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Once, Just Once....More
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Once, Just Once....More |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA 
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Silence swallows the soul as a gate arcs outwards and a river of tears lets her wallow in her own ache. You, the one who helped conceive, nurture, guide...missing from her outstretched hand as the coolness of your hand slips slowly away from her struggling grasp. You, the man, so tall above her, carrying her skyward in your strength, allowing her flight to land softly in your reassuring grasp....never failing....ever giving... You, the man, not just any man, but the one man who would know the name of a small child’s attempt at a spoken, coveted word... You, the shadow that loomed large against the searing sun, that she might play, spread cooling wet sands....smiling gleefully as you stood...smiling so tenderly...until the moment when you placed a slumbering, drooling, pink cherubic face, hands, feet softly into her bed...allowing the trust of slumber to carry her into a field of dreams, dreams that would last just one lifetime... No more...no less... And now, beneath that soil, freshly stirred, you lie motionless, eyes closed to the world you once knew....holding a priceless gift... A gift tenderly tucked away....until eternity awakens you....and you read, smiling, ever smiling....words of a daughter’s love... From an aching heart that shall never forget you.... For a gift was exchanged many years ago when she called your name....and tears flooded a father’s eyes...as a daughter’s eyes brim with the bitter brine of love... once more. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
There are many things I know.... I know this wasn't for me... but it felt like it. I know it was for me... because... it felt like it. It could be for any little girl, who truly knew her father's love... in the best of all ways... always.... but it took the pen of a poet to put it to light... that it might live on. For this? I thank you. |
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Larry C
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States |
Magnus, You got me choked up here. For all kinds of reasons. It aches in ways I think I know. And it warms in ways that keep on giving, as do you. Thank you. If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Barry...I was so touched by what my sissie said up there, that I lost my own words. I'll be back to make a reply later.  |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Barry..there are times you make me sigh and times you make me cry.. then there are times such as right now.. you leave me speechless, with a lump in my throat. Heart Hugs, Nancy ~Time has cast a spell on you, |
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Angelheart Senior Member
since 2005-09-08
Posts 754Jacksonville,FL USA |
wonderful write, thanks for sharing. Poetry can get you very far |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Please forgive me...but I felt so strongly about writing this....It could apply to either sex...but it does not.... And when she reads this, she will know... and heal... Thank You, each of you... And to each of you, I understand... |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Oh, my goodness. The last poem I read tonight before climbing into bed .... Magnus my friend... thankyou dearheart. Hugs, Chris Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. |
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Savage Quiescence Member
since 2002-07-29
Posts 326Wandering |
library |
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MGROVES
since 2004-02-01
Posts 3802california |
very touching My spirit will rise |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Magnus~ How touchingly tender ... so real ... so feel~ A special love bond ... perhaps well-worn, but never broken~ *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*No matter what I search for ... |
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SmartChick Member Rara Avis
since 2001-09-23
Posts 7081On A Journey To The Unknown |
This is beautiful. |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Barry...Beautiful touching words from your heart. I am so glad you shared this with us. Everyone here should read it and share with those that have lost someone special. A real  forever my friend...Paul~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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SEA
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
this is so tender and heartfelt...but you sure did make me cry!  |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Barry...I'm back with another hug! |
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DennisTheMenace Member
since 2005-09-04
Posts 240 |
enjoyed, u gotta way with word and emotions |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
It would require a blending of experience and observance to conceive the feelings that bestowed such a loving hand upon the hearts of those that have journeyed here. How blessed we are to know such a tender man. Hugs, TD |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
precious moments remembered Barry, ones that make it all worthwhile Lovely poem |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
BJ, I'm storing this one away to read again. Your insight into the heart of a daughter is truely demonstratetd. ......jo[This message has been edited by iliana (11-02-2005 12:37 AM).] |
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scorpio Member Ascendant
since 2002-10-02
Posts 5178right...there |
Beautifully written Barry. believe in what your heart feels... |
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StevenS Senior Member
since 2005-09-21
Posts 945L. A. (Lower Alabama) |
Magnus I admire your ability to put into words such sorrow, beauty, love, and hope. Your words are medicine for the soul. Thank you. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Tears for you and thanks to you, Magnus. - Owl |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Barry... so, so beautifully said. A Treasure. "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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bgj Member
since 2005-11-09
Posts 128Ga. USA |
Absolutely beautiful! God bless all, bgj |
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fmlbarebackrider2001 Member
since 2005-11-16
Posts 138West Texas, United States |
As a daughter I have to say that this has to be once of the most touching poems I have ever had a chance to read. Makes you stop and think. Thank you. Cory Know yourself before you try to know someone else. |
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pictureme2 Member
since 2005-11-13
Posts 194 |
This was really a tear jerker! Me, being a daughter, having a daughter, and loving a man......really pulled at my heartstrings! Great write! Thanks for sharing this! pictureme2 |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
If I could have written this poem.... I was closer to being able to, after I'd read it. These lines are a gift to anyone who reads them. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Library thingy! |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
As a daughter who's just lost her dad... my response slides down my cheeks... with thanks. |
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