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FiercestCalm
Junior Member
since 2006-06-24
Posts 31
michigan

0 posted 2006-06-29 12:08 PM


we walked through the last green grass of the year
and the ocean blue sky opened up to greet us
hi!

i could smell the smells of wood burning & dust
thrown off blankets trudged up
from where they slept for six months

the towheaded child toddles stumbling through the grass
towards a future that includes
less and less of me and you

my breath swirled about my hair
a reddish hue thrown off to match the leaves
and i waited patiently for you to say something

was it a moment in time for you too?
a brief vibrant second that you wished
to freeze frame and hold carefully cradled in the palm of your hand

i cupped my fingers beneath my sleeve
catch this now before it flees! this second is mine now
to play over and over again somehow

in this child and you and me
i felt a flash of possibilities for this child and for you and for me
a forward peek into who we may one day be

i studied your face expectently
your blue eyes that matched the sky looked past me
towards the child stumbling further and further away from you and me

you seemed to see only past roads
of choices never made and i realized that for you
this was not a small perfect moment to cling to

so i wrapped it up quietly beneath the wind and my breath
tucked away to visit again and again
until i'm forced to give it over to death

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JL
Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128
Texas, USA
1 posted 2006-06-29 01:09 AM


A beauty.

JL

Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed:
blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
~Jesus Christ

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353
Michigan, USA
2 posted 2006-06-29 01:22 AM


So glad you are here to write this...powerful and deep, in a feminine strength.  Since I read your other works, I would humbly bow, and state...you are your own beautiful tree.
TD

marcel
Senior Member
since 2003-03-02
Posts 660
az, usa
3 posted 2006-06-29 02:37 AM


emotionally silent...powerful in its calmnest........
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