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The Miracle of Life
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The Miracle of Life |
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azblond Senior Member
since 1999-07-01
Posts 637The Steamy Desert 
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The Miracle of Life She stood with her hair blowing in the wind Watching the waves crash below She thought of the life they did share And the secret he’d never know Theirs was a love like no other Their bond stronger than life They had known joy like no other And life’s struggles they took in strife Blessed with a friendship bonded in love A beautiful union it’s true Years that had brought them closer together One heartbeat shared by two The only gray cloud over their rainbow sky Was the baby that never seemed to be He tried to tell her it didn’t matter But the pain in his heart she did see So after years of praying and pleading with God She took the matters in her own hand She went to visit his only brother And told him what she had planned The consummation was over, and the miracle happened She finally at last was with child But when she went to him to tell him the news He became irrationally wild It seems he had known all along That he could never be A father to any, it just wouldn’t happen So deception was all he could see He ran from their house, and did not stop Plunging over the cliff to the sea Washed away like the love they had known He died from his own misery The miracle of an “in vitro” conception Was the secret she never did share His brother, the doctor, helped make it happen Her husband died so unaware She stood with her hair blowing in the wind Watching the waves crash below The affair he believed to have happened You see…it just wasn’t so. ------------------ Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind... |
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DreamEvil Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396 |
Profound, I disagree with the last line. Who was the sperm donor, if not him? Excellent work though. ------------------ I am not responsible for how you choose to interpret what I say. DreamEvil© |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
my question is the same...loved the poem tragedy |
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azblond Senior Member
since 1999-07-01
Posts 637The Steamy Desert |
Hmmm..How about this: He too had a secret he thought she knew not A vasectomy from years before her His brother the one who told her of this When she still wasn't sure But his brother was wise that her husband one day Would surely want a child of his own So he froze a sample of the husbands seed So this miracle child was his own. How terrible of me to leave that out! So, how's that for saving face?? (Okay, a meek attempt, but thank you both for letting me see that I didn't quite clear up the whole tale!) |
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~one voice~ Senior Member
since 1999-07-08
Posts 664Billings, MT USA |
Quite inspiring, azblond... completely fascinating...  ------------------ ~one voice~ For Myself, I live, Live intensely and am fed by life, and my value, whatever it be, is in my own kind of expression of that. *Henry James |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
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DreamEvil Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396 |
Much better and all the more tragic. ------------------ I am not responsible for how you choose to interpret what I say. DreamEvil© |
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elvira Senior Member
since 1999-07-06
Posts 936California |
fabulous alternate ending, you had me going at first though, i thought there had been an affair as well, so either i am gullible, or you write great poetry  ------------------ i never call a poem "nice" or such, for that would not be saying much |
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Lost Dreamer Member Elite
since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464Somewhere near the Rainbow |
Very well written, made my emotions spike. |
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