Open Poetry #4 |
Remembrance ( a repost from way back) |
hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Remembrance (Dedicated to Laurel) I awoke last night, thinking I felt your movements, and as my hand traced lazily down my abdomen; I remembered you were gone. The flatness of my belly suddenly felt so foreign; and the memory of you caused my breasts to weep in tears of milk. I reached to clasp the tiny box, containing a foot print card and a lock of your hair, with the same hands that only days before shook as they touched your perfect face. You were born in silence ~ and something inside me died. "I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me , this has always been enough." ~Nicholas Sparks from The Notebook |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
I weep with you Ruth. |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
This is heartbreaking Ruth. I'm so sorry for your loss. This is a beautiful, touching tribute. Denise |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
You wrote this so well Ruth that it makes any mother weep! |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
I'm sorry, I should have explained this one. It was written for my neice who lost a baby 2 days before her due date...a beautiful, perfect little girl named Laurel. I wrote what I thought she would feel, which, seeing this type of loss, was not hard for me to imagine. This would have been her first Christmas. Thanks Martie, Denise and Whtdove |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
Ruth, I am sorry for you loss hon, a beautiful and heartbreaking poem. What comes from the heart goes to the heart. Samuel Coleridge |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Hoot, this was written for your niece, but it could have been for any mother, for those haunting thoughts run through all of our minds til we know our child is safe and well. I cried when I read this, and am so sorry for your niece. How heartbreaking. This poem is so well written.That's what brings the tears Liz |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Dark Angel...thank you very much Elizabeth...yes, I see this on a daily basis and how overjoyed parents are when everything is over and done with and they are holding a healthy baby, but on those times I see the loss...the sadness is overwhelming. Life is so fragile, yet so many take it for granted. |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
I weep too Ruth....for your niece, for myself and for every mother who has felt this devastating loss... So beautifully written..... A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extraordinaire! Shannon |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Pepper, thank you |
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