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A lady (just a little bit of nonsense)
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A lady (just a little bit of nonsense) |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa 
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A lady, they say, then you know you are old, settled one day her mind far away and began to unravel the mystery of soul bit by bit part each long living day. Her hands became stiff and sore to the core unused to it all and how it unwound to meander on ground right up to the door and knot up in clumps once it was found. It was fun she declared in a half-hearted way for the joke that she shared fell on deaf ears except for a few and the few heard her say the night is daylight and the laughter her tears. A lady, they say, twisted, gathered and kept a mystery yarn hidden under her bed for something to do when love up and left and spirits descended to live in her head. Her mind took to flight; curiosity won but dismayed she groveled again in the sand looking and searching for what’s left undone to tie it all up with bows, ribbons and bands. She winds to this day signing, they say ballads and pop off tune till midnight but when the clock chimes she changes midway and writes in a book of olden day times. A lady, they say, and I nod off to pray forgive her for wanting her lover today! Helen / 2 December 2003 |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
not sure why you labeled this as "a bit of nonsense"...I love it, and I can relate well. |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Hi, passing shadows. Perhaps I added the "nonsense" bit so as not to be taken seriously because (and I quote) "what you experience isn't normal, you know". It's comforting to know that someone can relate. Thanks! |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Helen~ 'A lady, they say, twisted, gathered and kept a mystery yarn hidden under her bed for something to do when love up and left and spirits descended to live in her head' I find that to be an intriguing idea~ Love this no-nonsense penning~ *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Helen...This is delightful! |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Thank you, Marge. What goes on in a head can indeed be most amazing!  Thank you, Martie, for again being here to read. |
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