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Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

0 posted 2004-03-15 07:36 PM

Pigtail Priorities (as it should be)

There are moments
of remembrance
when old meet young on
grounds of common

Remembrance for elders
to make memories
to come
for the young…

As it should be

Tonight [nights ago] I experienced
(again)
a déjà vu of sorts

Encompassing three
generations ~
it was remarkable…

Granddaughter asked,
“will you do my hair?”
and in gathering brush
and comb,
she continued
“into pigtails, please?”

So I asked if, before I
honored this request,
if I may, just please,
brush her hair
for a little while,
to play with silken texture,

while intermittently rubbing
her back, massaging
her shoulders

As I used to do
with my daughters
when they were young
and eight years old…

As my mother did for me…

As it should be.

Then, the ice storm raged outside
but we were close and warm
that night,
talking of possible
school closings on the morrow…
perhaps no work, either…

Moments wend ways
toward memories;
she shifted, sat comfortably
in my lap,
with the dog at her feet,
allowing me time
to sift my fingers,
feeling silk
before I started plaiting
hair into braids she
wanted
for
bedtime…

she suddenly said
“let me do your hair”…
I smiled at the
additional memories to
be made

Just as I had allowed
my girls
and my mother had
allowed with me

So we switched places,
her comments on
my short, short hair,
noting gray

For she became
the pretend beautician,
and I her client…

She mimicked washing
her tiny fingers
working over my scalp,
then feigned to cut
my invisible tresses, fingers
pretending to scissor along the
nape of my neck
sending delicious shivery
goosebumps
down my back,
onto my arms and legs…

Just as I remembered…

As I shivered,
she giggled…

A memory was born on
laughter
which holds echoes of
pasts

As it should be

~*~

02.08.01
revised
03.07.02…
revised yet again…
03.14.04

Enchantress
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1 posted 2004-03-15 07:42 PM

This is beautiful..filled with a wonderful memory...
just as it should be .

Thank you for this Karilea..you made me remember.
Hugs YOU!!

Poetry is not an opinion expressed...
it is a song that rises from a bleeding wound
...or a smiling mouth.

~ Kahlil Gibran

Grover
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2 posted 2004-03-15 07:43 PM

The best of the best-- you put the reader right into the scene!

Margherita
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3 posted 2004-03-15 07:45 PM

Dear Karilea, this delightful write brought my own memories back and moved me to tears ...
Wonderful.
Love and hugs. Margherita

nakdthoughts
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4 posted 2004-03-15 07:45 PM

lucky you..an experience I will never get to have...but one I can enjoy from others.

*s
M

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5 posted 2004-03-15 08:25 PM

Thank you for painting these watercolour memories that are so similar to my own...I feel a bit misty-eyed right now.

You truly have a gift, dear poetess.

Loves 'n hugs,
Linda

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6 posted 2004-03-15 08:31 PM

"Then, the ice storm raged outside
but we were close and warm
that night,"

As it should be, mom.

As it should be.

ice
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7 posted 2004-03-15 08:34 PM

Multiple layers that build and never collapse,
A woven tapestry of pure love threads
"as it should be"
A love poem of innocence and honesty
Expressed beautifully...
"as it should be"
Made me warm all over..(I think I melted a little)
Thank you Karilea
________ice
><>

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8 posted 2004-03-15 09:56 PM

this, was so warming, so loving...i was in that scene for these few moments and it felt good to be there

inkedgoddess
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9 posted 2004-03-15 10:30 PM

magical moments passed along family lines
we have them over here too, very warm words

Nightshade

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10 posted 2004-03-15 10:48 PM

What a lovely way to end my day.
With heart warming images and a sense of peace. Thankyou for this Karilea. hugs,Chris

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.
Hans Christian Anderson

Martie

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11 posted 2004-03-15 11:12 PM

Sissy

One of the things I miss most, of my time with Michelle, is doing her hair. My granddaughter's hair isn't long enough yet, but I can feel the goosbumps coming. It is so precious this closeness between woman and girls...thank you for reminding me with this lovely poem. Hugs!

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12 posted 2004-03-15 11:26 PM

So I asked if, before I
honored this request,
if I may, just please,
brush her hair
for a little while,
to play with silken texture'''
~

how precious is this? a painting for sure of delight and laughter, and the special bonds between mother and daughter, and grandchild and grandmother....brings back so many memories of one of my best friends....as it should...thank you

~~**~~
Walking with bare feet
among a tapestry of words,
each woven thread, awakening the soul
~~**~~

EternitysHorizon
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13 posted 2004-03-16 11:55 AM

You said it quite perfectly
"As it should be"

May it always be so

Wonderfully touching- even though I have never had pig tails- that is one word isn't it. Shows you what I know. And you talk about short short hair- geeez I just ask the person cutting hair to do the best they can with what I do not have. Now that is some imagination.

Truly a vividly poignant snapshot of life

"High on the Mountain, where the Sun stil Shines, and the water runs a little lazy."

PKreturns
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14 posted 2004-03-16 01:14 PM

Very heartwarming sunshine...I can see her little smile. And yours too.

Dark Angel
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15 posted 2004-03-16 03:18 PM

Awww Karilea, this is beautiful. I find myself doing to Daniel(not braiding his hair off course heh)as my mum did for me like the way she used to wake me in the morning. I miss those days.

Thanks for taking me back.

M

Beauty of the world which is soon to perish has two edges, one of laughter and one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.
(by Virginia Woolf)

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16 posted 2004-03-16 04:38 PM

Lovely

Dave

Juju
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17 posted 2004-03-16 05:10 PM

It was nice.
Juju

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18 posted 2004-03-16 05:30 PM

nice

Corinne
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19 posted 2004-03-16 07:57 PM

Hello my friend (see? back as promised! even though I'm sick with sinusitis and surrounded by boxes) --

this is so sweet and true, too, so many moms will relate to this one. My daughter loves when I play with her hair, although I've still not figured out the french braid thing
and she puts tiny braids in mine that look like dreadlocks by the time she's done! heh

Anyway, wanted to drop by and say "HI!"

Corinne

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20 posted 2004-03-16 08:23 PM

Karilea, there is no end to the circle of life and it's memories. Beautiful.

believe in what your heart feels...

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