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Open Poetry #4

Mother to my father

Martie

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0 posted 1999-12-03 09:45 PM

Mother to my Father

My father has become a child.
I am an awkward daughter,
as I stumble by his time
and become more wise,
a mother not a daughter
to this man-child.

I kiss his sunken cheek
and push back a whimsy of hair
and think
he is too old to be so young.
I shift my eyes and look away
from the promise
of his hunched shoulders.

[This message has been edited by Martie (edited 12-03-1999).]

Balladeer

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1 posted 1999-12-03 09:59 PM

Oh, Martie! This is so very true. We end the way we begin...another cycle of life, I suppose.

hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05

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Glen Hope, PA USA

2 posted 1999-12-04 03:56 AM

Martie...this is absolutely beautiful!!!

RainbowGirl
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since 1999-07-31

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3 posted 1999-12-06 05:27 PM

Martie: This is lovely...and so sad to watch it happening...bless you

HUGS

Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream...

Seaangel
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since 1999-07-27

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Auckland, New Zealand

4 posted 1999-12-06 05:47 PM

very beautiful, martie!

[This message has been edited by Seaangel (edited 12-06-1999).]

Pepper
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since 1999-08-19

Posts 3079
Southern Florida

5 posted 1999-12-06 05:49 PM

Touching Martie...I am in this situation now with both parents....Thank you for sharing this..You spoke volumes to my heart...

A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extraordinaire!

Denise

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since 1999-08-22

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6 posted 1999-12-06 10:21 PM

How sad that they don't remain as young and strong as we remember them from our childhood. This has a melancholy feel to it. Very well done, Martie.

Sunshine

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7 posted 2006-10-19 09:51 PM

You do it...
write of it
sing it
love it
harbor, and safekeep it

so much better.

Artic Wind
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8 posted 2007-11-12 07:17 PM

Enjoyed

ARCTIC WIND

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