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In Advance of Certain Mourning
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In Advance of Certain Mourning |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533
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'Ah, that day of tears and mourning! From the dust of the earth returning.'" (opening verse "Lacrimosa," Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) . . . . . . (suggest reading while listening to the above titled song at; http://www.npr.org/programs/asc/ (requires either RealPlayer or WindowsMediaPlayer)  .. . . for ‘Mum’ . . . . You thought you’d locked out the past. How could one like you fathom the skills of such an accomplished burglar? Who is safe from the dark? It was there the boy lie (nightly so it seemed) listening to his mortars, your badminton returns, accusations of infidelity, his vulgar denials (astonishment that the boy remembers all the names of the foolish lovers) the inevitable thump, slap, shriek, and often in pajamas the boy would appear, pre-wept, to plead an end (forever) to the nightmare (for a long time it worked, only seeming to cost the boy some vertical creases ‘twixt hazel eyes) siblings slept through it (though all have paid) and each has his/her own unversion (inversion?) night school advanced to the boy leaping on a hairy back and the bull ride in drunken air, red badge awards for your rodeo clown-hero. As soon as the boys’ fist matched the size of his heart he broke through the dark clouds and it was never spoken of again. But it still rains Mama, it rains |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
damn.... |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Hugs Richard, for the courage to write this! |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
talk about a lump in the throat *sigh* heart hugs |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
gawd Richard this aches...... Hugs. (nice new pic too.   |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
You didn't have to reach too deep for this, and I am sorry for that. I did not know this type of life until I married for the first time, and then...I wasn't a child. Your title was hanky alert enough, Richard, and I do wish I could comfort that ache away. But all I can do is  |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533 |
Thank you all. I didn't intend to write anything today but after hearing that song it poured out (along with sobbing the length of a mile long coal train with diggin's from deep down and where that wind came from I'll never know) The courage was in posting it. |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
As soon as the boys’ fist matched the size of his heart he broke through the dark clouds and it was never spoken of again. But it still rains Mama, it rains ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'll have no words to define all that verse stirs ... In your reply you mentioned courage.... night school advanced to the boy leaping on a hairy back and the bull ride in drunken air, red badge awards for your rodeo clown-hero. by your own words....its always been there. heart-hugs...to both... the man and the little boy who still lives inside ... |
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Zinsser Senior Member
since 2001-02-27
Posts 1641Calif. |
Bravo...... very well done |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
"I have given, I have given and got none Still I'm driven by something I can't explain It's not a cross, it is a choice I cannot help but hear his voice I only wish that I could listen without shame Let it rain, let it rain on me Let it rain, oh let it rain Let it rain on me It isn't easy to be kind With all these demons in my mind I only hope one day I'll be free I do my best not to complain My face is dirty from the strain I only hope one day I'll come clean Let it rain, oh let it rain Let it rain on me" Amanda Marshall Let It Rain written by Kristen Hall |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
"Who is safe from the dark?" No one, for our demons seem forever present to haunt us. I could say so much, but I know you know what I would say. This is all part of what made you who you are, a gentle man Richard,  a very, gentle man. |
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stevebrklynnyc Member
since 2004-01-04
Posts 292GA, Camden |
All I can say is wow! I dont know if I could or would ever have the courage to post something like this. Your writing is very contagious and I hope to be half as good as you someday. Thanks for the read. Steve. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Heart hugs to you Richard for writing and posting this. Warm hugs also to the little boy locked away inside of you. You do have courage sir. |
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*Alli4000*
since 2004-03-21
Posts 3188The World of Poetry |
  ~Alli~ *:.AIM = Alli4000.:* My Journal Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened... |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
RSWells I think that JM said it best. Well done. |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
RSWells: What passion! My heart pounds to read this, as you suggested, with the music you choose, heart rendering. So sorry for the hurt.. so thankful for the sharing. marty |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
The holidays speak magic to the heart here...and the dredge of reality is often not soft. You did good. Have a happy and healing holiday. TD |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
It rains over here sometimes too. Somewhere it's always raining. May we learn to embrace the cleansing. "cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind" |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Richard~ I read you and I weep through this poignant penning~ Remarkable ... just remarkable~ *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
are you on the lam or something? within its complexities, the poem rises |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533 |
To all those kind folks who commented since my last thank you, Thank you. Such support from folks I'll probably never meet is encouraging. latearrival, welcome to PIPs stevebrklynnyc, high praise indeed. Janet Marie, it's very good to see you reading me again. inkedgodess, you must be referring to my double picture change. Well you said you didn't like the other one (and I didn't really either) |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
Powerfully poignant, painfully real and those last four lines nearly knocked me over, especially the punch of the last one as it rips as the heart. Whether on the shoal or on the shore, |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Thank you for the welcome. marty |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
World class poetry...Bravo! __________ice ><> |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I know this isn't fiction... but how I wish it was... how I wish such situations existed only in imagination... This goes straight to the heart. |
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