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Posted by laural on October 20, 2000, at 3:10:13
(not yet finished)
Here and Now
See that woman over there?
She’s hiding
behind her thick-rimmed glasses
and bedroom hair,
her cardigan sweater,
her book and her stress.
Where is she? She is at ballet
lessons in half an hour, drama
rehersals after dinner and studying
for a physics test til noon tomorrow.I have an image of my aunt,
as she was dying of cancer,
sitting by the lake.
It is Fall and sunny.
She is smiling.
I know she is scared,
eyes closed,
lips tight.
She was hiding, too--
from an ending.I am sitting by the lake--
The sun warms my face
and I’m so cold
I feel her hand on my shoulder
she says, my lips were not tight
and the warmth spreads through my body
Somewhere a scared little girl
relaxes and finally sleeps
at 4:37 am.Where is this middle ground
into which we can root ourselves
and lick our wounds clean
of demons and nighttime charades.Where is this absolute truth
this grace
where we can walk
through the seasons
tasting the air
both fresh and foul
or breathe in the color
of a single drop of water
on the dirty pavement or
on your partener’s face--
each hue brighter than the last
As man named the beasts
and God called this Good
how do we call this Good?
(As it was in the beginning . . .)
Where is this ethereal place?A woman now lays dying
in a hospital far away, stark, and lifeless
yet so determined and efficient at keeping
life.
Outside her window, it is bright and beautiful,
inside her organs are dying, one by one.
--and as she lays dying,
does she look back on her life
with regret, anger, bitterness,
and does she wait for it to get better?
or does she wonder
if she has led a Good life
and breathe in the end of the day
despite everything
Posted by pullmarine on October 21, 2000, at 23:23:21
In reply to Here and Now, posted by laural on October 20, 2000, at 3:10:13
> (not yet finished)
>
>
> Here and Now
>
>
> See that woman over there?
> She’s hiding
> behind her thick-rimmed glasses
> and bedroom hair,
> her cardigan sweater,
> her book and her stress.
> Where is she? She is at ballet
> lessons in half an hour, drama
> rehersals after dinner and studying
> for a physics test til noon tomorrow.
>
> I have an image of my aunt,
> as she was dying of cancer,
> sitting by the lake.
> It is Fall and sunny.
> She is smiling.
> I know she is scared,
> eyes closed,
> lips tight.
> She was hiding, too--
> from an ending.
>
> I am sitting by the lake--
> The sun warms my face
> and I’m so cold
> I feel her hand on my shoulder
> she says, my lips were not tight
> and the warmth spreads through my body
> Somewhere a scared little girl
> relaxes and finally sleeps
> at 4:37 am.
>
> Where is this middle ground
> into which we can root ourselves
> and lick our wounds clean
> of demons and nighttime charades.
>
> Where is this absolute truth
> this grace
> where we can walk
> through the seasons
> tasting the air
> both fresh and foul
> or breathe in the color
> of a single drop of water
> on the dirty pavement or
> on your partener’s face--
> each hue brighter than the last
> As man named the beasts
> and God called this Good
> how do we call this Good?
> (As it was in the beginning . . .)
>
>
> Where is this ethereal place?
>
> A woman now lays dying
> in a hospital far away, stark, and lifeless
> yet so determined and efficient at keeping
> life.
> Outside her window, it is bright and beautiful,
> inside her organs are dying, one by one.
> --and as she lays dying,
> does she look back on her life
> with regret, anger, bitterness,
> and does she wait for it to get better?
> or does she wonder
> if she has led a Good life
> and breathe in the end of the day
> despite everything
Posted by Dr. Bob on October 22, 2000, at 15:19:30
In reply to great stuff., posted by pullmarine on October 21, 2000, at 23:23:21
Hi, everyone,
I think it's a nice practice, the way some people, when they just want to make a quick comment on the "subject" line, put "(np)" (for "no post") at the end of their subject line comment. That way, people seeing it listed won't click on it expecting to see more.
Usually, a post that's just a duplicate of a previous post will end up being deleted. Thanks,
Bob
Posted by quilter on October 26, 2000, at 21:12:46
In reply to Here and Now, posted by laural on October 20, 2000, at 3:10:13
Thank you, Laural, it was a pleasure to read this. Quilter
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