Unlock The Deep ( trunk challenge)

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nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines

0 posted 2004-02-05 12:27 PM

Unlock The Deep

Late last night
I walked the cold stairs,
attic searching for memories.
Those packed to lock the hurt away,
when I lost you...Once
"my one and only."

From my teenage years, I fell for you.
Strength walking, was how I described you.
Someone to hold me up when I was down
and ever since, I kept you trunked,
hoping one day to golden year reminisce.

There inside I found my senior autograph book
and a piece of paper inside.
My handwriting almost unrecognizable
except for the "Mrs. Peter Scully"
scribbled one hundred times
in even lines and rows,
as we so often did during moments
of teenage wishing.

A pack of letters from Vietnam, ribboned
and edged in red white and blue...envelopes crispy.
Their touch a pleasurable ache.
A dried flower from a walk in the park,
sealed in plastic, now...crumbling brown.

A photo, when I caught you guarding,
not noticing me across the water,
nose white with zinc oxide and a reddened face.

There inside, my dreams of you.
Some you have never seen
and some I can't yet bare to part with.

Beatles albums, napkin notes,
45's all touched by you, as I finger them,
careful of their fragility.

A photo of Dave, and one of Bob
both gone now.
Probably a bit of you left this earth
along with each of them.

I have no regrets.

Although not from my childhood as such,
the enclosed were from a time
of childlike innocence,
saved for you, hoping that time
would have kept us this way forever.

There will only be one true love in my life
and one trunk to hold the memories.

I should have had you climb these stairs
when they were warmer and let you unlock
the deep from inside.

M

"Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more, it is willing to see less."
(Will Moss)

passing shadows
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displaced

1 posted 2004-02-05 12:31 PM

I think we all have a trunk

thanks for the write this afternoon M

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

2 posted 2004-02-05 12:37 PM

with over 30 years that trunk is overflowing..I could have gone on forever..but figured who wants to know all that stuff anyway.. *s

Thanks for reading..now to see if all those memories will fit back into the trunk without me having to sit on it.

M

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

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Canada eh.

3 posted 2004-02-05 01:57 PM

I love this Maureen..
I was hoping it would go on forever...
I remember a lot of the things you have in your trunk as well.

Hugs~

~ I like not only to be loved,
   but to be told I am loved ~

steavenr
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since 2003-11-17

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4 posted 2004-02-05 02:18 PM

brava...brava...(standing in applause)...absolutely my favorite that you have written...so well done

"Those packed to lock the hurt away"

what a magnificent line

"There will only be one true love in my life
and one trunk to hold the memories."

such a wonderful way to meld the thoughts to the words...can't say enough good things about this one.

Endlessecho
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since 2003-09-05

Posts 398
I live within myself

5 posted 2004-02-05 03:19 PM

Beautiful. Memories and dreams. You exceeded the challange - amazing what a picture can do, huh? Glad you could dance with these memories again. Thank you for sharing.

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

6 posted 2004-02-05 03:42 PM

(big angel hugs) Awwwwwwwww, this is lovely, sweet friend, always cherish these memories and keep adding to this toy box of your heart, sweet friend, this is a true poetic treasure chest, yay, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Maureen, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come back home" MB20

Nightshade

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since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

7 posted 2004-02-05 04:59 PM

Wonderful Maureen. Enjoyed. hugs, Chris

"At one glance
I love you
With a thousand hearts."

— Mihri Hatun, Turkish poet

Michelle_loves_Mike

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since 2003-12-20

Posts 1189
Pennsylvania

8 posted 2004-02-06 09:27 AM

Very well done. I gave this challenge a whirl,,,seems no one liked my try tho, lol,,,,
take care Michelle

I wish all could find the true happiness I have found,,in the eyes of Mike

Susan Caldwell
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since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

9 posted 2004-02-06 09:37 AM

"There will only be one true love in my life
and one trunk to hold the memories."

Very much enjoyed this...aren't memories sometimes a double edged sword?

"sit on top of the world and tell me how you feel...'cause what you feel is what I feel for you.."
~Dido~

muted

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since 2004-01-15

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Elapsing, Eclipsing, Evolving

10 posted 2004-02-06 05:43 PM

that last line gave me chills!

iliana
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USA

11 posted 2004-02-06 05:53 PM

M -- this literally sent goosebumps running up and down my arms. Wonderful writing.

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

12 posted 2004-02-06 05:55 PM

I guess truth and over 34 years of memories can do that

thanks all
M

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