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hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

0 posted 2001-05-31 08:35 AM

Silent Twin

I watch you,
lying there,
tiny hands and feet moving;
reaching out in your sleep
as you dream
of life before life,
of breathless womb
and wordless safety.

In your dreams
do you see him?
He was the brother you knew
better than any other;
but yet, will never know
outside the quiet darkness
and calming waters
of my inland sea.

What secrets did he share
with you
as hearts formed together
and you floated
side by side?
What was he like,
this child of mine
that I only held alive
within me?

I watch you,
lying there,
restless in your sleep;
reaching to grasp what is no more
and I wonder
...do you grieve too?

~ Ruth
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Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

1 posted 2001-05-31 09:45 AM

Oh, how this touched my heart. Ruth, this is utterly fabulous

Lady In White

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since 2001-02-12

Posts 2799
USA

2 posted 2001-05-31 09:49 AM

I recall reading this in the Archives....thank you for bringing it back....

Butterflies_dont_cry
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since 2000-03-06

Posts 3733
Michigan

3 posted 2001-05-31 11:20 AM

Ruth~
This brought tears then...as it does now,
you weave the feelings into words and they
ache right off the page...I'm not sure whom
requested this to be reposted but I hope
that they find the healing touch that this
poem can release. An exquiste write my
friend~

ethome
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since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

4 posted 2001-05-31 11:26 AM

Ruth this is deeply touching and so heart felt........these lines just catch me right in between emotion and the struggle for common sense.....

"He was the brother you knew
better than any other;
but yet, will never know
outside the quiet darkness
and calming waters
of my inland sea."

Marvelous feeling to this!

Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

5 posted 2001-05-31 11:32 AM

So much sadness and wonder in this piece, Ruth.

Wishing you peace.

Cor

Elizabeth

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since 1999-06-07

Posts 6871
Minnesota

6 posted 2001-05-31 12:11 PM

How moving, Ruth. I can't imagine what it must be like to lose someone before you even really got to know them, but you've shown what it may be like.

brian madden
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since 2000-05-06

Posts 4374
ireland

7 posted 2001-06-04 03:48 PM

Ruth, a beautifully written poem each line is filled with emotion. Great to see you back amongst us.

"difference between love and comfortis that comfort's more reliable and true
Brutal and mocking but always therea crutch for enmity's saddest glare"

Poet deVine

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since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

8 posted 2001-06-04 08:00 PM

Thank you for reposting this....very thought provoking..and so sad......

hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

9 posted 2001-06-19 08:23 AM

Thank you evryone...I hope it brought peace where needed.

Poet deVine

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since 1999-05-26

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Hurricane Alley

10 posted 2001-06-19 09:15 AM

Let's give it another go around....

Honeybee
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since 1999-12-26

Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA

11 posted 2001-06-19 07:50 PM

Oh Ruth, this is just so powerfully written,
it touched me very much so, and I am saving it in my library. You see the world in such a marvelous and deep way, both the good and the bad, thank you for writing this~

Take care,
Melissa~

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

12 posted 2001-06-20 02:08 AM

I watch you,
lying there,
restless in your sleep;
reaching to grasp what is no more
and I wonder
...do you grieve too?

Oh Ruth
this is so heartwrenching, but so beautiful.

Maree

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

13 posted 2001-06-20 02:08 AM

Well bless you and may peace also come to the person who requested this heartfelt poem.

~*~ Tell someone you love them today, as tomorrow may never come ~*~

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