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Down Memory Lane (Hankie Alert)
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Down Memory Lane (Hankie Alert) |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA 
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Written, sealed gently, a tear welling an eye. A moment of solemn remembrance, a time when... A grown man cries... Each moment, movement, each minute, each memory... Her eggs....easy over, toast crisp, bacon... The same as his...Her coffee...blonde sans sugar, her lips....lusciously red, glistening. Her shoulders, patted dry ever delicately as a kiss lingered around a pirouette. Her legs, longing to be traced, as she stood delicately upon tiny toes... Her voice, the freshness of Autumn’s air touching his ears...bringing a smile. Her eyes, soulful, searching, taunting... captivating....as only she could... Glistening, that one soft salt filled tear, falling onto a memory, sealed passionately inside an envelope...lying quietly within a chest with....a poem, her first from him, a single lock of hair, a picture of a mother to be...a ribbon once tied... To a tree... on a cross... now tied to her wedding band... A grown man cries... |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
OhMagnus~ This is a misty-eyed beauty~ Such poignancy of remember~ Thank you for being here tonight with your tender pennings~ I needed to shed a tear or two~ *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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GG Member Elite
since 2002-12-03
Posts 3532Lost in thought |
ohhh  how do you do this? it is so, so beautiful..more then touching, more then I could say... I love it. Always, Alyssa - And so it was that time stood still - |
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Greeneyes 
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
... hugsss Lauren~ ~~**~~ I had a dream last night |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
a single lock of hair, a mother to be....... words forming a picture, of sorrow past, but still very much part of everyday life, that you are able to bring alive here |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Oh goodness me....thanks for the Hankie Alert. Magnus this is beautiful! hugs to you my friend. Chris "At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet." |
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DawnG
since 2000-06-23
Posts 1494United States |
Bernie, I have not had the opportunity to be at Passions for quite a while. Then I visit tonight and have just read this wonderful poem. You have such a beautiful way of drawing each poetic line into pictures for all to view in our minds. This was a very beautiful walk down memory lane. Dawn |
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azblond Senior Member
since 1999-07-01
Posts 637The Steamy Desert |
If I could stop the tears I would be able to convey my words...silly me not paying attention to hanky alert. Thank you for reminding my heart it is okay to cry and letting me remember why I love Passions so much... Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind... |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
What a beautiful portrait glistening in one man's eye... This is so very tender. Thank you. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
in my 34 years, I've only seen one man cry, one tear streaming, but I'll remember it for a lifetime... a bittersweet write that gave me a lump in my throat |
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jaicie114 Senior Member
since 2003-09-27
Posts 750On the edge of forever |
Magnus... I've been crying all morning...but, this is so poignant and sweet that it has actually dried my tears. You are in my heart and my thoughts. Thank you...jc This I know as Truth...we are all Beings of Light. |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
There are no need for any other words TD |
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Eloise Senior Member
since 1999-11-27
Posts 1096Wyoming |
A beautiful read.  |
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Margot Member
since 2003-10-04
Posts 154 |
Absolutely beautiful. Breathtaking. Margot |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Oh, Barry... Absolutely beautiful, and very touching. Hugs Ethel |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
This...is perfection, a blessing for anyone who reads it. Do think of submitting it to Passions, so the world can see it more easily. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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