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Sleep Child |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Sleep child, your Mother waits until your eyes close tight She wants to do what they say is best what she knows is truly right. Giving you away is the hardest thing she will ever have to do. She steels herself with one more look to memorize the whole of you. She cries in desperation and hopes someday you'll know that the agony she felt today is magnified whereever she may go. So sleep child, your Mother waits, seeking strength to walk from this place tears gathering in her saddened eyes at one last look at your sleeping face. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Sad, and moving, but not without hope...what an epic of selfless love...beautiful, PdV... |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Just wonderful deVine. . . sad. . . but there's always that glimmer. . . Beautiful. . . ---------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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LoveBug
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Member Elite
since 2000-01-08
Posts 4697 |
Sharon, this is such a sad piece. It has to be terrible to give up a precious gift, but sometimes, it's for the best. Thank you for sharing this with us. "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde "The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief" -Shakespea |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Oh Sharon ... you've torn my heart out with this sweetly sad vision ... beautifully composed!  Best wishes, /Kit |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
It's one of the saddest emotions in the world, deVine one. |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
I have never been in a situation like this I now have a glimpse of the feelings...you've brought tears to my eyes...excellent writing~ [This message has been edited by Butterflies_dont_cry (edited 08-15-2000).] |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Hello Poet deVine, This writing has hit very close to home. Very tenderly done, and with many emotions for me. I'm am glad that I read this one. |
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BloomingRose Member Elite
since 2000-08-09
Posts 3092Florida |
Very touching and written with such emotion. Sad, but beautiful. Deb BloomingRose |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Thank you all for your kind comments. This poem was written for a dear friend of mine. He was adopted. And though he contacted his birth mother, she doesn't want to meet him. He's ok with that on the surface, but I know he felt the second rejection! This is his fantasy..that she regretted giving him up.... |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
Lovely Ms Devine...Lovely Jamie Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil. "Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely". |
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Alwye
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Member Elite
since 1999-06-16
Posts 3850In the space between moments |
Deeply sorrowful, but hope is present...that would definitely be a very hard thing to go through...but I suppose sometimes it's the best choice. *Krista Knutson* "You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back." -Barbara DeAngelis |
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Bustem57 Member
since 2000-06-09
Posts 98 |
Well done!! It happens way to much and that is sad. |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Whew! You know how to draw the tears, lady! Corinne |
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Knight Dreams Junior Member
since 2000-08-16
Posts 46Austin, Texas |
Fighting back emotions from this as I was adopted out while I was very young. I only hope my mother felt at least something of what you have shared here. Thank you |
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