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Midnitesun

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Gaia

0 posted 2005-07-21 06:42 PM

You could not live in Hopewell.
For you...
could see no Hope
within the local well of Life.

Time is of the essence,
that’s what I learned long ago.

And so in tune with that concept,
you left;
to drown yourself in sorrow’s baths,
to stay afloat in your own way
though the winds of time cannot change
the direction they blow in.

But perhaps?
Tomorrow will bring a sudden change
of the wind’s sock.

For today, I cannot speak to this
except to say...
your heartbeat echoes, resounds loudly
over the miles and the mountains.

I wish you well;
wish for you a brilliant sunshine tomorrow
and a caress of full moonlight tonight,

Gary.

Janet Marie
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1 posted 2005-07-21 08:38 PM

though the winds of time cannot change
the direction they blow in.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
wish for you a brilliant sunshine tomorrow
and a caress of full moonlight tonight,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

well I dont know who "gary" is...but he inspired a lovely sincere soulful write ...
very very nice poetess Kacy...

I'll bare the brunt of your long buried pain
I don't mind helping you out
But I want you to remember my name

Alanis

Midnitesun

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Gaia

2 posted 2005-07-21 09:56 PM

thank you, JM.
Gary...is giving up. His cancer has spread throughout his body, now attacking his brain. He left suddenly, went to Idaho a few days ago. I just heard that he is drinking constantly now, staying drunk all the time, killing the pain, the fear, the sadness. (Hopewell is the name of a small town nearby, where he recently lived until a few days ago.) I thought he would go back home, to the south, where he was raised. His mom told me that he wants to be cremated, have his ashes spread on the coast of Oregon. He told me as much the last time we spoke, a couple of weeks ago. I told him he couldn't go yet, and he just laughed.
It is so incredibly sad. I just received the phone number in Idaho where he is staying, but am having trouble making that call. Perhaps, if I do, I'll simply read this and another I wrote for him recently. And then cry.
I put this post in the sanctuary because my heart feels 'safer' here with this news. Thank you, for your soft reply.

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

3 posted 2005-07-22 07:57 AM

Ah sweetheart.

I hope you find him.

Let him know that he is loved.

And if you can ever find some of his relatives, I hope you pass this forward...

Martie

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4 posted 2005-07-22 10:57 AM

Kacy....It is so hard to watch someone you love die....I hate cancer!! My thoughts go out to you and to Gary too.

Greeneyes

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In Your Poetic Mind

5 posted 2005-07-29 03:03 PM

Kacy

this is so touching and so heartfelt....

/s to you

In your light I learn how to love
In your beauty how to make poems
You dance inside my chest where
no one sees you and that sight becomes this art

nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines

6 posted 2005-07-29 05:27 PM

wish for you a brilliant sunshine tomorrow
and a caress of full moonlight tonight,

love these lines..

having lived through a sister's cancer and knowing and caring for another friend with brain cancer..I can relate...but I also can see how they want to live the rest of their life their own way...

as always a thoughtful caring write

M

Marshalzu

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Lurking

7 posted 2005-08-01 05:15 PM

This is such a beautiful and heartfelt write

Local Parasite

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Transylconia, Winnipeg

8 posted 2005-08-08 07:35 PM

I wish I could comment on a poem this personal, Kacy, but I don't feel that I can.  I only wanted to let you know that I think this is among your stronger poems, and that it's a prime example of how the heart truly does write the best poetry of all.

A poet has always been a kind of medium between words and that which is beyond the reach of words. Sometimes, this paradox comes together fantastically, which is what I recognize here.  Please keep writing this kind of poetry, Kacy... there's a great deal of beauty to be found in it.

Thank you, Kacy.  I wish you the best.

Brian

"God becomes as we are that we may be as he is." ~William Blake

Midnitesun

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Gaia

9 posted 2005-08-10 12:18 PM

every one of these replies strengthens this heartbeat

wandering glider
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aloft

10 posted 2005-08-10 01:06 AM

We are all so ephemeral
and must alight somewhere, sometime.

warmest {{{hugs}}} for you, Kacy.

Midnitesun

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Gaia

11 posted 2005-08-10 01:31 AM

glider, thank you. I don't know Gary very well, though I spoke with him several times a week for a couple of months when I first met him, and he said he was dying of cancer. I never really knew what to say except...I am so sorry.

Ratleader

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12 posted 2006-10-02 01:08 AM

I know both sides of this beautiful poem....I could not, simply could not, go back to live in Linden, Mo.... but in so many ways, it lives in me.

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Yu Lan
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13 posted 2006-10-02 08:17 PM

I'm glad Ratleader pulled this to the top again - it's beautiful.. So tender.

Bless your cotten sockies, you poetic maniacs. ^_^

Love - Lynne

Midnitesun

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Gaia

14 posted 2006-10-02 09:51 PM

Thank you friends, for bringing this one back.
I have not been able to find any new news of Gary for over six months now. Sadly, I feel he may have just gone quietly. His mother has moved, and I do not have any forwarding information.
But I thank you all sincerely for spending a moment with me, to offer healing thoughts for Gary...wherever he may be.

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