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Dark Angel
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0 posted 2005-02-06 04:59 PM



Yesterday...i encountered a newborn
and how i saw you in him

and in the pause of his suckling
how i ached to hold him

to feel
that innocence, i once held

again

it is slipping from you
from the tremble of your thighs
from my fingers, buckled and bent
and only the tips
are touching

my little fish

you are leaping
from these hands    that
have  ((wrapped))  you
like an oyster would a pearl
to then present you
as a gift

and i knew in the crystalline knowledge of you
~Buckingham/Nicks

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Martie
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1 posted 2005-02-06 06:00 PM


Ahhh, Maree.....It is difficult to let go of the need to suckle...realize though, that he will always always be your baby...even when he is a man.  This poem is precious and touching.  
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2 posted 2005-02-06 06:40 PM


Ahhhhh, so tender Maree.  Have no fear my son is going to be forty, and I dare anyone to try to even try to tell me he is not my little boy.  He always will be too, and my best friend.
Aenimal
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3 posted 2005-02-06 08:33 PM


you're beyond beautiful bella, a mother goddess in the flesh.
iliana
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4 posted 2005-02-06 10:56 PM


You say this so well, Maree.  I know exactly what you mean.   ......jo
passing shadows
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5 posted 2005-02-06 11:02 PM


precious
coyote
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6 posted 2005-02-08 08:43 AM


Wonderful write, Maree.

May Daniel always know such honesty and love.

Billy 8)

"If at first an idea is not absurd, there is no hope for it."
Albert Einstein

Sunshine
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7 posted 2005-02-08 08:56 AM


you are leaping
from these hands    that
have  ((wrapped))  you
like an oyster would a pearl
to then present you
as a gift

~*~

Only two types of poets could write a phrase
like this...
a lover...

or a Mother...

Daniel is VERY proud of you...

Gentle Spirit
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8 posted 2005-02-08 08:59 AM


yer beautiful yanno lady!!  Wonderful purge of love dear!
inkedgoddess
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9 posted 2005-02-08 12:43 PM


little fish
to where do you scurry
as mama's arms
struggle and plea

to horizons adventure
for to swim is to be



Margherita
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10 posted 2005-02-08 03:25 PM


Your masterful words convey an emotion that every mother recognizes as her own.

Beautiful!

Love, Margherita

Larry C
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11 posted 2005-02-08 08:28 PM


Maree,
And such a tender inspire. Nicely done ya' know.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

Jamie
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Blue Heaven
12 posted 2005-02-24 07:55 PM


awwwwwwww

hugs

J

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