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Professor Gloom
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since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

0 posted 2004-04-28 08:21 AM

In the returning
The land was fully green with spring,
There was bounty throughout the land
Even as the furrowed fields stood ready
The game came grazing near at hand
And the bushes were full of berry,
Then there were her parents waiting Xing.
It was an unexpected reunion
That filled her with mixed emotion;
The days had made her more than a year older
She had grown beneath Cain’s kind cares
And her spirit more strong and bolder,
Xing was now of Cain and not theirs;
Sold to a stranger and then abandoned.
There were men sent to unload the purchased grain
But only her parents to greet her at the train,
But she left them there and went home
Troubled with many a disturbed thought
And found Cain with hoe in field alone
Where she gave him the things she brought
From city from the cousin of Master Cain.
He read the letter and when that was done
Told Xing that now for her was freedom
And placed the emeralds in her hand
Leaving her a rich woman of sixteen years;
Walking to his house her left her there to stand
Filled with doubt and growing fears
Tears filled her eyes beneath the noon sun.
He hadn’t told her to stay or to go
Freedom was not something that she did know
From obedient child to serving girl
To woman with a will all her own
Allowed to make her way within the world
But did Xing still have a place to call home,
She went to watch Cain through the window.
Xing had always thought of Cain as stoic
Calmly, bravely accepting be he well or sick,
There looking through the small window pane
Saw him on his humble bed lying
Almost as his will had been slain
Still holding the letter as he was crying,
So unlike the Cain that was to her heroic.
The free Xing came and set by his side
Asking him why he collapsed and cried,
Cain told her of the love he had lost
To return to this peaceful land of strife.
Xing then offered the emeralds as dowry cost
If he would take her as his wife
Promising to ever stay by his side.
So Xing passed from girl to slave to lady Cain
Evermore on that land to remain,
And what of the dowry cost?
Into the well they were tossed.

Gloom

JL
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since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

1 posted 2004-04-28 08:24 AM

Excellent write. Very interesting. Enjoyed the read.
JL

Susan Caldwell
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since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

2 posted 2004-04-28 08:28 AM

Thank you...

"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind"
~Sarah McLachlan~

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

3 posted 2004-04-28 08:36 AM

Professor,
Well done, enjoyed

ThisDiamond
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since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

4 posted 2004-04-28 10:38 AM

Oh...you have graced us with such a gift in this long faceted journey. I loved this, from beginning to end.
So many compliments!!! Applause!!!
Thanks Gloom.
TD

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