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"hope In A Boy"
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Posted 11 March 2009 - 08:59 PM
"Hope in a Boy"
by Chai
A child moved his head in sleep
And Father Sleep tugged him out of bed
Down a thorny path towards
A doorway of light
They stepped into a room, the pair
Dark and heavy was the air
Within the glass room, a dozen eyes
And open mouths, and painful cries
"See the girl," said old man Sleep
And pointed into the circle's deep
She stood within, centermost
Sad face, cup raised to toast
Then the vision changed, and now
The boy saw the girl and how
Her one dark face was now bright
A man beside her, and a room of light
"This is her past," Sleep said
"The man by her, her father is dead."
"What will she do?" asked the boy,
Looking at the girl, absorbed in joy
"That is up to her," said the Sleep Man
"If she wants to remember, then she can.
Memories will help, and friends, too
One of them, I hope, will be you."
When the boy awoke from his bed
He didn't think it was all in his head
In the afternoon, he saw the girl walking
He called out, and they began talking.
"I saw you," he said, "your dad, too.
In a vision of joy and love were you,
Side by side and holding hands
He wanted to tell you, 'do what you can,
But be gentle with yourself.
And love,' he said, 'is your greatest wealth.'
He remembers your smile,
And when you stayed a while,
And he says, 'for your wrongs, I forgive you.
But they were nothing. Be true
to your heart, my child.'"
The happy news made the girl's face bright
And the boy was happy, to have given her light
He determined to be her friend
And that was the start, born from an end.
"NATURE is what we see,
The Hill, the Afternoon—
Squirrel, Eclipse, the Bumble-bee,
Nay—Nature is Heaven. "
- from Poem XXXIV by Emily Dickinson
"Love yourself now for the hope you have. You wouldn't be working on yourself if you didn't have hope." - from John Bradshaw's Creating Love
A video for my dad: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=fk4qEgHH48M
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Posted 02 May 2009 - 02:42 PM
Chai,
This poem radiates hope. I meant to tell you sooner, but never got to it. I hope things are going well for you. You have so many talents.
Your friend,
Kath
This poem radiates hope. I meant to tell you sooner, but never got to it. I hope things are going well for you. You have so many talents.
Your friend,
Kath
"Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy."--- Eskimo Legend
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Posted 18 June 2009 - 06:45 AM
Chai
this poem is so lovely! It brought warmth to my heart to think that my mum would send me those well wishes too.
Thank you.
Blessings
Rachael.
ps and yes you ARE a talented writer! what a lovely picture you paint.
this poem is so lovely! It brought warmth to my heart to think that my mum would send me those well wishes too.
Thank you.
Blessings
Rachael.
ps and yes you ARE a talented writer! what a lovely picture you paint.
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Posted 18 June 2009 - 07:45 AM
Chai
that is a beautiful warm poem. Thank you for sharing it because I think we can all identify with it no matter whether we have lost a mother, father, husband, wife or whichever special person we are grieving for.
I agree with the others. You are a gifted writer and today I really needed to read something with hope in it, so thank you, again.
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that is a beautiful warm poem. Thank you for sharing it because I think we can all identify with it no matter whether we have lost a mother, father, husband, wife or whichever special person we are grieving for.
I agree with the others. You are a gifted writer and today I really needed to read something with hope in it, so thank you, again.
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