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Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

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Realms of Light

0 posted 2002-09-08 06:48 PM

Here I lie, but an empty shell,
My essence has all been spent.
No longer have I dreams of tomorrow,
For my trials have drained from me all that I am.

Drop by drop, the life force seeps from my
weary body.
Phantom hands are imprisoning me,
with their icy, vise-like grip.
Warm memories from a past too distant,
have grown cold, leaving me naught,
--save this vacuuous present.
Wisp-like, spectral beings are swirling about
--Scavengers for what little remains of my soul
......it won't be long now......

Written when my nephew Chad disappeared on March 17, 1995 on Lake Ontario, along with five of his friends.

wranx
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since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

1 posted 2002-09-08 07:04 PM

EAngel, Hope that this, Lost in saddness, has abated for you.

The poem is a darkish diamond

~wranx

In reply to "which way do we go?", the answer was never "straight", but, "progressively forward".

~wranx~

Earth Angel
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Realms of Light

2 posted 2002-09-08 07:30 PM

Wranx---At the time of Chad's disappearance, my pen became dark and dreary---but I never allowed myself to get as low as this poem depicts. I'm a very positive person and truly believe that there is a universal rhyme and reason for everything that occurs. This tragedy added to the well of my experiences from which I draw at times when I write. Thank you for your caring reply.

PS--his birthday is coming up on September 30 th, and many memories are resurfacing.

Earth Angel

Ceinwyn
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since 2000-07-09

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VA

3 posted 2002-09-08 10:27 PM

my heart and prayers go to you and your family..

Kristen

If at first you don't succeed destroy all the evidence that you tried.

WhiteRose
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since 2002-07-23

Posts 3208
somebody's dungeon

4 posted 2002-09-08 11:36 PM

This is so very sad Linda. I read what you posted in Open about your nephew Chad. It touched my heart then as it does now. My heart is with you.

Earth Angel
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Realms of Light

5 posted 2002-09-08 11:49 PM

Kristen---thank you for a very caring and tender reply.

Linda

Earth Angel
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6 posted 2002-09-08 11:55 PM

WhiteRose---It's true what they say about PIP being a family of friends---there is so much love and it is a wonderful support system---sharing, caring, growing...Thank you for your empathetic reply.

Earth Angel

bsquirrel

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7 posted 2002-09-09 12:54 PM

Linda,
*hug*

Mike

Earth Angel
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Realms of Light

8 posted 2002-09-09 01:44 PM

Mike,
*hug*

Linda

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