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Lady In White

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since 2001-02-12

Posts 2799
USA

0 posted 2001-02-17 05:53 PM

I was Jo; I am Jo

She fit me and I fit
the time
and Marmee
loved me, and I
my three sisters,
Meg, Beth and Amy…

Laurie of course
was my bosom
friend and
our relationship
knew no gender
most of the time

Yes, I was Jo
and the tomboy of me
was capricious and
light, but the words
of me carried heavy my
heart, so did I
wish to share them

So full she made
me, the vigor of life
and the high of hope
I was Jo
and she traded
places with me
during that summer
when I first read
of the escapades,
the book so old,
the pages so
dear, caressed
were they by my
tomboy's
rough hands,
softly..

I was Jo and she
resided in my heart
and in my mind
so much so
that I lived in
the next book as
well,
and met my
German-bred mate
for life, and
understood him
directly, albeit he was
dark and
forbidding, for he
spoke to me and
I to him

because
I was Jo
I lived on whim
and a little fancy
and Laurie
he would call
me a dreamer

and I was
I was Jo

and I still am

for the German man
looks at me darkly
and what I miss
is the innocence
in Jo's knowledge
of making him
pleased with me
he cares not that
I write

like Jo

he cares not
and bears about
in his bearish way
as I am Jo
in my way

as the words
of me carry heavy my
heart, so do I
wish to share them

Yes, I am Jo
of now
and the tomboy of me
knows that the Jo
of then
went through this too,
somewhat

Marmee is not here
to hold me and say
"it is all right,
to be this way,"

yes, I am Jo,
today

quote:

Jo was very tall, thin, ... and reminded one of a colt, for she never
seemed to know what to do with her long limbs, which were very much in her way

Little Women Louisa May Alcott

[This message has been edited by Lady In White (edited 02-17-2001).]

JLR
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since 2001-02-04

Posts 1785

1 posted 2001-02-17 06:03 PM

I really like this!

Lady In White

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since 2001-02-12

Posts 2799
USA

2 posted 2001-02-18 07:36 AM

Thank you JLR.

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

3 posted 2001-02-18 09:04 AM

LadyInWhite~
Oh ... this is just lovely !
I can imagine that each of us slipped into the characters
from the pages of a book from our past.

How delightfully you've woven this beauty.
Thanks so very much for sharing ...
your nostalgia suits me well this morning.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Lady In White

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since 2001-02-12

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4 posted 2001-02-18 09:07 AM

And thank you Marge, my Cherokee friend, who knows me so well....

Kethry
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since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

5 posted 2001-02-18 09:13 AM

Lady in White
Well it's better than being Sam I am, from the realm of Dr Seuss.lol. Lovely write in more ways than I can say.
Write on
kethry

Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen.

kcsgrandma
Senior Member

since 2000-09-24

Posts 1522
Presque Isle, ME

6 posted 2001-02-19 12:48 PM

You have made Jo come alive here in a new way, and at the same time opened yourself to us. This is a very nice bit of writing. I wonder how many of us were so influenced by a character in a book from your youth.

To love another person is to see the face of God.
- Les Miserables

Marilyn

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

7 posted 2001-02-20 09:52 AM

A delightful read. *S* It brought back so many memories of my escapes into my books... and Jo was always a favorite! *S*

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