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To protect you from your thorns
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To protect you from your thorns |
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jennirey Member
since 2002-01-24
Posts 198North Richland HillsTx 
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To protect you from your thorns I’ve watered and fed and loved your every change. I’ve encouraged all of your growth with ardent amusement in the uniqueness that is you. I’ve watched you grow from a small seedling, to a beautiful thriving budding plant. I’ve shaped and molded you to be unique and outstanding in all ways. As I stand in awe of the beauty you’ve become, the blooms on your heart are so complex so knowing and wise, yet still very fragile and so easily bruised. Your thorns may prick your essence; I yearn to protect you and cant. I’ve tried so hard to be your only need. But as I stand in awe of the wild blooming garden you have become- I realize that there is just some knowledge that cannot come from mothers loving hands. Your need to seek outside the garden walls that I have built so well, has startled and scarred me. As I watch you outgrow, the bed that I’ve prepared, I also understand that I cannot protect you from your thorns. I can only make sure your roots are free from the gnarled and tangled weeds that threaten to choke you as you continue to bloom. Please understand my goal is only to watch you become your rose. As I fight myself to protect you from the bitter thorns that threaten to destroy your essence that I’ve come to know and love so well. |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
oh so lovely and giving of a beautiful word gift. Well done jennirey! |
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the_loner_23 Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
This is a very beautiful poem Cold hands means a warm heart |
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jennirey Member
since 2002-01-24
Posts 198North Richland HillsTx |
Thank you, My 14 year old Daughter is going through some tough times growing up. We are all battleing the illness that haunts her mind together. We have a long road to climb still. Jen |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
prayers are with you |
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GG Member Elite
since 2002-12-03
Posts 3532Lost in thought |
As a 17 year old girl who's mom left years ago... I find it wonderful to see a mother's love here, depicted so beautifully, and with such obvious love, care, and concern. I hope the absolute best for her... and pray for you all as you continue to try and guide her vines, in the direction they should grow.  Always, Alyssa He was a man of sorrows ...I am a girl of tears. |
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saved_by_grace Member
since 2005-01-08
Posts 332In the arms of God... |
Praying for you both...this was beautiful, Jennifer! God Bless, Becka |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Jenni, totally understood from one mom to another.  ......jo |
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