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jonmcm
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since 2000-10-11

Posts 222
England

0 posted 2001-03-17 03:21 PM

The silence you brought,
As you shut the door,
Shook my very foundation.

I have memories imprisoned
As images on film;
Messages scorched on wood;
Tattoos faded with time:
They haunt me and make what
Has happened seem so surreal.

And now, as I walk
The rooms that made our home;
Spaces that captured our shared life:
A life I’d always thought
And never doubted, was lived
So contently?

I enter the kitchen,
Stocked with precious produce,
And it is here I see the recipe
That makes up you and I;
The completed dish was served
‘The Couple’?

I enter the dining room,
The place we shared
The fruits of all our labour;
Nourished by all we partook,
And having dined on such cuisine,
Our relationship matured?

I enter the living room,
The place of entertainment and laughter;
It was here we escaped
Life’s oppressive deadlines and trails
And rested in one another’s arms,
In mutual affection?

I enter the bedroom
Where all our intimacy was laid bare.
Here, I gave you me;
My body, mind, and spirit;
All that I am was entrusted to you,
My trustworthy companion?

Now you have closed
What was always an open door;
For you that door was my heart!

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Dedicated to Minniethemoocher

[This message has been edited by jonmcm (edited 03-18-2001).]

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

1 posted 2001-03-17 03:28 PM

Very powerful Jonathan....hard to share, but truth, nonetheless....be well.....

jonmcm
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since 2000-10-11

Posts 222
England

2 posted 2001-03-17 03:41 PM

Thank you Sunshine!

Jon

doreen peri
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since 1999-05-25

Posts 3812
Virginia

3 posted 2001-03-17 03:57 PM

reminds me of when i installed the deadbolt..... but the good news is, someone later found out how to unlock it...

a sad read of reminisce and the ache accompanying change which sometimes hits us like a bomb, unexpectedly....

well done.

jonmcm
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since 2000-10-11

Posts 222
England

4 posted 2001-03-17 04:10 PM

Hi Doreen - Glad to hear that your deadbolt wasn't too secure.

Thank you for reading!
Jon

Joyce Johnson

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since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

5 posted 2001-03-18 12:21 PM

I find this good reading but I always liked sad books and movies too. Very nice. Joyce

Just A Woman
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since 2001-03-10

Posts 507

6 posted 2001-03-18 12:24 PM

Painful emotion expressed well.

Nice job!

"When people show you who they are, believe them"

~Maya Angelou~

jonmcm
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since 2000-10-11

Posts 222
England

7 posted 2001-03-18 03:44 AM

Hi Joyce & Just A Woman,

Thank you for taking time to read the poem, and for your kind comments!

Jon

Paula Finn
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since 2000-06-17

Posts 5546
missouri

8 posted 2001-03-18 02:16 PM

So sad when hearts doors are shut...hope in time you find another key...

jonmcm
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since 2000-10-11

Posts 222
England

9 posted 2001-03-18 04:57 PM

Hi Paula,

Thanks for reading the poem.

It was a friends experience that led me to write the poem; I think she's open to a freshly cut key unlocking the 'door'.

Cheers
Jon

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