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Sudden Rage To Ends ( end of the Blue Series)
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Sudden Rage To Ends ( end of the Blue Series) |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
The journey back was still But for the wipers on the old truck Slapping a rhythm against the bottom Of the windshield as they would change directions Rise to wipe away the drops that fell And start again The downward swipe Keeping time like a clock without hands Only miles that crept along growing gloom Of tree lined roads. She sat and stared out the passenger window Until we hit Manes and I stopped to buy gas Just as the clouds decided they had held enough And decided to let it all fall at once The square roof over the pumps didn’t stop the wind And she opened her door with a jerk As it was ripped from her hand Threatening the hinges with broken knees as they hit the stop And gave with a spring She ran in and I leaned into the sail of the door To close it while the pump ran its circles round and round Counting pennies into dollars and dollars to gallons. When we were both back inside the cab She spoke… “Find a place we can sit and talk” she said I just nodded my head, turned the key And tried to remember a place not far ahead Where I could turn and find that spot the upper Marmot Ran under a single lane of dirt She slid over to me then as we started down the blacktop and I felt the warm of her hip against my own and her head touch my arm as she leaned into the sigh that escaped her lips The upper Marmot is typical of the hills Small in summer she rises to rage in spring Or when it might accidentally rain enough the old trees That line her steep flanks can’t hold the run off Today she raged In a brown frothy flood that took the space I planned to park So we drove on a ways where I found an old barn That looked as sad as a mourner at their best friends funeral And parked up against the side that faced a field Rather than the now muddy dirt road we had been on “The Lady Blue,” she began “ has here strings wrapped around your heart.” I began to speak but she put two fingers against my lips And continued “Do you think you could ever care half as much about someone else?” I smiled then started to answer but she again just put a finger to my lips And said “Shhhh” “I’m not through yet, and when I am, I don’t know if I can stand the answers you may make me hear.” “I’ll listen with my heart you know, not just my ears and I already know that what you are and what you’ve been is something I may never understand.” “But… here goes” and she drew a deep breath that made her breast rise and tug at the buttons “I’m not perfect, you know.” “I never said I was, and there are things about me you too may never know” “still, I am going to tell you that something in me moves when I watch you write and see how your eyes catch the sun across a quicksilver bed of ripples or how you speak to me and I find I am lost in the places you describe, the way they feel and how so many times Things inside just seemed to die.” “My question stands you know,” she sighed “for if you could care for me half as much as you do for the Lady Blue and those like her you have wed yourself to.” “I’d stay, if you’d have me” I couldn’t find words to describe the way the old leather pages called to me So that I might with a pen write the things inside and try to explain Try to show the colors how they change All I could do, was nod and watch her eyes as she sighed an unsure breath Then kissed me A low growling kind of kiss that met trembles of skin That defeated buttons and cloth Leaving us bare to the summer storms I’ve wondered if she regrets that day Or ever will But I know The Lady Blue still runs deep along the banks near Cody’s and the roots of trees cling to banks along her lengths but they all threaten to fall Should in the end The rage of her currents End it all |
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Decaflame Senior Member
since 2001-05-11
Posts 1635 |
Where is the damn Kleenex alert? |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
ok...so yesterday I thought of something to say today, you collapsed me. damn............. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
damn that blue witch talk about drowning in a hopeless power struggle *chuckling* say this isn't the end, and I 'll stay with you...to read more from your Blue pen yep, I felt her slide across the seat, felt a warm hip, heard those buttons popping |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
.....Damn!!! Oooh gawd noooo....not this way... someone hand me a kleenex please. If this were a movie I would not want the house lights to come on at the moment, but I would rather prefer to sit in this dark and remember.... |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
yes, you CAN write "and I felt the warm of her hip against my own and her head touch my arm as she leaned into the sigh that escaped her lips" and make your readers feel~~~ M |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
“still, I am going to tell you that something in me moves when I watch you write and see how your eyes catch the sun across a quicksilver bed of ripples or how you speak to me and I find I am lost in the places you describe, the way they feel and how so many times Things inside just seemed to die.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ yeah...what she said... |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Kacy... you're going to stay with him no matter WHAT he writes...trust me... Cpat? You write endings so well...brought to mind another storyline... Thank you! |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Gee, next time a fair warning of a  alert would be wonderful. What an ending.Now that truly was a very well written and heartfelt story, well done sir. |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
thanks all... really though..no need for kleenex... hell, we all make choices and we all know that fairy tales are truly written by the brother Grimm... happy holidays! I'll be back one of these days I'm sure with another tall tale or two... Peace.... |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Oh I have no doubt you'll have another story to tell... your own words promise it..... But I know The Lady Blue still runs deep along the banks and as long as the river runs...there will words flowing from inside of you. (and hopefully film in me camera)  yeah yeah....I KNOW... "digital moth...digital"  |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ron A captivating series....so well done!!!! The ending was perfect!  |
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Susan Member Ascendant
since 2004-03-27
Posts 5104walking the surreal |
Oh my - sigh - I melt into your words - and the ending - perfect -  SusanHappiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind. |
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