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Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2016-07-23 08:31 AM

Come sit inside my head
and see what my lonesome is.
Locked inside all summer
From the sun and heat
I recline in my house
That should be clean and neat.
I’m off work for the summer,
I just do as I need.
I’m slow as a snail
and inside my shell I sleep.
I miss my friends.
I sleep in grief.
I miss myself
I realize as I write this.
I miss myself with my friend Rose.
With tears streaming I recall
loving to putter about my
ramshackle shack tending to my things.
Granted, I was younger then,
I no longer live in a shack,
but, I lost my love to putter.
I miss that kind of contented I was
before she died.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2016-07-23 08:37 AM

What a beautiful poem, Lori. Yes, sometimes when someone we care deeply about passes on, something within us dies also. I loved the poem.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2016-07-23 08:44 AM

She was a special person that had a way of making me laugh and pulling me outside of myself and making me a better person. Every so often it still makes me cry and it has been nearly 20 years. ~L

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2016-07-23 09:17 AM

Its sad you still have such deep feelings about her passing, but it shows where your heart is that you cannot forget her.

Just ordered your book!

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

4 posted 2016-07-23 03:35 PM

Thanks for the order, I hope you enjoy it! ~L

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

5 posted 2016-07-23 03:51 PM

I'm having trouble with my debit card . . . Gotta wait until Monday and go to the bank about it. And oh! I know I will enjoy it.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Redstart
Senior Member

since 2014-05-16

Posts 535

6 posted 2016-07-31 07:37 PM

first two lines.....they sum up humanity from a personal level.x

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

7 posted 2016-07-31 11:03 PM

bless your heart for your comment Redstart.
~L

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

8 posted 2016-08-01 12:54 PM

Twenty years or not, Lori, you are making me cry too!

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

9 posted 2016-08-01 03:13 PM

I'll loan you a hanky. ~L

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