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The Intimacy of Waiting
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The Intimacy of Waiting |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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The Intimacy of Waiting Intimate skin I’ve touched it yes felt the fold and firm not thought of loss no not yet it’s too early for that burn Even though I know that suddenly is what is counted rare it has spent time in my tear ducts and it has brought despair I am looking for my courage so my face holds him with peace but I’ve lost my hold on positive and I want to scream release Listen how the music of the birds is just the same and the countless aching shadows still fall quietly in blame for the sun so slowly moving across the sky I feel its pull and the restless cricket sounding in my heart I feel this purr that would cancel this already known or let me see the light so that I don’t need wait longer for the words night after night But time has no forgiveness nor does empathy allow any other option covered in a live forever gown so I catch the special moment and I covet the heartbeat and do the only thing I know I wait here patiently |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
May it be rewarded, angel....may it be rewarded. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
What a great title and you tied the rest in so well. Love it Martie..........Never thought of it that way before that's why we read these beautiful language forms here... Eric Ain't doin nothin at all |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I know this... the time of 9/11 and memoriams were being held when I was with my husband during brain surgery... we thought he was scheduled to go in on that very day; he went in for surgery 7 days later... during memoriam... I turned up the TV in the waiting room; and finally, everyone turned from their selfish, intimate, thoughts - but you should have heard the ones talking of not their loved ones, but of matters so trivial... it was incoherent in my mind... and to the world...where so many lost so many... Oh yes, I know.... and I am with you, now. And always. |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
I am hugging you in your wait. Wonderful sweet Martie. Chris  Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Martie You are a dove.  |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
Amongst the pearl divers of the East (now an almost extinct breed of island women) there was always a mix of pride and pragmatism. Pride in exaggerating the depth to which she could dive and pragmatism in admitting there were real limits beyond which she would not survive. Each diver knew her own limits and could point with equal pride to another who might far exceed those limits. You have brought pearls in this, from a depth I can never reach. Thank you. |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
My daughter recently told me she prayed for patience. I told her to be careful what she prayed for because what we ask for, we are usually tested on. Sorry, you're poem got me to thinking. Any poem that can do that is terrific!  .....jo |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Well I do believe this is the very first time I have asked to be intimate with another woman Martie but I would truly be honored to have someone lean on me if they had to. |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
SweetSister~ And I hold your hand in wait~ Love you~  *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
It is no wonder you've the support here with writing like this. Well done. KJ Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
The emotions you conjure in this smooth flowing piece, and with the softness of your rhymimg to enhance it. very lovely Liz |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
"But time has no forgiveness nor does empathy allow any other option covered in a live forever gown so I catch the special moment and I covet the heartbeat and do the only thing I know I wait here patiently" So lovely, Martie, and so true for us all. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
this... a keeper |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
so I catch the special moment and I covet the heartbeat and do the only thing I know I wait here patiently ======================== sometimes its all we can do... and? sometimes...its enough. |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
But time has no forgiveness nor does empathy allow any other option covered in a live forever gown so I catch the special moment and I covet the heartbeat and do the only thing I know I wait here patiently Yep, I am knowing this all to well right now Martie. Heart hugs....  |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
so that I don’t need wait longer for the words night after night How incredibly touching... just remember you don't wait alone. |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
Martie, this is a charming treasure to read...simply lovely |
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Sadelite Member Elite
since 2003-10-11
Posts 2519 |
Martie, Incredible title and presentation. I feel the wait/weight of which you wrote. Have a good week. Your writing is devine. |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
Yes, sometimes this is enough....Martie, this is beautiful and it's the first poem I've read since I've been back, what a treat. Love this! Melissa~ Intellectually I know that Canada is no better than any other country. Emotionally I KNOW that Canada is the best country in the world! |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Hi Martie, A very touching, emotional piece. There is peace in this, but also pain. Fave lines: it has spent time in my tear ducts and it has brought despair Love your new pic, btw! Looks like Marina Del Rey! Corinne |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
I am quite stunned by the meaning that this one holds so deep... thanks sudhir |
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Duncan Member Ascendant
since 2001-08-07
Posts 5455 |
"Listen how the music of the birds is just the same and the countless aching shadows still fall quietly in blame for the sun so slowly moving across the sky I feel its pull and the restless cricket sounding in my heart I feel this purr that would cancel this already known or let me see the light so that I don’t need wait longer for the words night after night" I first read this shortly after you posted Martie, and each time since, it has been these lines that stood out for me. I remember walking out onto the porch of a friend's home, the morning she passed away, and thinking how odd it was that the birds were singing, just like they had the day before. The incongruity of the two realities shook me and I've never forgotten it. |
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