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Martie

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0 posted 2003-07-26 12:20 PM

Birth
(In memory of Michelle)

I could always feel you ponder
in dark eyed questioning
often lingering on despair
to repair the fighting that you took with you
from the womb
where you listened all curled and sucking
on a fragile finger

No doubt you heard my tears
and felt the vagrant sigh to sky
I wet you with my inner voice of screams
you felt my dreams
wild traitors that told the fear
of holding you and not knowing with what arms

For I was fallen myself
so how was I to catch you then
all squirm and too soon

I tried to place you at my table
by using the utensils with which my mother ate
but you were not a tool to play a mother’s rule
caught within my youth’s velvet purse
you were my fragile futures worst

How I loved your spirit’s flow
turning me into someone I didn’t know until
all my days were you adorned
your life the birthplace of my mourn
----2-9-02

http://www.angelfire.com/zine/bereaved/michelleopen.html

[This message has been edited by Martie (07-26-2003 12:44 AM).]

vlraynes
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Somewhere... out there...

1 posted 2003-07-26 12:28 PM

Big heart hugs to you, Martie..

Thank you...

"My friends are my estate."
~Emily Dickinson
[This message has been edited by vlraynes (07-26-2003 03:27 AM).]

BluesSerenade
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By the Seaside

2 posted 2003-07-26 12:41 PM

all my days were you adorned
your life the birthplace of my mourn

I am simply, lost for words.
Martie, if I could wipe your tears away, I would.
I wish you love, and every blessing you hold dear.

Oh how you make me sob, and warm my heart.
*deep breath*

Skyfire

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Riding

3 posted 2003-07-26 01:15 AM

*big hugs*

icebox
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in the shadows

4 posted 2003-07-26 01:22 AM

Words fail me.

wranx
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Moved from a shack to a barn

5 posted 2003-07-26 01:46 AM

*sadsigh*

A big hug, Martie
Ed

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Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

6 posted 2003-07-26 03:22 AM

And we know that spirit flows still, will always flow, will nurture and wait until the joining. That we know, don't we? Take comfort in it, best of friends. I'm glad I came back in time to see this.

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Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

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South Africa

7 posted 2003-07-26 06:07 AM

Oh, Martie, this touched me deeply. I can indeed relate to this but I sense that her life gave birth to a beautiful person who still "listens and learns". My best to you. Take care!

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

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8 posted 2003-07-26 08:16 AM

I could always feel you ponder
in dark eyed questioning
often lingering on despair
to repair the fighting that you took with you
from the womb
where you listened all curled and sucking
on a fragile finger
========================

I wont ever be able to look at those pics and not find it hard to swallow ...
nor read your poetry of her and not be moved.

"How could I stand here with you and not be moved by you."

LH

Marge Tindal

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

9 posted 2003-07-26 08:39 AM

SweetSis~
Always ... always with you in remember~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

10 posted 2003-07-26 08:42 AM

Earth Angel
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Realms of Light

11 posted 2003-07-26 08:50 AM

All I can offer is my empathy and my love...

An exceptionally touching and beautiful poem of love and longing.

~ May the pain lessen, and the joy return, with the passing of time.

Peace, Love, & Eternal Light,
Linda

Goodknight
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12 posted 2003-07-26 12:40 PM

such a powerful and touching poem - Michelle feels your energy in so many ways and when we read of her and see her through your poetry she feels our energy too - great poem Martie - Paul

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