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Sunshine
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0 posted 2000-12-29 11:24 PM


Fragile, Handle with Care

she collects glass
and he his memories
objet d'art
becomes artillery
and if not the object
then the verbal
is thrown toward she…

she quietly wipes
away the dust
hoping to wipe
away the rust
but the memories
are here to stay
in the form of
d'art objet

he says "I gave you
this and that"
and she quells the
tit for tat
he says,
"WHAT do you WANT"
and she hides
from his taunt

he leaves the room
she gives a sigh
and in the sparkle
of glass on high
she reaches up
then spreads the gleam
she wipes the crystal  
to extend the sheen

and in the light
she cries

commitment, honor,
promise, bound

a grimace at footstep
she looks around

he stands before her
his hand extends
she wants to believe
his love has no end
but he says
"what do you want?"
and then the truth,
his tease and taunt
rise like bile within
her throat
and she slowly,
slowly chokes
for he won't see
the hurt in her
for in her love, he is
that sure

and there is nowhere
for her to go….

so she turns back
to her glass
her crystal and her
objet d'art
she says, quietly,
"it will pass,"
[this breaking of her heart]
then quietly returns
to polishing the glass.


© Copyright 2000 Karilea Rilling Jungel - All Rights Reserved
Kit McCallum
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1 posted 2000-12-29 11:32 PM


"and she slowly,
slowly chokes
for he won't see
the hurt in her
for in her love, he is
that sure

and there is nowhere
for her to go…."

You've touched a part of me in these words Karilea ... powerful my friend ...

Best wishes and hugs,
/Kit

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2 posted 2000-12-29 11:43 PM


fragile indeed. . .

tender my friend. . .

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That which gives light must endure burning
--Victor Frankl


Denise
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3 posted 2000-12-29 11:55 PM


Excellent expression, Karilea. Very well written!

Denise

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4 posted 2000-12-29 11:56 PM


This is so sad....if only she would tell him what she wants..talk it out..communication is the key to any relationship. He can't know what she wants by osmosis!!!
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5 posted 2000-12-30 12:03 PM


and she slowly,
slowly chokes
for he won't see
the hurt in her
for in her love, he is
that sure

and there is nowhere
for her to go….

so she turns back
to her glass
her crystal and her
objet d'art
she says, quietly,
"it will pass,"
[this breaking of her heart]
then quietly returns
to polishing the glass.
===============

if I just say WOW ... will you KNOW ...
yes....you will ...
WOW.
me

Some people find subtlety in strangers
if you find anything~let me in
Your eyes~you see everything
my eyes~I see it all together now~and I know

Balladeer
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6 posted 2000-12-30 12:09 PM


Karilea, you can write poems that become moving pictures to the reader as they are being absorbed...this is such a poem. I could literally see the entire scene happening before my eyes. This is a real gift...thank you for sharing this moment..


Kethry
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7 posted 2000-12-30 01:16 AM


Kari,
just beautiful, that's all, that's enough!
Keth


Religion is for people frightened about going to hell - Spirituality is for people who have been there. Anon.


Wilfred Yeats
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8 posted 2000-12-30 03:23 AM


"and there is nowhere
for her to go…."

Isn't there?  Even if the unacceptable options begun are never completed... - sometimes the lack of confidence they produce is sufficient - to being about the desired change


after wiping away a tear - this was the only thought I could produce


Sunshine
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9 posted 2000-12-30 07:05 AM


First friends, do remember that at times we all write fiction...for me...for some, it CAN have a ring of truth...

Kit, you are one of Passion's Masters...I have learned well from you...thank you for telling me how this touched you...

Yes Sven, it is a fragile piece, thank you...

thank you denise, praise indeed...

PdV, I did not portray very well that in this instance, even her own words are thrown back at her, hence the silence...I'll work on that...

yes JM, I would know...thank you...

'Deer, I'll keep working on "the gift"...for that is how I want my writing to be, as if you could be in the middle of the scene...thank you...

Kethry, definitely! Thank you...

Mr. Yeats, unfortunately in the midwest, there are still many families with old values, to go with the old crystal, and for some women, new ways and feminism are only something they have read about...see: "commitment, honor, promise, bound". Thank you for reading...and for your quiet tear...

tracie66
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10 posted 2000-12-30 07:31 AM


So sad a write sunshiny girl. You have written this so very well, even though it is so sad it is beautifully written...well done
~HUG~
Tracie~


Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe



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11 posted 2000-12-30 07:43 AM


I have read this one so many times, and I still don't have the words. I think you know that I know, though, so I'll just offer HUGS.
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