Slender Threads, Faith, and Time - in memory

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Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

0 posted 2005-03-18 07:05 AM

Slender Threads, Faith, and Time

I thought of you today
on the glimmer of a thread
backed up by time
where pages leaf me to laughter
and wisdom

and life is balanced

I thought of the disarray of life
as the pendulum swung back, and forth,
how we can go from gleam
to dusty fingerprints

and etchings of love
can be as fragile as crystal
or as brilliant as the faith
one is born with
or acquires

I thought of time spent
and times to come
where I might hold all
or nothing
but memories

In this hushed perusing
of my belief, designed
by a larger force,
it becomes forged more solid
than ever…

of how, without knowing, you’ve
touched me, in ways that
I will be able to return to,
through your writing

your art

your beliefs…

and how much I look forward
to more moments
spent with you
no matter how much time we have
or don’t have…

I thought of you today
on the glimmer of a thread
backed up by time
where pages leaf me to laughter
and wisdom

and life is balanced

because I will see you here

and there

on a glimmer
in time
with laughter
by wisdom

balanced.

~*~

Dedicated in the memory of Lyra Nesius

passing shadows
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displaced

1 posted 2005-03-18 07:15 AM

oh what a gift, dedication to our chipmunky friend!

a lovely memorial write

and also does well for me on this day, that is 25 years later, 25 years without my mother

Gentle Spirit
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2 posted 2005-03-18 07:19 AM

This write is outstanding mom,
with much meaning and love held in these words.
I treasure this, as I know so also, does Lyra...

This is a

Dark Stranger
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3 posted 2005-03-18 08:13 AM

nice trib' ms sunny...you are a gracious artist

Nightshade

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just out of reach

4 posted 2005-03-18 09:59 AM

Beautiful Karilea.
How I miss our little Chippymunk.
hugs, Chris

Susan
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5 posted 2005-03-18 10:06 AM

this is so eloquent and lovely - your words flow beautifully, as do the sentiments of your heart -

Susan

If I wander far enough, long enough, will I finally know . . .

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Canada eh.

6 posted 2005-03-18 10:32 AM

Yes Karilea..we shall always remember..
she is so missed and loved by so many.
Thank you for saying the words that are in my heart.

For it was not into my ear you whispered
But into my heart
It was not my lips you kissed
But my soul

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7 posted 2005-03-18 10:54 AM

From gleam to dusty fingerprints.....beautiful.

And it is true, though it's also true, as you show us so well here, that the dust and the fingerprints merely lie on the surface. Even when it is all reduced to memory, the luster within remains.

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suthern

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8 posted 2005-03-18 01:22 PM

You had me from the title... and long before I reached the dedication, I knew this was one for my library... it's exquisite!

Martie

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9 posted 2005-03-18 01:35 PM

Karilea

I'm sure that she knows!

DavePage
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10 posted 2005-03-18 02:20 PM

Beautiful words

Dave

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