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Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

0 posted 2004-04-29 01:58 PM

AfterMathing

I imagine, you, too,
have been there,
done that,
the very few
who haven't…

will.

Still,

I hold all in perspective
and get reflective ~
was the aftermath
the projected?

Hindsight is glorious,
gets downright uproarious
thinking, "if I could do it again,
what would I change
and if, and when?"

Taking up the
insight of one
who became completely undone
listening to hormones
instead of sense
now residing in
recompense

this aftermathing pickup
going through motions in
slow-mo-time
arguing now with only one's self
the mind is a battlefield
occupied with mines…

the other boot has dropped
plopped
down into the mud
and you wonder
where did the good times go?

Relating, relating….
knowing it's not as bad;
not like the survivors
of the Holocaust…
not like a mother
whose child she's lost…
not like the couple
who watch as the cost
of medical bills
sweep them away…

aftermathing…
pickup cleanup brushup time
making rotten right
wrapping cotton tight
'round my arms
for even alone one needs warm.

Wisdom comes to
those who have, after all,
aftermathed…
and have walked the path
feeling alone
where hundreds have gone
before them…

resiliency sets in
feeling like new-worn skin,
a little taut,
perhaps a little fraught,
with tensions tensed,
like animated suspension

~*~

Won't want to repeat
an aftermath
but life is not quite,
no not quite
like that…
for there is an aftermath
in birth and death
even after
paying taxes…

and in this resiliency
amidst the aftermathing moments
I have to smile…

because I needed that guile
to go that extra mile…
so I could take that road
that will lead me on
to better whiles...

and the trip?
The
         trip
                    starts
                                 now.

~*~

01.06.01
slightly revised
04.29.04

[This message has been edited by Sunshine (04-29-2004 02:55 PM).]

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

1 posted 2004-04-29 02:31 PM

Karilea, such wisdom this is....all of it.

Relating, relating….
knowing it's not as bad;
not like the survivors
of the Holocaust…
not like a mother
whose child she's lost…
not like the couple
who watch as the cost
of medical bills
sweep them away…

aftermathing…
pickup cleanup brushup time
making rotten right
wrapping cotton tight
'round my arms
for even alone one needs warm.

And this part???? I certainly do relate...no matter how
bad I think it might have been, (or is), there are
so very many worse off than I have ever been...or will ever be.
And yes, "even alone one needs warm"

Hugs,

Ethel

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

2 posted 2004-04-29 02:36 PM

Interesting how some days the words of others carry a very familar thread...

Wonderful Karilea.

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

Opeth
Senior Member

since 2001-12-13

Posts 1543
The Ravines

3 posted 2004-04-29 02:51 PM

Karilea,

Those who have faith at the very least have an aftermath to look forward to... enjoyed!

Local Rebel
Member Ascendant

since 1999-12-21

Posts 5767
Southern Abstentia

4 posted 2004-05-02 02:44 PM

Yep, to the next, aftermath...

it isn't the grind I mind.. it's the grit

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

5 posted 2004-05-02 03:04 PM

Karilea

The message in this is clear...thank you for being you!

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

6 posted 2004-05-02 07:19 PM

Fantastic Karilea, I echo Opeth.

Maree

What are you my god? You touch me like you are my god
What are you my twin? You affect me like you are my twin.

Go Alanis!

scorpio
Member Ascendant

since 2002-10-02

Posts 5178
right...there

7 posted 2004-05-02 07:22 PM

There will always be an aftermath, Karilea. In many cases it becomes experience.

believe in what your heart feels...

muted

Member Elite

since 2004-01-15

Posts 2949
Elapsing, Eclipsing, Evolving

8 posted 2004-05-02 07:26 PM

this speaks so much to so many...and in its wisdom i have enjoyed it

Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

9 posted 2004-05-02 08:18 PM

Some very good life lessons here, dear lady. You are wise, wise I tell 'ya!

Hugs,

Corinne

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

10 posted 2004-05-03 03:43 AM

Life is a trip, for sure, after the math! lol No, really, this was such an enjoyable retrospect, on the one hand; and on the other, it was very inspirational.

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