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Decaflame
Senior Member

since 2001-05-11

Posts 1635

0 posted 2001-08-02 01:25 PM

stones

do you want
this

the woman
pulled out
a collection
of bolo ties

proffered them
to daughter’s
slender hands

do you want
them

yes

she
picked them
up, feeling
yesterday’s blood,
nape of neck
recalling the breath
left behind

memories blinking
left behind in
younger eyes,
winking

hand made
bolo ties, stones
of color and
polish

hand rubbed,
they had draped
and formed
his character

these stones
left behind
holding the strings
of his life

to be placed
in the thread of
hers

over time, she
removed
one stone
from string,

carries it around

touching the
cool

remembering
the warm

as he remains
that close

© Copyright 2001 Decaflame - All Rights Reserved

Cpat Hair

Deputy Moderator 1 Tour

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

1 posted 2001-08-02 01:30 PM

ah such are the things of memory and of comfort found in the familiar.

Very nicely done... I enjoyed

Voiceless
Senior Member

since 2001-02-19

Posts 686
Under the stars upon the wind

2 posted 2001-08-02 03:28 PM

Memories always keep people close.

Freedom is not Free (Korean War memorial)

SmittenKitten
Senior Member

since 2001-06-20

Posts 1131
where the sky and horizon meet

3 posted 2001-08-02 04:19 PM

Ahh...lovely. A very touching write

~Krista

"Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you.
And all you can do is to go where they can find you."
~Winnie the Pooh

1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

4 posted 2001-08-02 05:53 PM

this is so tender and touching...helen

Krawdad
Member Elite

since 2001-01-03

Posts 2597

5 posted 2001-08-02 06:05 PM

I like this piece, Decaflame.

"these stones
left behind
holding the strings
of his life

to be placed
in the thread of
hers"

Excellent!

"As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it." Wendell Berry

cpalmer
Senior Member

since 2001-06-26

Posts 977
Phoenix, Az

6 posted 2001-08-03 06:53 AM

I enjoyed reading this very much....Very touching
Cindi

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

7 posted 2001-08-03 01:20 PM

Memories are made of wondrous things...

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