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Gypsy Sparrow (re-fluttered, just cause)
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Gypsy Sparrow (re-fluttered, just cause) |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores 
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Gypsy Sparrow ~*Marge Tindal*~  Dad called us gypsy sparrows, fluttering in unexpectedly Stealing his heart with our antics, then flitting off to play Mother always smiled each time he'd use that phrase Gypsy sparrows ~ gypsy sparrows, please don't fly away Times they changed, we flew the nest Off to see the world, giving it of our best Days passed into years of nesting on our own until Dad urgently called one day Gypsy sparrows ~ gypsy sparrows Please, please fly straight home Feathers in a flutter brought us home to cry Saying goodbye to Mother, whose time had come to fly Storing things in the attic, I came across a chest Filled with memorabilia of things that Mom liked best A photograph of parental youth, caught my eye in glee My parents before I knew them, dated June,1943 Frayed edges of photographic memories of young love in it's blooming I turned it over then to see script of Father's hand written for his bride to be Beverly ... sweet Beverly~ My love, my darling wife to be promise you will wait for me I've flown across the ocean to another land to fight a war that I have tried so hard to understand I do what I must do ... But know I will return to you In my heart forever stay ... Gypsy sparrow ~ gypsy sparrow please don't fly away All my love ... ~Jack Then tucked in tiny box of lace a fold of creased memories I embraced As I tenderly read my mother's reply that brought a tender tear to my eye~ Jack ... my Jack~ I wait with a true heart to hold you in my arms again Come home, come home as quickly as you can ... in this world of many, for me there is not any other who could hold a candle to you ... Hurry home, hurry home for I am faithfully waiting, no hesitating ... to become your bride to be always by your side~ Come my man ... for we have a nest to fill with our everlasting love in anticipation of our own Gypsy Sparrows to come~ Dad came in, sat with me. I held him in his sorrow Tears poured forth for all the years they smiled into each other's tomorrows We placed the photograph on the mantel, side by side, with another taken recently, of Dad and his life-long bride Memories remain within a heart of a love so truly known Though far beyond the rainbowed skies his gypsy sparrow has flown |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Oh Marge...this is heart rending and wonderful! What a metaphor, Gypsy Sparrows...love and devotion for so many years, the absolute hub of his life... and you posting their love poems in retrospect!... You write so beautifully and the poem is presented exquisitely. Thank you for sharing your treasures with such poignancy and tenderness. (My eyes are brimming.) Hugs, ~ Karen |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Marge/sis...this really touched my heart...what ever happened to the kleenex warning? It's wonderful to have seen the treasure in that box with you..thanks for sharing the memory.  |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Dear Marge, This is an exquisite piece of writing. I'm saving this, along with the others of yours. How very very special this is. ~Soft smiles & caring hugs, Nancy~ |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Thank you, ladies for lifting my heart with your replies+ My mother's birth-of-day is today ... she has been gone from our lives since 1995 and I'm needing to express some of the wonderful things of remember~ *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
Heartachingly beautiful Marge... every last word. |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
Marge, My very, very favorite poem of yours to date! Marvelous writing of a wonderful story! Very touching. misc'e |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
You can tell when I've been away from Pip for a while--I always forget to check the library box until it's too late! Not this time!!! |
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Ericc Member Elite
since 2003-01-31
Posts 4178 |
Heart touching. Eric |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Poet friends ... you are all so kind to me, thank you~  *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Days of remember bring visions of my mother and father back to my heart ... how like them both to have had the poetic blood to pass on to this daughter~ Mother  ... Daddy ... may I always, always make you both word-proud of your daughter~~*Me ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Hugging you tight. |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
I have great need to plunder the drawers of memorabilia .... lace hankies, papered-words of poetry, photographs ... anything that Mother held, loved, cherished and fondly tucked away for me to find~ *sigh* ... the 'missing' lays heavy in the heart ... now I must make the time to sift the beautiful memories of a lady ... a true lady that I had the good fortune of having for my Mother~ ~*A Daughter Remembers*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Marge/sis....Memories are precious rungs on the ladder of life. |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
MartieSis~ Yes, they are, indeed~ I step up the rungs of gentle memories~ My mother would have just LOVED knowing what wonderful friends I have made at this circle~ Yes, she would have~ *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
She knows Marge...she knows. |
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