anyone else who may find the words helpful...like me!

Goodknight
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1 posted 2004-04-29 10:42 PM

you write special words that evoke special images and feelings. Here to getting the attitude you and Taylor need!! I am sending attitude energy your way - Paul

Suetang
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2 posted 2004-04-29 10:43 PM

Hello Martie

Your words spoke so very clearly to my heart and I could relate so very well.

Take care.....Sue

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

jwesley
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3 posted 2004-04-29 10:54 PM

Wonderful Marti - hope my kids look at me like that in distant future ( maybe once the Kid-Blinders come off)

The Kids

Small wonder
that things aren’t the same anymore.
I mean,
with the kids doing their own thing now.
Mom and Dad are part of the past.
They are the ancient soothsayers
whose knowledge is far surpassed
by the wiser,
smarter,
kids.
The kids,
follicles of growth.
Progeny gone wild.
I pity the old.

The old.
The you and me.
The parents that did their damnedest
to nurture and protect,
to imbue,
to prepare them for the reality of living.
We didn’t fail.
We just ceased to grow.
At least,
that’s what the kids think.
We stopped expanding.
Became stagnant.
And the kids left us stuck in the miasma of age,
while they grew with the exuberance,
the immortality of youth.

The kids.
Leonine novices,
stylish parvenu,
forgetting their roots.
.
.
.

....as I said ... when/if the blinders come off, like they did for me and you.

Marge Tindal

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4 posted 2004-04-29 11:41 PM

MartieSis~
Always such a touching read from you.
This one moves me even more than it did before~

Hello, Taylor~
*Huglets To Both Of You*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

noles1@totcon.com

wranx
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5 posted 2004-04-29 11:44 PM

"it takes a straight back and a sure foot
and an attitude
and you just do it like you were not in danger
of tumbling into a raging current
you do it with a meadow of grass below you"

You do indeed.

passing shadows
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6 posted 2004-04-30 03:57 AM

in awe of you

smiling

dingusjr
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7 posted 2004-04-30 04:06 AM

You are always amazing, Marti. THANKS!

Elizabeth Santos
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8 posted 2004-04-30 04:52 AM

This is "classic Martie"
The world would not be the same without you

LeeJ
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9 posted 2004-04-30 06:49 AM

Martie, this was my first read of the morning. You make me "want" to go out and find that passage over the raging current.

A saving grace! Hugs Lee J.

Janet Marie
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10 posted 2004-04-30 08:01 AM

So I close my eyes
and I remember how my father taught me
to cross a river on the rocks
it takes a straight back and a sure foot
and an attitude
and you just do it like you were not in danger
of tumbling into a raging current
you do it with a meadow of grass below you
and your father’s smile
===========================

the pic is priceless...so is the poem...
so is the poet.

The ink bleeds through cuz you're paper thin
you're one more fool with a paper and pen
lookin for a poem in the water stains on the floor.

R.B.

Greeneyes

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11 posted 2004-04-30 08:35 AM

touching Martie, it brings back memories and "old" pictures to mind...

~~**~~
The way you move me
I walk with your shadow
With your silhouette
Leave the light on
It always comes
Back to you
~~**~~

Sunshine

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12 posted 2004-04-30 08:46 AM

I remember how my father taught me
to cross a river on the rocks
it takes a straight back and a sure foot
and an attitude

~*~

And you carry it through your poetry
every day. Taylor is one lucky guy!

So was your Dad.

Sadelite
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13 posted 2004-04-30 08:52 AM

Martie,
And my father. I remember those lessons well. Thank you for bringing those memories forth again, Martie. I really enjoy your writing!
Sadie

garysgirl

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14 posted 2004-04-30 09:04 AM

So I close my eyes
and I remember how my father taught me
to cross a river on the rocks
it takes a straight back and a sure foot
and an attitude
and you just do it like you were not in danger
of tumbling into a raging current
you do it with a meadow of grass below you
and your father’s smile

Martie, thanks for the memories you brought to my
mind through this. Your writing is so awesome.

Hugs,

Ethel

icebox
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in the shadows

15 posted 2004-04-30 09:41 AM

A beautiful statement of reality. Well said and worth remembering.

Thank you for reposting it!

Susan Caldwell
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16 posted 2004-04-30 10:02 AM

Wise words..

And a wonderful picture!

"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind"
~Sarah McLachlan~

Enchantress
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17 posted 2004-04-30 12:43 PM

"So I close my eyes
and I remember how my father taught me
to cross a river on the rocks
it takes a straight back and a sure foot
and an attitude"

Wonderful write Martie...
I miss my Dad.
Hugs~

~I love you - those three words have my life in them.~

RMW
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18 posted 2004-04-30 04:57 PM

Very nicely done, Martie. One takes heart when reading it. Bob

Dark Angel
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19 posted 2004-04-30 11:50 PM

So I close my eyes
and I remember how my father taught me
to cross a river on the rocks
it takes a straight back and a sure foot
and an attitude
and you just do it like you were not in danger
of tumbling into a raging current
you do it with a meadow of grass below you
and your father’s smile

Sighhh Martie, just sigh.

Heart-hugs m'friend.

Mxx

What are you my god? You touch me like you are my god
What are you my twin? You affect me like you are my twin.

Go Alanis!

iliana
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20 posted 2004-05-02 02:15 AM

Martie, you do him, and yourself, proud!

Denise

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21 posted 2004-05-02 07:12 AM

Wise words, Martie, and yes, very helpful. Thanks for sharing them!

Margherita
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22 posted 2004-05-02 07:15 AM

Dear Martie, this is a most wonderful lesson of life. Your beauty moves me.

So I close my eyes
and I remember how my father taught me
to cross a river on the rocks
it takes a straight back and a sure foot
and an attitude
and you just do it like you were not in danger
of tumbling into a raging current
you do it with a meadow of grass below you
and your father’s smile

Thank you for sharing your wisdom, forged by life's events.
Love and Light. Margherita

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23 posted 2004-05-03 07:37 PM

There are qualities -- both good and bad ones -- that we have to have....and a certain degree of attitude. I know the road you speak of, that literal road and the figurative one too; and I know this very turn all too well, the possibilities and the alternatives.

But I never wrote it, and after reading this I wish I had.

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