Monday, October 19, 2009

For Love

I wrote this poem to hold on tight and true even when love hurts. It's one of my favorites.

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It’s only one arm,
Okay its dominant
But I can still
Raise broth to my frozen lips..
.
Only one eye,
The other choked blind
Though still I see your shadow
Gracefully in flight..
.
I gave up my voice
So I could hear yours
When the wires
Misfired and static reigned..
.
My steps though mis-shapened,
Hobble past space
Where molecular memory
Settled in..
.
Forgive me on a day
When my knees give out
And I whimper toward
Whatever grace isn’t..
.
When I was whole
I moved too quickly
To notice almost anything.
Lucky loss has given me sight..
.
My smile survived
because it double duties
With its tearful turn downward
At midnight, through the howls..
.
Yesterday I watched a cattail
Bend and balance
And I remembered when
My heart moved like that..
.
This loss of limb and life
Love lust and luster:
What a tiny price
What a tiny price..
.
I wonder in the years ahead
Should my parts regenerate
If I will miss
The space I’ve forfeited..
.
I wonder if sorrow
Might reappear as joy
filled with the love
That’s made me whole

25 comments:

  1. Anyone loved by you kj is lucky.

    I'm having a giveaway tomorrow so come on over.

    Love Renee xoxo

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  2. oops kj I forgot to tell you that yes I have read Mists of Avalon.

    xoxoxo

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  3. kj,
    it's beautiful
    i hope it helps you
    to write this
    and read it
    when you
    need to.
    you are a lovely person
    and will be ok
    you will be terrific!
    xoxoxoxo ♥

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  4. ms. renee, thank you times twelve.

    ms renee2, i'm surprised and delighted you've read this book. it transformed the way i thought about 'god'

    ms. lori,

    thank you
    my friend
    i will mend
    and in the end
    i might send
    you a letter
    to say i'm better.
    (tee hee)

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  5. This brought a tear to my eye :( incredibly beautiful kj!)

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  6. You have a good heart, KJ, and I appreciate you.

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  7. i feel you need bucket loadsa wfs right now, so here they are sweeping across the pond from me to you.

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  8. It is at the end of one road where the answers to questions behind are found and questions for the path ahead lay.

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  9. No free food, you know I can't cook or bake.

    So if all of us are together one day, no one better expect me to even cut a piece of lettuce.

    Love Renee xoxo

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  10. kj really is time to move on. . sorry Chardy induced bravery but . . you're future's bright . .leave the past behind

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  11. Holy sh*t, KJ -- this is the best poem you've ever written. Can you submit it somewhere? It is gorgeous in so many ways. Bravo!

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  12. Holy sh*t, KJ -- this is the best poem you've ever written. Can you submit it somewhere? It is gorgeous in so many ways. Bravo!

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  13. val, thank you. i wrote this months ago, maybe even a year ago and i still like the hope it offers.

    snow, OMG. i consider this a HUGE compliment from you. tsup!

    mark, how did you get so damn wise, mark? you really do nail it!
    xo

    renee, "if all of us are together one day": are you f--- kidding? i'd cook everything, even special orders. and you could act like queen moon raven and just look pretty!

    soulbrush, i am actually pretty well these days. i wrote this a while and i'm ever an optimist. xo

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  14. baino, chardy bravery, eh! i wrote this a good while back, hells, and i can't help really liking it. but thanks for the periodic kick. that's what friends are for. :)

    melissa, you know, i kind of agree. i like this poem for many reasons. thank you so much for this comment. it means alot alot alot!

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  15. hmmm, I think you've posted this not long ago because I remember picking out my favorite part.

    I'm glad you posted it again though because it's beautiful.

    Like your heart ;)

    xoxo
    Lo

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  16. I love this one. Doesn't that sound trite? And I don't mean it that way-I really do love it. It captures the essence of love, loss and hope for redemption. It's a more mature view than just wallowing in the loss.

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  17. It is wonderful that you have so much talent and expertise with words and can express your sadness this way which can be shared with others too.

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  18. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Mists of Avalon (sorry I over heard you and Renee "chatting")...it is so good! I had a vivid and very scary dream after reading it one night before bed...I was in Texas at the time and I woke up screaming.

    Beautiful poem.

    much love

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  19. lo, so i DID post it before! damn! i've written probably a 100 poems and you'd think i could remember when i post one. but i LIKE this one, so to quote emily: it's not my fault. xoxo

    debra kay, mature? mature? ooohhh...that's nice :)

    suki, you are so supportive. i appreciate that so much. xo

    stacey, now i have to know about your dream! what scared you? i loved loved loved 'mists' too. i'm smiling that you did too.

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  20. Under no circumstances are you being left out of the draw dear one.

    We can never have enough of Tessa's prints if we are lucky enough to win them. Right?

    I am laughing at my Mom because she phones me and says, I quote "Renee, I can't get it to show my response, something is wrong with that fucking thing." Har har..

    And of course so I come and look, and no her response is not here. Now I will have to type one in for her.

    kj I got the most beautiful card today. You always give me the nicest cards and I love them.

    Love Renee xoxo

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  21. Have I never told you that she is from Scotland, they are all fishwives there.

    They swear like troopers.

    xoxox

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  22. Oh kj - I'm always pleased when I see one of your poems here- even if it is one from sadder times! This is lovely - I hadn't seen it before!

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  23. renee, tsup,

    caroline, thank you very much. i follow your art with great pleasure. tsup to you too.

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  24. Sorry to drop by late KJ.
    So lovely written poem, can feel the love here:)

    Please write to me, I hope you wouldn't miss my email, I need to send you some gifts!
    I gave you my emails before.
    Thanks KJ.

    yoonseeart@gmail.com

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  25. this is a beautiful poem thanks for sharing.

    wonder if you could take a look at a video of someone who lost a limb and while he, chris, doesn't get poetic his story about charging back into life afterward, has become a finalist in the mutual of omaha, aha moment campaign:

    http://www.ahamoment.com/pg/voting?id=8269

    if enough of use vote for him he'll be featured in their 2010 ad campaign. that will be a nice feature on someone we care about.

    thanks for looking. tell friends if you like.

    cam
    cam@ahamoment.com

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