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Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

0 posted 2001-10-20 10:48 AM

Never mine

I held you once,
a small miracle
attached and expelled
from the most intimate
part of me,
but you were never mine.

You dreamed beside
a yellow cat,
flailed your tiny arms
beside a warm mouth of
purrr,
soft and unafraid
each.

You gave no cry
for attention,
small specks of dust
and wee clenched fist
held your interest,
and the clamor of activity around
absorbed your need.

As you grew
a map unfolded behind
your green gaze
that passed me
and traveled away
into distant dreams.

There
you listened and spoke
with many voices
before you learned your own.
There
time granted you grace
to fill up the space
your soul occupies.

I watched as you
accepted the miracle
of moon and stars,
made things happen
with your hands,
grasped truth,
were angered by deception,
knew love,
accepted failure
and discovered the strength
of determination.

I held you once,
a small miracle
attached and expelled
from the most intimate
part of me,
but, you were never really mine.

Still, wanting to touch some part of you
I reached out to grasp your hand
and through some trick of time and mind
you had become a man.
---------
a repost...for my son Ken on his 31st birthday..Happy Birthday, Ken!!!!

and so I just know
that love never dies
and that souls hold all the candles
and they are the kind
you can’t blow out

SpitFire
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since 2000-04-19

Posts 2396

1 posted 2001-10-20 11:15 AM

~Martie, you really know how to pour a pitcher of your heart into your writings, and gosh is it beautiful. Always touched by your words here. Take care. And a Happy Birthday for your son. You're wonderful. *Peace.

WindWalker
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since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

2 posted 2001-10-20 11:39 AM

WoW this was so Good!!!!!!!!!!!!

Startime
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since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

3 posted 2001-10-20 12:17 PM

ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT!!! I am sure he loves this beautiful poem that is dedicated to him. It brought tears of memories to my eyes. BRAVO!!!!

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

4 posted 2001-10-20 12:25 PM

(big hugggsssssss) OH MARTIE, TELL KEN I WISH HIM THE HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY!!! (smiles) This is such a beautiful tribute that I know he'll cherish and hold true to his heart forever! (big hugggsssssss) God Bless You, dearest friend, this is so beautiful! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Martie, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Kit McCallum

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since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

5 posted 2001-10-20 12:30 PM

"There
you listened and spoke
with many voices
before you learned your own.
There
time granted you grace
to fill up the space
your soul occupies."

Oh Martie ... this is absolutely wonderful! Your incredible talent to weave such beautiful phrasing throughout simply amazes me. This is truly lovely.

Best wishes,
/Kit

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

6 posted 2001-10-20 12:31 PM

Martie~This is just so perfect and special. Written with the love of a mother. Wish they could be little for just a brief moment again. Happy Birthday to Ken!
Thanks for reposting! ~hugs, Nancy~

~Time has cast a spell on you,
So that you won't ever forget me.~

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

7 posted 2001-10-20 12:39 PM

Martie,
I'm with Kit on this one. You often amaze me.
*L*

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

8 posted 2001-10-20 09:58 PM

Martie~
I remember this beauty~
And .... I saw it on the Blue Mountain Arts card site also~

Happy Birthday, Ken~
Love n' hugs~
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
[email protected]

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

9 posted 2001-10-21 07:39 AM

It does not surprise me that your children gave you such gifts...just look at their mother...

Happy Birthday, Ken!

Denise

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since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

10 posted 2001-10-21 03:31 PM

I remember this, too, Martie. Again, you have brought this mother to tears. Time certainly plays tricks with us, doesn't it? Very well expressed, as always, Martie!

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

11 posted 2001-10-21 03:38 PM

Martie it was my son's birthday on October 18th, and I bought him a card! If I could say what you just wrote perhaps I would try to convey what I feel as a Mother. I am the fourth with hand up saying, "your words simply amaze me" in the images I see when you write. Lovely, and Happy Birthday Ken.

Try giving your smile to someone who does not have one, and I bet you'll find another ~*~ Mysteria ~*~

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

12 posted 2001-10-21 04:59 PM

I held you once,
a small miracle
attached and expelled
from the most intimate
part of me,
but, you were never really mine.

Still, wanting to touch some part of you
I reached out to grasp your hand
and through some trick of time and mind
you had become a man.

Martie, I am lost for words. A most beautiful and loving poem for your son. Brought tears to my eyes.

The above lines really touched me most, because I know that will happen to me one day and you know what? it frightens me.

Sending a Birthday wish for Ken!

Happy Birthday Ken!

Hugs Martie

Maree

Nature Girl
Junior Member

since 2001-10-19

Posts 31

13 posted 2001-10-21 05:06 PM

"to fill up the space
your soul occupies"

And honestly, this did... I don't know what else to say. Incredibly, incredibly beautiful.

Logan
Senior Member

since 2001-05-28

Posts 1641
Arkansas

14 posted 2001-10-21 05:22 PM

Very gentle smile to you Martie, I am sure your son has this tribute written into his heart, from the outpouring of the gentle heart that wrote it..Very lovely

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

15 posted 2001-10-21 05:23 PM

enjoy

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

16 posted 2001-10-22 12:23 PM

So much love is woven into these words...

A belated happy birthday to Ken... and sincere applause for his mom. *S*

DawnG

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since 2000-06-23

Posts 1494
United States

17 posted 2001-10-22 01:04 PM

Martie,

I must do nothing other than wholeheartedly agree with everyone else in that this is an absolutely beautiful tribute to your son on his birthday.

Happy Belated Birthday Ken!

Dawn

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

18 posted 2001-10-22 04:19 PM

To the top...now...James

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

19 posted 2001-10-22 04:27 PM

He was and always will be yours

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

20 posted 2001-10-22 04:40 PM

Old friends and new..thank you! I'm glad to have gifted you with a part of Ken and a piece of my heart.

vlraynes
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

21 posted 2001-10-27 04:27 AM

Martie-
   I'm sorry I'm late, but I'm sooooo glad
   I found this before it got away.
   This is absolutely beautiful!

   Happy Belated Birthday, Ken!

   Hugs to you both,
   ~Vicky

"...until you have read the verse on his heart,
you have not truly met the poet.
~vlraynes

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