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A Friend, Losing
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A Friend, Losing |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass 
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A Friend, Losing Is it that you half hear now, your ears like wardens taking some words, turning others silent? No, it is more urgent. If I shout, you hear less, then not at all, or worse, words appear that were not said. If I whisper, my voice dies like a mouse in a snow bank; nothing of me arrives and nothing comes back, though you stalk my laugh, remorseless. You understood then, felt then; now, time won’t roll to it, the thread of us fades, thinning to a wisp, a thought, a memory that I feed all, trying to nourish, save, hold enough, though I know you are already gone. |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
painful how things slowly fade |
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garysgirl 
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
You understood then, felt then; now, time won’t roll to it, the thread of us fades, thinning to a wisp, a thought, a memory that I feed all, trying to nourish, save, hold enough, though I know you are already gone. Ed, something that's already gone can't be saved. Can it? Hugs, my friend  "If I know there's no possible way I can change something....I push it to the back room |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
the thread of us fades, thinning to a wisp, a thought, a memory that I feed all, trying to nourish, save, hold enough, though I know you are already gone. By the time I reached the last line, tears were falling, not just threatening. For it reminds me so much of my dad... the questions answered aren't the ones asked... the decline is a knife and you can't dull the cut. This is superb... |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
ahhh, Ed....I think we mourn this kind of loss as much or more then a loss by death. This distance, though close, is so very sad. |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Yeah, Martie 'n Ruth...you know about this one, and what a hurt it is to me. It's not hopeless, but close to it, and that just cracks my heart. Friends like that one keep you sane, and losing one really knocks a leg out from under the table. Wish me luck, because I'll need that and more. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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