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junemac Senior Member
since 2003-04-24
Posts 1005uk 
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I draw my fingers across his timeless face, over worn, ivory and gold and beyond his stilled hands. I reach for dampened flannel, tenderly I begin, bathing him carefully with love; washing away the many years. Beneath the residue of sad neglect, shines a million memory jewels. With shaking hands, I open his chest, massage his silent heart. A steady rhythm begins once more, dormant hands are revived. My breath catches; anticipating, the music of his chimes. |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
Beneath the residue of sad neglect, shines a million memory jewels. Been going through family photos given to me recently by my Mother and I had the same feelings as above when I last saw my Grandfather ( years ago) when he was 85 and in a nursing home from a stroke...he use to tell us the stories of coming to America on a boat when only 12. M |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
June~ This is so tenderly beautiful ... cause some fond memories to surface of my great grandfather ...  Thank you for sharing this~ It truly touches my heart~ *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
junemac: So good to see some of your work again!! I once had a beautiful grandfather clock, that was irretrievably broken during a move! I still miss it! Love Betty Lou |
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