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jellybeans
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0 posted 2004-07-06 11:08 AM




shrilly zinging
at breakneck speeds
to descend earthward in delight,
only to turn about face upward
so fast as to alarm
even split second timing

straight up
winged flight dizzies
Look at me mom look at me

fly

solo soars
now more often than not,
apron strings flap wildly
barely he is tied by the need for
mother’s appreciation

so momma prayed
that each day given
not be the one when he
would double dare
the sun

and until thirty six days into
his twenty ninth year
her prayers were answered

now as ashen remains are safely gathered
forever after to have and to hold,
denial’s inward gaze embraces the picture
of his tiny open mouth
waiting to suckle

but love insists she lift her head
and recall the beauty
of his zinging across the sky
and press into her memory
for the sound of
Look at me mom
look at me

fly


[This message has been edited by jellybeans (07-07-2004 05:49 PM).]

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Sunshine
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1 posted 2004-07-06 11:33 AM


but love insists she lift her head
and recall the beauty
of his zinging across the sky
and press into her memory
for the sound of
Look at me mom
look at me

fly


It is never easy
letting go...
in any fashion...


jellybeans
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2 posted 2004-07-06 11:47 AM


ok, so now how do you figure I got this in, when its supposed to be no new additions *g*

leave it to jellybeans lol

sunshine will you move this to the new forum?

or delete and I can repost...as long as you repost your precious reply.....thank you lady...sigh

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3 posted 2004-07-06 11:56 AM




Glad to be of assistance, little one.

passing shadows
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4 posted 2004-07-06 12:19 PM


hugs coming your way today

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5 posted 2004-07-06 03:07 PM


"but love insists she lift her head
and recall the beauty
of his zinging across the sky
and press into her memory
for the sound of
Look at me mom
look at me

fly"

Hearthugs and tears go out to you...Nancy

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain ~

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6 posted 2004-07-06 03:51 PM


Oh, lady... this touches me so. *S* Some flights don't last nearly long enough... but the memory of such beauty never leaves us. *S*

Excellent work, my friend... I know he's smiling! *S*

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7 posted 2004-07-06 03:51 PM


JellyGal~
This is so sadly beautiful~
So very, very~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

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

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iliana
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8 posted 2004-07-06 04:28 PM


This touches beyond the skin straight into the heart of me..... the beauty of your mother love brought tears to my eyes, jelly.
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9 posted 2004-07-06 04:45 PM



Tequilia_Sunrise
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10 posted 2004-07-06 05:12 PM


sad but beatifull thankx for sharing
RobertB
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11 posted 2004-07-06 10:55 PM


I am pleased to have read this...

very good jb


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12 posted 2004-07-07 09:35 AM


hugs my friend...

you continue to write in such ways as astound me..

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13 posted 2004-07-07 09:41 AM


oh JB, heart hugs....you tug.....
this is beautiful and loving...

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14 posted 2004-07-07 09:46 AM


I literally read your poem three times and I am feeling so emotional right now, that words fail me. No response that I could write could do justice to what I have just read...

Love & Light Eternal,
EA

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15 posted 2004-07-07 05:50 PM


thank you all...that my words of love for my son touches others means he lives on....sigh......thank you again
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