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0 posted 2005-02-04 01:05 AM



Ash On The Mountain

tiny ashes raining down,
returning to the world now
after the fate that took them up,
made them something more,
let them bloom in beauty
if only for a while

reduced now to a dry mist
they settle on the mountainside
so thin, so small, helpless
compared to the weight of it
and the weight of life,
the beauty that they carried
if only for a while

new life will grow here,
a mother’s angel child dance
along these paths unknowing
that the flowers careless in her hand
sprang from the ash of other flowers
carried to another mother,
and they brought her joy
if only for a while  

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10-03
It seemed like a good time
to repost this one, just
seemed right to me.

© Copyright 2005 Ed Ratledge - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2005-02-04 01:10 AM


yes...a good time indeed
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2 posted 2005-02-04 05:43 AM


Yes, m'friend...a very good time.


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3 posted 2005-02-04 09:01 AM


touching words~~

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4 posted 2005-02-04 09:09 AM


A very appropriate time Ed....HUGS for this.
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5 posted 2005-02-04 09:41 AM


the dearest of all writes are those, as such...hugs to you dear dear man
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6 posted 2005-02-04 10:57 AM


Thank you, Ed...
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7 posted 2005-02-04 12:23 PM


It is a gift... to be able to see the beauty that remains even when gray seems to have obliterated all vestiges of beauty and its memories... and remind those who most need that comfort.

Beautiful work... beautiful gift!

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8 posted 2005-02-04 12:33 PM


new life will grow here,
a mother’s angel child dance

blissful image
sealed within
the poetic frame

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9 posted 2005-02-04 01:59 PM


Ed~
You are such a beautiful soul~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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