She of Wind...for my daughter Nicole

How to Join	Member's Area	Private Library	Search	Sanctuary		Login
Main Forums	Discussion	Tech Talk	Mature Content	Archives	A home without a wall, Our haven without ends, A circle we all call Our Family of Friends!

WhileIWasGone
Member

since 2002-07-18

Posts 486

0 posted 2002-08-22 08:22 PM

For my daughter Nicole who passed away 7 years ago.

Pieces of rock tumble down at my feet
when I walk to the place
lost to sky
and the moon is a cottonball lost far from view
that just hangs
like a light passing by
and the wind of sweet memory whips through my hair
as a chill slowly
falls down my spine
and I look for the g-ds that I hoped would be there
but the only words
echoed, are mine.
and I cry out in anger as I look to the waves
that are crashing
in usual dance
and my tears are reflections that highten my pause
as my mind falls
like dust into trance.
She was jasmine and roses and lavender sweet
she was whispers that
fall down like rain
and the air that I breathed was released from her love
the crescendo that now
bleeds my pain.
for to her I was touched by the fire that she gave
sweet the rapture
the sparkle of eye
and I followed her dreams as they opened to me
one by one painting
stars on the sky.
then she flew...like the wind swirling out of control
and I fell to my
knees lost of sight
and she tossed herself gently as her g-ds did ascribe
and floated as death
pierced the night.

I can still feel her arms reaching gently to me
lost to shadows
that tear me apart
and sometimes I still hear in great ocean waves
that ring as her voice
in my heart.
and I'll never quite know the desire of the soul
when it falls far
from reasonable sway
or be able to speak to the winds born at sea
that gave her
then took her away.

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2002-08-22 09:11 PM

DeaDi...

how fragile is this hold...
thank you so much
for being able to share...

so much...

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

2 posted 2002-08-22 09:17 PM

You have written so beautifully this pain, this feeling that I also know...to loose a daughter. Heart hugs.

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

3 posted 2002-08-22 09:22 PM

How incredibly heartwrenching...
~Heart-hugs~

*Love the pic!*

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

mycafe
Senior Member

since 2002-05-23

Posts 584

4 posted 2002-08-22 10:28 PM

A sad yet truly beautiful piece of write. My heart goes out to you and please take care. *hugs*

mycafe

Keep counting your blessings

wranx
Member Elite

since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

5 posted 2002-08-22 10:48 PM

Etoile, I cannot imagine the loss of a child. No one should have to bear this sorrow.

You do, however, bear it beautifully in this remembrance.

I can, but give you my deepest sympathies and the hope that you will be at peace.

ti amo,
~Ed

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

~wranx~

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

6 posted 2002-08-22 10:55 PM

(tears fall down my cheeks) This is so heartwrenchingly beautiful, sweet friend, my heart goes out to you but know Nicole will always love you and now she is with Him and will always guide you with her love! (big hugggsssss) My thoughts are with you, sweet friend, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet friend, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

Madame Chipmunk
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

7 posted 2002-08-23 01:02 AM

Dearest Dea...
This poem just tore my heart out. One never gets over the loss of a child. No matter how old... no matter how long ago.

Our children live in our hearts and our spirits forever...

I lost my son 2 yrs ago. He was a med student at U of Michigan and had a wife and 2 young daughters. Sunday would have been his 33rd birthday.

I cry with you

~ hugs and tears

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

WhileIWasGone
Member

since 2002-07-18

Posts 486

8 posted 2002-08-23 11:00 AM

Thanks for reading and the kind replies...

DeaDiAmore

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

9 posted 2002-09-19 01:15 PM

H.,
You took command of your pain,
and wrote this lost beauty.
Thank you for sharing this.

Mike

WhileIWasGone
Member

since 2002-07-18

Posts 486

10 posted 2002-09-19 01:22 PM

Thank you very much M...

H.

	⇧ top of page ⇧
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.