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The Fragility Of Life
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The Fragility Of Life |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA 
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The Fragility Of Life On sheets of white Her skin becomes translucent As shallow breaths Escape through her pursed lips Once strong and sure She now lays scared and weakened Just flesh on bone And from life’s grasp she slips Now two floors up A woman’s screams are sounding As her husband Stands there by her side One final push And infant’s cry is noted One life is born While down below one dies To love means never to be afraid of the windstorms of life: should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings. ~Elizabeth Kubler-Ross |
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Lost Dreamer Member Elite
since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464Somewhere near the Rainbow |
Excellent poem Ruth depicting life beginning as another life passes on. |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
An excellent comparsion between life and death. Clever. I really enjoyed this poem. ------------------------ "Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? " Douglas Adams. Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky "You have your very own number They dress your cage in its nature Once you roared now you just grunt lame Pace around pathetic pound games Wanna get out won't miss you sensaround To carry your own dead to swing your tyre tricks Wanna get out here you're bred dead quick For the outside, The small black flowers that grow in the sky They drag sticks along your walls Harvest your ovaries dead mothers crawl Here comes warden, Christ, temple, elder Environment not yours you see through it all Wanna get out won't miss you sensaround To carry your own dead to swing your tyre tricks Wanna get out here you're bred dead quick For the outside, The small black flowers that grow in the sky Here chewing your tail is joy" Richey Edwards |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Hoot~ So many times I've thought of this beautiful occurrence in life. The beginning of one ... the ending of another ... the circle of life goes on. Lovely, tender sentiments, hon. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Ruth, This is just a wonderful illustration of how one door opens when another door closes. The way you have captured the contrast between life and death is fabulous. This one is a gem!!  LW |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
The circle of life, an excellent poem Ruth... you have a tough job...I admire anyone who can be there for both the entrance to life and the entrance to Heaven.  |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
The neverending cycle...nicely portrayed. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Beautiful and touching rendering of the circle of life. Well done, Ruth! |
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Aimster Member Elite
since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297Charlotte, NC |
Ruth-- you did an excellent and very beautiful job with this. i enjoy your work immensly. you are able to take complex subjects such as life and death and write them in such a way that not only can everyone understand but also can probably relate to. take care! Amy ~Live today as though it were your last but prepare for tomorrow as though it were here~ |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Life is indeed fragile and should never be taken for granted. Very well done, Ruth! Denise |
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ESP Member Elite
since 2000-01-25
Posts 2556Floating gently on a cloud.... |
The Never-Ending Story....this is a beautiful poem depicting so perfectly the circle of life. Love and hugs, Lizzie  "Poetry is the true expression of my soul, it is my ultimate means of communication. It is my rainbow of delight." |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Thank you everyone |
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Ethan Halo Senior Member
since 2000-04-28
Posts 793on the roof again |
this was real good. i enjoyed the simplicity melded so wonderfully with depth. it reminded me of the song "lightning crashes", except the pictures were clearer here. good stuff. i dig it. We all got somethin' we need to atone for. |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
for a second there i thought the wife was being pushed out the window by the hubby but thats just silly me when i reread it o yuh i like |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
Ruth~ What a touching piece. My friend's son Shane is back in the hospital tonight in ICU...I understand the fragility and also see the gift. Thank you for sharing this. |
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TerryW Senior Member
since 2000-03-23
Posts 779Louisville, Mississippi, USA |
Ruth~ Very lovely, dear! I have always put my faith into the simple fact that there is never really an ending - just a new beginning for a new path. Love Ya~ ~you reached inside, you touched my heart, and I am all the better for it~ Terry A. Woodson, Jr. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Thank you walt...you're too much |
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