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jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2012-04-21 09:57 AM

Only Then

Only when the ground
upon which you walk
dries up and blows away,
leaving you standing on a void
of empty space,
can you understand the emptiness
of death.

Only then . . .
does dying
become an option.

And love,
for all it's wonder and beauty
and fulfillment,
never seemed so far away,
than now.

Only,
Only then,
can you understand my feelings,

today.

~ ~ ~

wesley james beard, jr.
© april 2012

(note: this was actually written as a eulogy for a friend's mom, (I chose to not use it that way but wanted to show it's origination) and it would have, at the end, the following:

Mom, You are missed far more
than life itself.

We love you ..., (name)...

[This message has been edited by jwesley (04-22-2012 09:23 AM).]

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

1 posted 2012-04-21 10:16 AM

Great poetic reasoning.
Angles from another perspective always stimulate and this does that.

Eric

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2012-04-21 10:31 AM

No one could ask for a better eulogy, J, it is both realistic and has the otherness of death as its strong point..

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2012-04-22 12:23 PM

A eulogy to die for, Jimmy. Incredibly beautiful.
Ida

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2012-04-22 12:40 PM

Fine writing...James

Amaryllis
Senior Member

since 2010-05-20

Posts 1306
Mi now

5 posted 2012-04-22 01:26 AM

Achingly evocative.

A

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

6 posted 2012-04-22 09:34 AM

You rendered the feeling of emptiness with great intensity here, dear Jimmy.

Poignant.

Margherita

Startime1955
Senior Member

since 2012-04-22

Posts 1072
Alberta, Canada

7 posted 2012-04-22 04:29 PM

I love it...

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

8 posted 2012-06-08 12:38 PM

Powerful and poignant... Wonderful write!

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