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Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

0 posted 2004-07-20 07:24 PM

Cleansing

Don’t sweep the rug Mom,
there isn’t any dirt to push away,
not on the floor, anyway

and the countertops already sparkle,
a surgeon would deem them sterile
enough to lay a man across for carving

and speaking of carving,
I’ve got a hunch Thanksgiving
will be different this year,
quieter in the rain,
one setting missed

and even X-Rays
can’t erase delays
or docs who look the other way
when faced with mirrors.

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

1 posted 2004-07-20 07:40 PM

Gosh Cor, this feels so sad....obviously
someone very close is missing...

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

2 posted 2004-07-20 07:40 PM

Hmmm, I wonder about the story behind this one. But as far as writing goes, it was excellent. Is someone ill?

Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind.

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2004-07-20 07:43 PM

Sometimes I just have to sit, amazed at how easily you hit heart buttons. I know of a loss such as this, Corinne, so to tell you I felt this would be me, searching for words, to tell you how close to home this is for so many people.

You make it seem so effortless, pulling on emotions as you do.

But let me know, please...fiction, or fact?

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

4 posted 2004-07-20 07:43 PM

Such a touching write. Chris

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

Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

5 posted 2004-07-20 07:53 PM

Thank you Magnus. Someone is close to being missing, I guess I'm feeling like it's already happened, though.

Thanks Susan. Yes, someone close to me.

Karilea,

you are a force, a positive energy sending waves across the miles. A gentle hand on the shoulder. Thank you.

My father is dying of cancer. Until this moment, I would have say he has cancer, but now it seems the hope has run out of it. The most frustrating part is that it's from skin cancer. If his family physician had sent him on to a specialist instead of burning off a spot on his hand, he'd still be fine. We need to always be our own advocates and never trust that a doctor, even one you've known all your life, has all the answers or always makes the right decisions.

Thank you, Chris.

Corinne

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

6 posted 2004-07-20 09:12 PM

Corrine, I know this soooo well. Just a couple of years ago I watched my Mother suffer such that I shall never be rid of the images of the weeks it took for her passing, and all because of a Cardiologist and his ego. I curse myself, for with her, if I had known better and made her seek a second opinion, perhaps . . .

My tears fall in sorrow for you, for I know the hole it shall leave.

Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind.

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

7 posted 2004-07-21 01:23 PM

and speaking of carving,
I’ve got a hunch Thanksgiving
will be different this year,
quieter in the rain,
one setting missed

Absolutely heartbreaking.

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

8 posted 2004-07-21 01:24 PM

Very sad...

God bless.

JL

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

9 posted 2004-07-21 01:54 PM

I had wondered...you spoke from your core...and I had hoped against hope that this was not fact.

Honey, I'm so sorry. Let me know if there is anything I can do...

*hearthugs*

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

10 posted 2004-07-21 02:28 PM

Corinne,

I am so sorry...

you wrote the pain very well.

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

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

11 posted 2004-07-21 02:58 PM

sending prayers and heart-hugs

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

12 posted 2004-07-21 03:10 PM

sending warm thoughts and an embrace of prayer to you and your entire family

God bless

Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

13 posted 2004-07-21 04:35 PM

Thank you all, you bring tears of hope to my eyes.
Corinne

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

14 posted 2004-07-22 05:40 PM

This really pulls on the heartstrings, Corinne. Good writing. Hope you are alright.

vandana

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since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

15 posted 2004-07-22 05:40 PM

enjoyed

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

16 posted 2004-07-22 06:57 PM

I read in one of your replies that your father has cancer. Knowing that has made this poem even that much more poignant and moving for me.

I'm am saddened by this news. I send my love to him, to you, and to the rest of your family.

Loving hugs,
Linda

Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

17 posted 2004-07-23 06:57 PM

Thank you Iliana!

Thanks, Ven.

Thank you for your heartfelt concern, Linda. It's painful not to be able to help. Well, one can help in small ways, but one really cannot HELP, you know?

Oh, and special thank you to my dear friend, Karilea. You are a treasure, lady!

Corinne

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