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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest 
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on this our first anniversary I found these things: 1: the quiet that always lay inside my mouth yet never had room to stay 2: the voice of my heart that had never really spoken 3: the peace of quiet arms I had never felt 4: the sleep that bore me your undreamed dreams 5: the tickle of a laugh bubble unable to escape 6: the warm shoulder called comfort and all the words you longed to whisper and couldn’t |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
well, I don't really know how to take this because for some reason it made me sad but maybe it's just my mood tonight |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
I don't think it's your mood Dixie. for some reason there IS a bit of sadness in it, sadness I did not expect when I began writing. sadness will not be denied I guess. thank you for reading it and feeling it so well.  |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Kate, when I read this first I was bubbling over with excitement for many reasons. Then I read what Dixie said and what you said in reply and I read it again. Again, I struggled to find the sadness. The only sadness I did manage to find is that it is only now that you have found such quiet happiness. I can’t believe that it is a year already – it seems like only the other day that we saw your new photo and learned of your marriage. I must admit, I was concerned at the time – I felt an uneasy sense of worry, but it seems that I was wrong to have felt it – of course, no marriage can ever be perfect, but it seems that yours has brought a lot of what you need, though perhaps little of what you sought, and that you have realised that what you needed is now just what you want. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! Owl |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
oh Diana, my sweet friend, I have never been happier in my life. our marriage is not perfect but it is very close to whatever is perfect. in truth this is a happy, satisfied poem. the sadness lies outside our marriage and cannot be fixed. we face it together. thank you for your tender concern and for the Happy Anniversary! love, Kate |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Heya Kate, I felt the sadness too, but I felt it for a time gone by - and perhaps what once was. Does that make sense? I love that you have found happiness and are moving through the challenges that happiness brings. A |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Whoops my connection is being a jerk and I posted the above message twice. Oh well, your poem deserves twice the attention. Love it. A |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
Alison, you always make sense to me. I love the way you say that... "moving through the challenges that happiness brings." you are wise beyond your years happiness is not static, is it? it is alive and constantly renewing itself. thank you |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Kate, I am so glad that your marriage is so happy, but so sad that there is sadness that you are facing together. Prayers for strength for both of you. Hugs Diana |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
thank you Diana.  |
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