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Words Ignored
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Bonnie j Senior Member
since 2003-06-27
Posts 1588Ohio 
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Words Ignored (Based on a childhood memory) So many times as a child words went unheeded. Parents would warn and they would scold. But to this day- I Wonder? I was told many times- “Stay away from that old house. You never know if someone is inside wanting to do harm.” A family had been killed in that old house. They say an intruder did it, but no-one knew for sure. People would walk by and hear strange noises and call the police, they never found anything or anyone. At night I would peek out my window and wonder in a curious child’s way. What were the noises or were they cries from the tormented? In my child’s mind they sounded like a child’s cry -A cry for help. One afternoon I became brave enough to venture close to that old house. I stood and listened...looking at the broken windows and tattered curtains of lace. Then a cry sliced through the warm summer air- A scream that would chill you as if it were a cold winter day. A sound beside me.... I look ......nothing. Fear hit my legs and sets me in motion. Home I run.... to my mother. Tears and fear streaking across my face. My mother wanting to know what happened. I told her what had happened, she called the police. The police.... not finding a person in sight. As my mother calms me and puts me to bed. I’m about to fall asleep and I remember the feeling as if something is beside me at that old haunted house. I look at my arm and see a large red welt as if a hand had tried to grabme. Then as children do.... I fell into the soft pillows of night time slumber. Still to this day I wonder? Did it happen or was my imagination running wild? Wild like a child who would not listen. Hugs BonBon  |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
I think we have all experienced this in one way or another  Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write. |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
BonnieBonnieBonnie~ Chills overtook me ... you put me right there~ Some childhood memories just won't lay down and die, will they ? VERY vivid ... seems a total recall lingers~ *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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Bonnie j Senior Member
since 2003-06-27
Posts 1588Ohio |
Thank you for reading this lingering memory of the past. I still remember how frightened I was. Shaking, crying. Needless to say...I never went near that old house again. Now it is an empty lot. Funny how no one ever built on that land. Just an empty space. Hugs BonBon |
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Neotec Member
since 2006-08-22
Posts 112 |
chills in the night as i read this |
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aziza Member Elite
since 2006-07-09
Posts 2995Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy! |
You grabbed my attention and held it tight. I have never experienced this, don't want to - but I loved reading about it. aziza |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
Hey Bon this was amazing...really really interesting...thank you for sharing... are the leaves falling up your way yet? |
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Lisey Junior Member
since 2006-08-27
Posts 36UK (Wales) |
i can safely say that,that is one of the best poems I've read for a while!. job well done ! x |
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froggy Senior Member
since 2003-06-23
Posts 1893Michigan |
Wow! breath holding read,the images it gives. :-) Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace." Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Peace Prize Wi |
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FNG Member
since 2006-02-07
Posts 477 |
I have enjoyed this... So did you finally found out whether it's real or imagiantion?...sounds like a eerie story from the movie...lolx |
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Bonnie j Senior Member
since 2003-06-27
Posts 1588Ohio |
FNG When I look back I wonder if it may have been kids in that old house. Maybe. As for the welt on the arm. Maybe in my fear I bumped my arm. Who knows ? A family did die in that house and I was told to stay away from it. Needless to say after my adventure "I STAYED AWAY." Thanks everyone for your comments. Glad you enjoyed. Hugs BonBon |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
"Wild like a child who would not listen." That line says it all... Enjoyed. JL Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: |
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