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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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Aftermath His skin is sinking like a lost boy I hold it singing all the time I feel the fragile bones beneath wearing his muscles on my shoulders I walk upright and balance the heft and flow of his fast heart the rhythm lives I tell him dance with me to its song |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Middle road, I would think where life ebbs and flows, and the dance is sought, though feet can't be bought, and new shoes go without scuff. Hold on, dear, hold on... the reassurance lingers like old time chimes in the heart. |
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James_A_Fraser Senior Member
since 2003-09-03
Posts 972Out Making Anticlines |
I have been carried.....and I carry. The ache is the same. Thank you for showing me that there are others who can feel it too. I hope yours never becomes a thing you cannot bear alone....or that you have to. ~~J |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
You have written of several things, the feeling of empathy, the shouldering of another's burdon, the strength of the self. Wonderful rendering Martie TD |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Martie, dear one...this speaks loudly... I think I understand it...and I am with ya.. Here, have a big hug....on the house. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Thank you for your replies....Barry...this is about my husband and his war with cancer. I fight too, during and now, after....because it takes much, but it also gave him something...his life back, after thinking he might die...I dance to the beat of his heart! See? |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
I see, Martie... and you said it beautifully...  "When the power of love overcomes the love |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
smiles, i'm so happy for both of you, enjoy the new lease. hugs |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
In so few words, you've told a momentous story... of struggles together... of pain, both his and yours... and of the lighter than air feeling that return of hope can bring. *S* Beautiful and touching write! |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Martie, Been witnessing the same with my stepdad. Last Fall, he didn't think he'd live to see his 82nd birthday (he has skin cancer that's metastisized), but thanks to some good doctors and a blizt of radiation, he's still kickin'! It was great to celebrate his last birthday: he ate almost an entire prime rib (after eating very little for months). The process has aged him greatly, and the docs keep looking for signs of the cancer's return, but he's very greatful to have had this extra time (and so are we). I love your new picture, by the way -- you look young and happy! Keep up the faith. Corinne |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
oh Martie, I dance along with you m'friend, to the beat of his heart, how can I not? I heard it myself. Give him a hug for me k? love you mxx and i knew in the crystalline knowledge of you |
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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
Hugs to you and Taylor as you continue the battle - loved how you wrote this - sure do think about you both a whole bunch - Paul |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
God bless you both! and long may you dance |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
feeling the beat, the tender strength |
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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
Sometimes we grow so weary from the battle, having won, we wonder why we bothered the fight. If not to dance, then for what? You are so light on your words m'lady |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Ruth said what I was thinking while reading this...but she said it more eloquently than I will be able to... *sending you and Taylor a heart-hug and another quarter for the jukebox* (ykikyk)   |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Excellent title...excellent poem enjoyed _________ice ><> |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
And the dance continues.. may your steps grow lighter dear Martie. Keeping you both in my prayers, Nancy. For it was not into my ear you whispered |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
Such giving words you pen Makes one ache for when Times were simpler then And touch meant forever. Well done, m'dear. Ken Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
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Sadelite Member Elite
since 2003-10-11
Posts 2519 |
Martie, No greater picture could be painted. The truest form of love, here, in a nutshell. It takes special people to dance and sing after such a great toll is taken. My brother-in-law, a dancer. Thinking of the extraordinary attributes you and others must have... Wonderful poetry, Martie. I'm always in awe of how you capture essence. sadie |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
A bond that is beyond touching. you are both very lucky. "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Rosemary J. Gwaltney Senior Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 997northern mountains, Idaho |
Oh, Martie, it has been so very long since I visited here. Your words dance, my friend, as always. How delicately you pen the experience, the sorrow, and your loving courage! I think of you both, and pray for you both. I'm so sorry. But so glad you are still writing! What a gift! The spiritual wind that holds survivors aloft, plants the seeds from which bloom new hope ... R.J.G. |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
I missed this one, Martie. Beautiful poem reaching deep within where empathy lies. My best to you both. |
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yv Senior Member
since 2003-05-30
Posts 574 |
Marti...this is an imaginative and beautifully written sentiment. I must say it touches me. Congratulations! Yv-Goddess of Her Domain. Symbol of Truth Passion Pain. Let Her Smile Rain on the Hearts of the Innocent. |
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Aleta Member
since 2005-04-17
Posts 102Louisiana |
This poem is the pulse of strength in the "aftermath" (well titled!) of survival. There are so many stages to adjust to quickly in the process of something so painful... Love is the rock that keeps us steady and your poem well reflects the beauty, beyond the pain.. Incredible write... So very touching... |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
 May your dance never end. Love & Light, Linda |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
MartieSis and TaylorToo~ My feet are light and tappy as I think of the two of you ... the journey rough ... but together the journey has grown you even closer in the loving~ Bless you both~ *Huglets* ~*MargeSIS*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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