Kneeling Beside An Empty Bed

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Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

0 posted 2007-11-12 03:06 AM

Kneeling Beside An Empty Bed
By: Noah Eaton
11/11/07
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She’s kneeling beside an empty bed…
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…where a million of her tears have been shed…
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…gravity feels like a friend who betrayed her…
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…she can barely breathe when her world’s a blur.
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Wondering how could it be him…
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…happening to one of her own kids…
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…she wishes it were a dream,
but she wakes,
finding…
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…herself waking in his own bed…
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She’s kneeling beside an empty bed…
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…where a million of her tears have been shed…
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…she leaves a hinge latched on the back gate…
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…blindly hoping he’ll come home and clean his plate.
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Spending her days sitting in her chair…
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…holding a cloth doll with loving care…
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…praying to God,
to spare his eighteen-year old,
child…
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...but finding him gone,
waking in his own bed…
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But wouldn’t some soldiers survive whole,
even when death accommodates them?
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Wouldn’t some soldiers survive whole,
even when death accommodates them?
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Wouldn’t some soldiers survive whole,
even when death accommodates them?
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Wouldn’t some soldiers survive whole,
even when death accommodates them,
accommodates them?
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Then when you wake you swear you saw his eyes…
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…only to endure a more painful goodbye…
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…when she wakes,
finding…
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…herself waking in his own bed…
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…she’s kneeling beside an empty bed…
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…where a million of her tears have been shed…
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"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other"

Mother Teresa

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

1 posted 2007-11-12 03:11 AM

Fine writing...James

aziza
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since 2006-07-09

Posts 2995
Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!

2 posted 2007-11-12 03:16 AM

This left me speechless.
Excellent.

Thank you.

A

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

3 posted 2007-11-12 08:46 AM

Tears and prayers for your cousin Jeremy ~ and for all those who have lost their lives in the line of duty to their country.

Noah, this aches ~ as does my heart.

Eternal Love and Light for those who have fallen and for those who grieve their loss.

Love, Harmony, & World Peace,

Linda

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

4 posted 2007-11-12 12:40 PM

The pain is so intensely rendered, dear Noah, that I have to add my own tears to those of this Mother.

Your voice is heard here, may it be heard by those who should change things.

Love and hugs.
Margherita

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

5 posted 2007-11-12 02:49 PM

Noah, I am remembering your cousin today and the sacrifice he made for us all. I hope your Aunt finds some peace. My thoughts are with you.

....jo

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

6 posted 2007-11-12 06:11 PM

nice read

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