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Open Poetry #37

Every Fifteen Minutes

Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

0 posted 2006-03-29 03:44 PM

Every Fifteen Minutes

after the party,
behind the wheel
or riding along –
one mistake
changes everyone.

between the cadence
of tick and tock,
one boy or one girl
will breathe out

a hospital will pronounce
the death
and mark the end of time

every half of half an hour,
a mother will reel,
a father will feel that gut-punch-pain
of the doorbell late at night –
the date forever imprinted

classmates will learn
what it is to grieve
for the friend no longer there
and will know the weight of air
in an empty chair

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Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2006-03-29 03:54 PM

You didn't pull anything back
on this one...

I will get an email out to you soon.

for your thoughtfulness
and reminder that it is far too simple
between tick
and tock
to lose all.

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2006-03-29 03:55 PM

outstanding write
what a shame

"the weight of air
in an empty chair"

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

3 posted 2006-03-29 04:04 PM

Corinne

"and will know the weight of air
in an empty chair"

So profound!

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

4 posted 2006-03-29 04:38 PM

I am sending this to my daughter
thank you

Toerag
Member Ascendant

since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

5 posted 2006-03-29 04:44 PM

Well hell gal...I didn't need to read this with my daughter driving now....drives me nuts!!!.....but, a great reminder to all of us with kids driving..to kids that are driving...and how precious life is and how easily it can be lost....Well done..and great to read ya again..

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