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Namyh
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0 posted 2009-04-16 10:57 PM


Second Chance  

My Love slammed the door. It shut as a tomb,
like sound sucked empty from a symphony room
where no music played, where no feet light danced.
Gone was my Love, my last best chance.

300 feet per second is, I know, the speed of pain
as it travels thru the body on its way to the brain
but my breaking heart is witnessing a fear coming faster.
It’s Sorrow’s beast of impact charging reinless without master.

My breathing’s getting deep. I seem to need more breath.
I’m fighting back the tears where they exit from the jets.
I feel the quaking gallop of that beast’s pounding beckon
leaping, lunging closer to me, 300 feet per second.

Bam! comes the “crash” and my tears gush forth
and they stream down rippling in a saline sad froth.
And my sorrow is a smash-up, a shattering of parts,
cracked pieces blown-off from my now broken heart.

I slump in non-recovery. There my energy dwindles longer
teetering on the drip drops of tears crying stronger
and dreading the coming moment I resign to my Fate
without hope of any time, without chance of any mate.

Then Abrupt! The door opens! My Love walks inside
and my heart sings a Mending-of-the-Tears lullaby.
And just when I thought “All” was lost or dead,
Love stands in my doorway, back with coffee and bread.

Namyh



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SEA
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1 posted 2009-04-16 11:04 PM


good grief!!!

I wish I could do it like this...


wow...start to finish...superb!

critical mass
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2 posted 2009-04-16 11:20 PM


That was really good.

I especially liked the ending.
Not what I expected.

Prasad Nataraj
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3 posted 2009-04-17 07:14 AM


Lost and now found. A relieved feeling in the end, nice read.

"Hardwork pays in the long run"

Chalmette Guy
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4 posted 2009-04-17 08:38 AM


The speed of pain...is 300 ft.per second...this is awesome, and the whole poem I must say that I enjoyed reading it.
Namyh
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5 posted 2009-04-17 07:22 PM


Sea – We often surprise ourselves about what we can do when the mind is set to do it. And from start to finish, I thank you for your words of enjoyment. So very glad you enjoyed. Namyh

criticalmass – It’s often the unexpected that catches us. So very glad you found some of it here with this piece. Hope it warmed your heart. Namyh  

PrasadNataraj) – Very perceptive Prasad. I believe this story is indeed about the “lost and found” of human hopes and wishes. So very glad you were relieved in the end and enjoyed. Namyh

ChalmetteGuy – Thanks ChalmetteGuy. I enjoyed your words at 300 ft. per second without the slightest pain and I thank you for it. Hope this helps when most needed. Namyh

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6 posted 2009-04-20 01:24 PM


You took us on an emotional rollercoaster... and I sure enjoyed the ride! *S* Great write!
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7 posted 2009-04-20 02:05 PM


Really gives the scope and tragedy of the situation.. A grieving poem.. I really liked your way of expressing grief.. It was an artsitic way..

Suchitra - Poetess

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8 posted 2009-04-20 03:37 PM


there is so much good to say about this...like this phrase:

"like sound sucked empty from a symphony room"...leaves me speechless

...and what about "saline sad froth"...how cool is that?  love the visualizations you portray in this...enjoyed, thank you for sharing...

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