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inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

0 posted 2005-01-25 11:28 PM

I wonder
where you are tonight;

the snow that piles
between us ,is suffice
for those without such heart,
to just dismiss and
say perhaps our paths
in probability
may never cross again,

(that you've simply moved
on while you bled out
one of your many lives)

but the candle still
blows symmetrical, not
ready to rescind its glow
at the back window,
where my eyes still melt
the warping white for you,

do you know i hear you
in muffled voice
calling out to me,
near the brink of dawn,
when not much else
could jar me
from that heaven's place,
where i marry the dreamlover,
that has yet to come
and break the chains
to rescue me,

i became a primapara,
the summer day
i proclaimed myself
and wore the role of
your then abadonned mother,

though you never
quickened beneath me,
and flickered a butterflys
pace across my mommieheart,

i imposed my need
to be needed,
most happily upon you,
the day you took possession
blanketing my porchsteps,
barely nodding your approval,
just taking me as is,
another wretched stray,
trying to find
her own way back.

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

1 posted 2005-01-25 11:44 PM

Brilliant analogy, Michele! Too many good lines to single out one.

......jo

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2005-01-26 12:04 PM

oh, this write is a keeper
but has that feline wanderer returned?

Indigo
Senior Member

since 2001-05-17

Posts 602

3 posted 2005-01-26 12:29 PM

The last stanza kicks ass, IG. Would love to have written it!
Your flow of conscious/unconsciousness is a delight to breathe in.

Indigo

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

4 posted 2005-01-26 12:45 PM

We adopted a stray - he stole my heart - then we had to give him away - still feel the ache -

this is wonderfully written-

Susan

If I wander far enough, long enough, will I finally know . . .

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

5 posted 2005-01-26 02:36 AM

the snow that piles
between us ,is suffice
for those without such heart,
to just dismiss and
say perhaps our paths
in probability
may never cross again,

(that you've simply moved
on while you bled out
one of your many lives)

Nine lives would be a hard act to follow, but methinks there are a few savy tom cats who have it down to a science, and then keep multiplying it in spades. Or sumthin'.

You're such a cool kitty, who could ever resist you and your blonde streaks.

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

6 posted 2005-01-26 08:43 AM

i imposed my need
to be needed,
most happily upon you,
the day you took possession
blanketing my porchsteps,
barely nodding your approval,
just taking me as is,
another wretched stray,
trying to find
her own way back.

all my pets have been strays...and I have never regretted a one...but I do keep them inside the house as this corner is way too dangerous to let them be free to wander..
maybe they find me for the same reason

hugs
M

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

7 posted 2005-01-26 09:09 AM

wonderful Michele...

I proclaimed our black cat "mine" and I feel so dejected when he prefers my daughter...

Dang cats have us wrapped...

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

Tiersdin
Member Elite

since 2000-11-17

Posts 2364
east coast

8 posted 2005-01-26 09:14 AM

Michelle,

you've got to know I love this!

~tier

kayjay
Member Elite

since 2002-06-24

Posts 2015
Oregon

9 posted 2005-01-26 09:15 AM

Nicely done images, well balanced with a bit of a snap at the end. You're always a pleasure to read. KJ

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

10 posted 2005-01-26 08:06 PM

Great write.
Enjoyed.

JL

bklynboy
Senior Member

since 2002-12-15

Posts 660
florida

11 posted 2005-01-27 06:57 AM

Well done!

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

12 posted 2005-01-27 07:36 AM

you do some stuff inky, that just unzips and rips the furr kewl

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

13 posted 2005-01-27 10:44 AM

thanks kitties
keep the candle lit for my little scorpy porpy
scorpio cat, my favorite little stray of the group
wish i could have taken him in, but when i tried it a couple of times, he attacked my l5 year old aging house cat, so i've been trying to find him a home, but for now, he's missing since the storm last week
and needless to say, im worry about him

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

14 posted 2005-01-27 12:12 PM

I have nothing to say, Michele:

do you know i hear you
in muffled voice
calling out to me,
near the brink of dawn,
when not much else
could jar me
from that heaven's place,
where i marry the dreamlover,
that has yet to come
and break the chains
to rescue me,

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