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A Fading Reflection©
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Genea Member
since 1999-06-15
Posts 321USA |
A Fading Reflection©1998 Genea Parker I stopped to visit Grandma, At the home where she lives now. Her hair is still white as snow, But she looks different somehow. She has the same soft smile And jolly little laugh But her eyes are different She’s living in the past. She looks at me and smiles, But she has no recollection. The woman I see before me Is merely a fading reflection. Grandma doesn’t live here She left me long ago. This woman is a stranger One I love but hardly know. Some day I might be like her Looked upon with affection But not the woman I was - Just a fading reflection. |
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Raven Member
since 1999-06-14
Posts 67Hopewell Jct, New York, USA |
The poem you wrote not only was moving to read, but it had a sense of reality to it that only one who experienced it can know. ------------------ "They sing the stories of the present, of people trapped in a shadow world" ~Charlotte Seley~ |
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Genea Member
since 1999-06-15
Posts 321USA |
This one is about my grandma, who is in a nursing home. She doesn't know us anymore. Makes me sad. ~Genea |
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Leigh Anne Junior Member
since 1999-06-15
Posts 48Scottsboro, AL USA |
This is a beautiful poem indeed. I have experienced these same things, only with my grandfather, whom passed away recently. My only words of comfort is to hang on to all of your memories & reflections, for all to soon, they're gone. Best of luck! |
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Genea Member
since 1999-06-15
Posts 321USA |
Leigh Anne, Thanks for the kind words. ~Genea |
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elvira Senior Member
since 1999-07-06
Posts 936California |
emotional, thought-provoking, i loved every line of it ------------------ If I had my mouth I would bite. If I had my liberty I would do my liking. In the mean time, let me be that I am, and seek not to alter me. ~~~Shakespeare~~~ |
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Lost Dreamer Member Elite
since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464Somewhere near the Rainbow |
Excellent, yet sad that someone you love is here, but so far from your reach. God bless you for seeing the light, through the darkness. |
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Genea Member
since 1999-06-15
Posts 321USA |
Elvira.....every line? wow....thanks! Lost Dreamer....no, God bless those who are caregivers to loved ones who no longer are 'aware.' Thank u both for reading! ~Genea |
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