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A Box of Things on Sunday Morning Gone
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A Box of Things on Sunday Morning Gone |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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So many years have come and gone that the memory is lost covered by a blue blanket tattered and torn in a box of things where Did she like cereal on hurried mornings or bacon and eggs scrambled to hide the runny part from looking too much like yellow blood I question my remembering I've lost her in my own meandering where I grew up and passed the telephone with its yes or no answer to life or death when to choose seemed so simple Had she lived she would be forty-two years not 8 not 8 not 8 not 8 twisting in on itself again and again like candles on a cake-less cake It's her birthday but I can't find her tattered and torn box of things this Sunday morning gone ---------- with thoughts of Michelle on her Birthday |
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Bronzeage Member
since 2007-07-20
Posts 197 |
This is a touching write. A dead child is frozen in time by our memory. Thank you for posting it. |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
Excellent writing. ...and she knows where you are, always. *hug* |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
Obviously a very heart-felt, emotive write that elicits that sense of the very ‘personal’ as well as provides a fine slice of “everyperson’s-life dejavu”…pursuant to every type of ‘loss’ that we all inevitably must face!.... I am especially fond of imagery such as: “memory is lost covered by a blue blanket tattered and torn in a box of things…” Applause! |
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illusiveangel Member
since 2007-10-22
Posts 72Liverpool, UK |
Oh this was so beautiful yet so incredibly sad. it touched a nerve with me as I also have young children and can never imagine something like this. Written from the heart but also so poetic. My thoughts are with you. x |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Isn't it strange, how passages are frozen - and how sometimes the heart relieves the mind, then vice versa... we only think we forget... but we really don't. Not when we were worn to heart not ever. |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
MartieSis~ Your tender rememberings often make my eyes cry .. but when my tears fall for someone I love .. I welcome their rivulets down my cheeks~ Happy Birthday to Michelle~ *Happy Huglets*  to her mommy~~*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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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Never gone....never, that you know. She is with you at this moment, will be with you wherever you may be, and with you long after you may be. Always. ....and those things, don't worry, they're only in a safe place that you haven't thought of just yet. If you had to evacuate your home for a brushfire, where would you put them for safekeeping when you returned? That's where they are. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Did she like cereal on hurried mornings or bacon and eggs scrambled to hide the runny part from looking too much like yellow blood I question my remembering (no runny parts for me either ...) Oh dear Martie this hurts. The soul bond survives loss of remembered moments, it IS beyond time and venue. She came from God-Mother, to you earthly Mother and somewhere some time there will be a new opportunity to weave memories. Love and hugs. margherita  |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
"Had she lived she would be forty-two years not 8 not 8 not 8 not 8 twisting in on itself again and again like candles on a cake-less cake" On the 28th I was with my 85-year-old mother for her birthday thanking the All that is All that I had this chance to be with her again. It was a day of love.... Just hugs, Martie. ...jo |
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TinaTrivett Senior Member
since 2006-07-15
Posts 569 |
Oh Martie. This one just touched my heart so deep. I know your pain. ((hugs)) to you. |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
I am with you here Marti. It is strange the things we do remember. I can not even remember what I ate at home as a teen ager much less Joanne's favorite food, but can remember some things from childhood. What we remember about our children comes to us in bits and pieces. I don't know the why or how but her laugh comes up the most. Joanne would be fify three November 23rd. Sharing your feelings, "late" |
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aziza Member Elite
since 2006-07-09
Posts 2995Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy! |
Martie, You touch my heart when you write of Michelle. Thank you for sharing your lovely forever child. Alison |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
Oh, Martie. Poet, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write. |
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rwood Member Elite
since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793Tennessee |
Thank you for letting me see some of the things in your heart-box. Your words are blankets that will never lose their warmth for a loved one. love, reg |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Martie - Your words are so very moving and always make me count my blessings. You do remember the important thing and that is "love"! I feel for you, Martie. Hugs ~ Helen |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Wonderful words of love...love is not necessarily remembering every moment, it is acceptance and caring and remembering and missing precious moments...hugs...James |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Your sweet rememberances of your daughter, Michelle, always bring tears welling in my eyes. My sister lost her daughter as a baby, and her son as a teenager and the pain is never gone, however, the bold colours have faded to watercolour memories and are more gentle now. Happy birthday, Michelle! Love & hugs to each of you Linda |
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rosey_red Junior Member
since 2007-10-31
Posts 14 |
I see that you are from Cali, and i hope you are doing fine from the fires r&r |
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wandering glider Senior Member
since 2001-04-04
Posts 501aloft |
Time is such a strange medium. We can but fly through it. {{{hugs for you}}} ~glider~ |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
good read  |
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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
Martie - you touch me very deeply with this...really can't say more - is there more to say? Paul |
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lucky Senior Member
since 2000-01-17
Posts 1601Idaho |
What's really sad is when you know what your looking for is THERE..! I want to know where you went from there Dale |
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