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Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

0 posted 2008-02-08 03:08 AM

the pictures break with my heart

i toss them across the room
watching them hit the wall
and slide helplessly to the floor

i want to join them
for i, too, feel weakened with no words
in a room filled with broken images

    despair wraps around me
    like a listing, tired fence post
    leaning into the wind
    unable to stand any longer
    worn from a thousand tears

i have been there too

i want to believe again
i want to hear Happy Ever After as truth
clench it tightly in my fist
knowing it will be there tomorrow

instead, i spill words onto paper
as if a prayer falling from my lips
wiping salt water from my cheeks
holding, just holding tight to promises
promises i made to myself for you

     for i still believe in Happy Ever After
     and I still believe in you

...

Ali

(with love to Cade - get better please)

effjayel
Senior Member

since 2007-09-30

Posts 1474
At the Crossroads of Infinity

1 posted 2008-02-08 05:28 AM

Alison,

I really enjoyed this it was very moving & heartfelt.

" despair wraps around me
    like a listing, tired fence post
    leaning into the wind
    unable to stand any longer
    worn from a thousand tears "

You are stronger than you think and have a good foundation so can withstand whatever life throws at you...My Dad always used to say ' A creaking gate hangs the longest'

Hope Cade gets better soon,

Cheers

John

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

2 posted 2008-02-08 06:19 AM

ms ali-san...he will rise to the occasion..bless you lady

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

3 posted 2008-02-08 06:31 AM

i want to believe again
i want to hear Happy Ever After as truth
clench it tightly in my fist
knowing it will be there tomorrow

This hurts so much, dear Alison, your pain is felt within the heart and the bones. This is a powerful poetic expression of your despair, but also of your hope. May there be healing!

Love and hugs.
Margherita

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2008-02-08 07:59 AM

Fine writing...James

Rick
Member Elite

since 2001-06-21

Posts 2903
Victoria, Australia

5 posted 2008-02-08 08:02 AM

Dear Alison, this sounded so honest and heart breaking to me, I felt many emotions and seem to feel much the same often, we are lucky to have our words to cry with, our friends to share with. A great write my friend, hope you are well, chat again soon.

Rick

Kahlil
Senior Member

since 2003-04-12

Posts 1881

6 posted 2008-02-08 09:32 AM

Dear Alison,
You DO believe.
Keep on.

~K

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

7 posted 2008-02-14 05:45 AM

my dear sweet Ali... you write your love for Cade so beautifully... he's in my thoughts and prayers as are you my sweet friend.. love you .. RDB xx

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

8 posted 2008-06-19 03:37 AM

I never came back and thanked those of you who were here with responses and words to help me along. I miss Cade every day, and I am happy that some of you got to know him a bit here through the poems and essays.

Thank you,
Alison

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