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Riding Alone
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Riding Alone |
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Larry C
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States 
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Riding Alone By Larry Chadwick A Motorcycle Ride past the Superstition Mountains today I revisited the road we traveled today, A journey I was not expecting to replay. I felt you traveling there with me, It brought calm as it is meant to be. The landmarks are now associated with you, Adding nostalgia to the things I like to do. Songs you liked play there in my mind, Comforting me in a way that is so kind. You leaned with me into all the curves, The presence of you comforting my nerves. Scenery as incredible as it has ever been, Just the way you liked it way back when… Miles roll by with goose bumps on my arms, Thinking of you and how I miss your charms. It has been too long since we visited there, But I still remember and I will always care. September 5, 2004 If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Your wonderful memories left me misty-eyed Larry. your imagery is wonderful..I felt I was right there.. Fantastic writing! Heart hugs~ ~ Summer can't be over... I still have the sand in my shoes. ~ |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
Larry, Riding Alone? Alone, but with a wealth of memories. I enjoy reading your poetry. I always feel that I'm right there, experiencing it. Take care, misc'a |
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ecrivan Member Elite
since 2001-12-10
Posts 3923my own state |
I believe that our dear ones are always with yet they may have passed on..good to read this Larry  |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Larry...Tender and touching poem. Enjoyed...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Thank you for allowing us to take this journey with you, Larry. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
"You leaned with me into all the curves, The presence of you comforting my nerves." Larry,  such a beautiful memory, one to cherish forever. [This message has been edited by Midnitesun (09-05-2004 09:58 PM).] |
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Snow
since 2000-10-16
Posts 1170desert flower looking for rain |
it's hard when the things we face daily can be our reminders... music, mountains, rides, roads, curves.... i felt every moment of this as i was reading. straight to the heart. .......... off track a bit.... this poem also made me a wee bit jealous. lol. i should probably explain in email :-) snow "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." |
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SmartChick Member Rara Avis
since 2001-09-23
Posts 7081On A Journey To The Unknown |
Oh Larry, this is sad. But, it is beautiful also. |
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Ivy Rose Senior Member
since 2001-12-29
Posts 1300MA, USA |
Larry...Such an incredibly emotional piece. One that touches the heart and stirs the soul. You draw us into your pain and share the memories of the good times you shared with your daughter. You have such a wonderful gift that makes your daughter's memory live on forever and live on in beauty. |
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MyHeartofShadows Member
since 2004-09-04
Posts 88Hyattsville, MD |
This struck to the heart, at least my heart, loss is measured in the things remembered. |
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Larry C
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States |
NancyLee, Thank you. It was an unexpected benefit to my morning. As I drove by the Superstitions and past the ghosttown of GoldField the radio played an Enya song that Ginger had recorded and given to me some time ago. And GoldField was one of the last places I took Ginger the last week I saw her. So I rode for miles through that song with goosebumps on my arms. Wonderful memories to a tune that connected it all. Go figure. misc'a, Thank you so very much! I indeed rode with a flood of memories and knew she would have loved to be riding behind me. Martin, Thank you kind sir. That is how it felt. Paul, Thans. It is appreciated. Karilea, Thank you and trust me when I say it was my pleasure. If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. |
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Larry C
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States |
Kacy, It was an amazing ride. It is the closest "motorcycle route" to our home now and will take it often. At times like that being "alone" is the best.  snow, Actually, it is incredibly comforting! And do tell...  Sue, Yes it is but it is okay too and thanks. Ivy Rose, Wow, such kind words. Thank you. MyHeartofShadows, I like that line! And thank you. If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Beautiful Larry. thankyou so much for sharing this with all of us. hugs, Chris "At one glance |
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Greeneyes 
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
awwwww I actually closed my eyes and saw these images poetry in motion thank you....  I don’t want the world to see me |
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Larry C
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States |
Chris, It is nice to be connected to you again. Thank you. Lauren, That puts a wonderful image in my mind. Thank you.  If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
very tender piece |
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SEA
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
"I felt you traveling there with me, It brought calm as it is meant to be. The landmarks are now associated with you, Adding nostalgia to the things I like to do. Songs you liked play there in my mind, Comforting me in a way that is so kind." It is very healing, when we have these moments and we know they haven't left us....that they remain *heart hugs* |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
You took me back to the ride past Superstition Mountain in my past. I could see it in the distance and recall the road signs the said: Watch for Javelina. My favorite part of that area was Tucson in the early morning. Whether on the shoal or on the shore, |
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Larry C
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States |
Dixie, Thank you. Susan, You are so right and thank you. Virginia, I know what you mean and I'm glad you know the ride. Thank you. If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
Larry: you know, this holds sooo much meaning for me, for all of us. Thank you, it is beautiful and no matter the circumstances, the memory will always be there. |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Larry, this reminded me of a motorcycle ride with my first love. Such a treasure of a poem! ......jo |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Larry, I love riding on the back of a motorcycle ~ and I felt as though I were with you. It was so vivid! ~ and as you well know, you are never really "Riding Alone"... This was an especially touching memory that you have shared with your readers. I was really moved by your writing and the emotions that it stirred within me. Love & Eternal Light, Linda |
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Kevo Member
since 2004-06-02
Posts 466Navarro County, Texas, USA |
Larry, Your writing is so well inspired and charged with such emotion that it leaves me just staring at the page after I have read it...just absorbing it...taking it all in. It is a very touching write in which you invite us into such a personal issue that we feel overwhelmingly humble that you might think well enough of us here to share it. I am profoundly grateful for your posts. They remind me, without fail, to appreciate the woman now sleeping upstairs. I will be re-posting two poems for you in hopes that you may appreciate them in the same manner in which you wrote this poem. They are called "The Sun Shall Rise Again" and "This Bitter Wind". I hope you can appreciate them. I wrote them for the same reasons as you. Not as close to the issue as you but in the same spirit. Warm regards to you always, Kevin |
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Larry C
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States |
littlewing, Dear friend you are so very kind and I so appreciate it. Thank you for your tenderness as it means so much. jo, You put a smile on my face, thank you. Linda, Cool! That was indeed the irony of the trip that I thought I took alone. It was a very meaningful journey yesterday. Kevo, You have an uncanny ability to feel what I felt and to see what I saw. I'm sure it is a gift. We are not promised tomorrow, but we do have today. Hold onto that and the past can't hurt you. Thank you for the re-posts that you so generously shared. Peace. If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. |
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