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By Hedvig Date: 2001 Dec 04 Comment on this Work [[2001.12.04.09.43.8644]] |
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You called again this morning as I watched the summer rain shimmering against the dawn and I felt that familiar pain The telephone kept a buzzing like an angry dragonfly I ignored it's noisey clatter as I heaved a heavy sigh Although I won't talk to you I remember all too well the way it was last summer the way we rose and fell I watched you tend your garden you loved to work outside the oval buds of your crimson rose that you grew with special pride Our lives were like the evergreen we thought we'd never fade our hearts were filled with kinetic hope of promises we made I remember the excitement of a pirate on the sea as we sailed upon a reckless course with a spirit wild and free I remember your rubber ducky your bath was filled with bubbles like a kid, you splashed and played around your life was free from troubles No one could harness your spirit as you flew on wings of grace I fell in love with your aura and the beauty of your face Then one day from your garden you gave me a beautiful rose with poetic words of endearment with the wonder of your prose The flower quickly wilted and died a death so grand I pulled away in horror as it pricked and cut my hand You gave me thorns and thistles that tore my dream apart you shattered all I cared about you broke my foolish heart The tears I cried, I hid behind a cool and casual smile I never let on, the pain I felt while hurting all the while Deception came in miniature yes small and subtle ways it crept upon me slow and sure but gradually filled my days And now you ring my phone again much to my disdain I prefer the loneliness of now than to renew that long lost pain. ............ My response to the writer's challenge - using the following words: Bubbles dragonfly rubber pain garden miniature evergreen wings spirit remember free harness kinetic oval shimmering thorns tears sea reckless deception smile fell dream telephone . |