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Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

0 posted 2004-07-30 11:53 AM

I wonder of myself these days.
Pieces seem scattered,
a mosaic of sorts.
Little reminders of what I used to be.

I gather, yet cannot connect,
edges far too sharp.
No discernable shape.

Some pieces
seem unbreakable,
a harden, crusted surface
formed to protect fragile
innocence of hope.

I wonder if tears could have softened
the not so malleable.
Giving shape and light
to something so rigid.

Knowing,
that source of moisture
long ago worn out by another life.

So I listen to you.
Wondering if it will ever be my turn
to talk,
to be heard,
to be understood.

Until then, the old dies,
leaving calloused particles
in their wake.

Somehow they just don’t fit
the same.

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

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

1 posted 2004-07-30 12:06 PM

very sad....bittersweet, made me want to put my arm around you and listen closer.

Tremendous and also there is a bit of good advice burning within this one.

Kahlil
Senior Member

since 2003-04-12

Posts 1881

2 posted 2004-07-30 12:50 PM

Susan,
Excellent write...
Hugs, Kahlil

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

3 posted 2004-07-30 12:57 PM

Thank you for reading!

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

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

4 posted 2004-07-30 01:13 PM

Oooooh, wow, you struck a cord with this one. Very sad. Well versed.

JL

She said: ”You look cute in the dark.”

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

5 posted 2004-07-30 02:05 PM

Mosaics... hmm.. disconnected pieces assembled into patterns...

nicely done Ms Susan

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

6 posted 2004-07-30 02:40 PM

I hear you. I understand. This touches my heart. Hugs to you--

Susan

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

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

7 posted 2004-07-30 03:32 PM

Oh I know what you mean...this touches me deeply.
Well done!
Hugs~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain ~

Janet Marie
Member Laureate

since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

8 posted 2004-07-30 09:41 PM

I wonder of myself these days.
Pieces seem scattered,
a mosaic of sorts.
Little reminders of what I used to be.

I gather, yet cannot connect,
edges far too sharp.
No discernable shape.

Some pieces
seem unbreakable,
a harden, crusted surface
formed to protect fragile
innocence of hope.

I wonder if tears could have softened
the not so malleable.
Giving shape and light
to something so rigid.
====================================

very cool use of metaphor and personify Susan... love the theme and the mosaic imagery.

and that line I bolded is poetic perfection.
excellent writing. A bittersweet beauty.

I would love to live as a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.

~Fluent~
John O'Donohue

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

9 posted 2004-07-30 09:51 PM

so many scattered pieces
sometimes never fitting again in the same way, sometimes easier to start again

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

10 posted 2004-07-30 10:12 PM

One thing I learned about mosaic tile (besides how NOT to lift) was that while piecing together the broken bits, don't forget about that the grout will add to the beauty.

I learned, the hard way, it's best not to be too anal about it all, yanno?

Love ya Suze!

enjoyed.

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

11 posted 2004-07-30 11:41 PM

Susan, you've read me enough now to know I know where you are coming from. Tomorrow's a new day....I'm wishing you a brand new puzzle with all the pieces.

....jo

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

12 posted 2004-07-31 04:33 AM

no...they never do fit the same

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

13 posted 2004-08-01 10:09 AM

Thank you all! You are far too kind

Karen? yes I know...I tend to want things/people to be close to perfection...and I hate that about myself..

more grout please? (maybe you can teach me how to use it?) Love ya muchly woman!

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

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