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This Empty House
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This Empty House |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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This Empty House This empty house once filled with life Now relic bathed in memories Of daily laughter and of strife That dwelled beneath the silent eves This was my home, my youthful world Abode for child , for dog and dove And in its vacant rooms unfurl The fullness of a family’s love Three stories tall of echoes loom Of dormered dreams and sibling thread That bind each child from room to room And table where the heart was fed The stairs lead to the secret nooks Where hidden heads of blondish curls Played hide and seek in fairy books On rainy days of giddy girls A stairway to the musty board Of attic floor and treasured box Where harbored memories were stored In ribbon bows with dainty locks T‘was here I came to clear remains And remnants of the ones who dwelt Beneath this roof in pattering rains That equaled tears of passion felt The hours spent unfolding yellow Pages traced with love filled ink And sentiments so pure and mellow Of a heart on lover’s brink Endowed my soul with joy and peace From love on which my parents thrived And etched within a paper crease Beneath these eves was kept alive I cannot stay, for other hearts Will now abide within these walls And as I linger to depart A voice from off the mantle calls And draws my eyes toward the space Where family portrait in a frame Once stood in its forever place And there forever it remains Elizabeth Santos [This message has been edited by Elizabeth Santos (06-29-2003 09:29 AM).] |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizabeth, You are a delightful babbling brook this morning.  |
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garysgirl  
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
I cannot stay, for other hearts Will now abide within these walls And as I linger to depart A voice from off the mantle calls And draws my eyes toward the space Where family portrait in a frame Once stood in its forever place And there forever it remains Liz, it does hurt, doesn't it? I know. Hugs  Ethel |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Sy, Yep, I just love to babble! Ethel, sometimes it is hard to let go of a house. Thanks |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Where family portrait in a frame Once stood in its forever place And there forever it remains ~*~ A poignant heart writes again... Elizabeth, ever lovely, and a forever  |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Liz...I remember when I made this trip full of ghost from the past. Heart hugs for seeing it with such beauty, and sharing it. |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
No one could have expressed these feelings better than you just did! Loving hugs, Linda |
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Bonnie j Senior Member
since 2003-06-27
Posts 1588Ohio |
Leaving a home is hard when you have fond memories left in each and every room. Cont' to take those memories and put them in the beautiful words of poetry.When you move into your new home capture new memories and begin again writing your new memories on a canvas of white and love. Good one. Bonnie j aka Bon-Bon |
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