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Martie

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0 posted 2005-02-28 09:00 PM

It is different this year
For the hole is hand stitched
With the thread that I lost
Then re-found and re-fit

And the tear covered fingers
Of hand to the face
Are changing the vacancy
To knowledge and grace

Can you see how the empty
Really waits to be filled
And the fabric of time
Is sewn with heart’s skill

And the sweet smell of sunshine
Still hangs on the fence
Within the lost pages
Of life’s circumstance

So don’t worry my darling
Where ever you are
Is a minute just now
And then gone but not far

So the road may seem empty
When the skin feels the cold
But the weight of my heart
Is the blanket you hold

----------reposted from Feb of 04
for many reasons, my favorite February poem
in memory of Michelle...and because I'll miss you February, until next year. Thank you for all your replies in this my month of Michelle.

I am just a traveler looking for a home, finding I carry it around with me, and sometimes it's just too damn heavy.

Opoetry4me
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since 2002-10-11

Posts 126
Dixon, Ky USA

1 posted 2005-02-28 09:06 PM

Awww, what a lovely tribute to your friend. I am sure she knows how much she is missed. ~~HUGGGS~~

littlewing
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since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

2 posted 2005-02-28 09:12 PM

Oh God, you know Martie, this made me cry, it really did, I know this so well, too, different than yours yet still so very much the same

(love, that part of you always kind):

And the sweet smell of sunshine
Still hangs on the fence
Within the lost pages
Of life’s circumstance

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

3 posted 2005-02-28 09:50 PM

Michelle will be remembered long after February is gone...
Sending you heart hugs dear Martie.

ThisDiamond
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since 2002-02-22

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Michigan, USA

4 posted 2005-02-28 10:08 PM

How lovely you call to the spring Martie.
Somehow, there is no parting...even in the absense.
Hugs,
TD

icebox
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in the shadows

5 posted 2005-03-01 06:51 AM

"Can you see how the empty
Really waits to be filled
And the fabric of time
Is sewn with heart’s skill"

Yes...of course...through your eyes. Thank you.

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

6 posted 2005-03-01 06:58 AM

Yes, I was waiting for the last poem of February...

Renewed with spirit.

miscellanea
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since 2004-06-24

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OH

7 posted 2005-03-01 09:38 AM

As I'm doing a cross-stitch at home, I relate to all the x's and o's that have gone into this!  (I've mended a few holes of my own over the years, especially the ones left when my best friend who died of cancer when she was eleven.  It was over 30 years-enough time to appreciate her beauty more each year.)

I can very well see why this might be your favorite.  It is very lovely.

   ~miscellanea

Gentle Spirit
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8 posted 2005-03-01 10:49 AM

darn this made me cry Martie. heart hugs.

Marge Tindal

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9 posted 2005-03-01 11:00 AM

MartieSis~
AND ... my favorite too~

I love ya', Sis~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19

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10 posted 2005-03-01 12:08 PM

And the sweet smell of sunshine
Still hangs on the fence
Within the lost pages
Of life’s circumstance
and in all you poems, you do, if not even subconciously, seem to hold onto that faith, a very good place to be....hugs dear one

JL
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11 posted 2005-03-01 01:09 PM

So nice! An excellent write.
JL

Honeybunch
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South Africa

12 posted 2005-03-01 02:59 PM

Martie - your words are so very touching as you pass through the month of February. My heart goes out to you.

Dark Angel
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13 posted 2005-03-01 03:14 PM

Smiling wide here Martie, I always look forward to not only your February poems but, all of them.

Beautiful you.

Maree

and i knew in the crystalline knowledge of you
~Buckingham/Nicks

Ratleader

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14 posted 2005-03-01 08:13 PM

....and I....look forward to this one...because it means you have tied this month together, taken what you will receive from it this year, and now you are moving forward into the new, at peace with the old. That's a good way to be....a very good way to be.

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Goodknight
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15 posted 2005-03-02 07:06 PM

Martie - I have felt the spirit and life of Michelle in your poetry and when I visit in you and in your home - she is truly touching so many through you - Paul

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