Tag: writing
member name: Cheryl W.
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February 13, 2008 01:20 PM EST --
For some reason, today I was remembering the first time I ever received a Valentine. I'm not talking about Valentines such as the ones we all made for our classmates in school. . . .
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May 24, 2008 03:55 PM EDT --
Silent river flows along mossy banks
just as it did many years ago
when I was a little girl;
The picnic table still stands,
wood rotting away as if from a slow cancer, . . .
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June 18, 2008 02:06 PM EDT --
I see you across the room...with her...the one I despise with all of my being. She smiles at you and bats her eyes like she has something special to offer. You smile back and take it . . .
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October 30, 2007 03:29 PM EDT --
There's nothing quite like an October day,
for it brings back cherished memories...
Memories of my childhood as my sister and me
dressed up in our Halloween costumes
for the . . .
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March 18, 2008 04:05 PM EDT --
I don't usually rant, but what a couple of days it has been! My older sister, God bless her, was due to come visit me yesterday around noon. She had a 2 hour drive, and it's a drive . . .
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June 08, 2008 04:16 PM EDT --
So many times
she would pray
for a touch
a tear
a sign
she was alive,
and
so . . .
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June 05, 2008 08:08 AM EDT --
May the light guide you,
infuse your being,
calm your fears,
guide you through the storm;
May joyful days find you,
filling you with laughter,
. . .
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June 09, 2008 12:02 PM EDT --
What is it about fear
that causes us to hold it close like a lover?
We embrace it,
trust it, let it ingrain our very beings
until we are paralyzed,
and in that inability to move,
we feel safe. . . .
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June 13, 2008 11:05 AM EDT --
Time is precious,
not to be wasted;
Life is sweet,
meant to be tasted;
Why wither away
our moments?
The time for living is now!
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July 15, 2008 12:15 PM EDT --
I brush crumbs to the floor
to make way for paper and pen,
wondering why
I'm left with the remains
of someone's late night sandwich
when all I want to do is
. . .
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September 10, 2008 12:40 PM EDT --
I remember the day as if it was yesterday. I woke up, got dressed and went to work at the group home where I was a Case Manager for abused and neglected children.
By the time I got there, they . . .
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July 18, 2008 02:15 PM EDT --
I sat alone in the small café, trying to appear worldly and confident enough in myself to have dinner alone. After all, lots of people eat alone. I, myself, had seen many a woman sitting at a table . . .
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November 29, 2007 11:57 AM EST --
I grew up in the North Carolina mountains, and lived in a few different homes. But the one I most remember was on Main Street right across from the Catholic church. It was brick with a huge front porch. . . .
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March 26, 2008 06:54 AM EDT --
The sun rises,
The sun sets.
Another day to love, to laugh, to live;
Yet so often we don't appreciate
these hours so freely given.
We spew venom,
cast stones,
and . . .
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June 10, 2008 10:25 AM EDT --
Magnolia blossoms perfume the air
on a hot and sultry night;
On a veranda
in old Savannah
I see the look in your eyes;
Sweet strains of Dixie
in a moonlit Southern sky;
. . .
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June 24, 2008 12:21 PM EDT --
Walls closing in,
pressing,
squeezing the life
out of one
who once lived well
dancing on paved streets,
laughing . . .
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July 31, 2008 03:28 PM EDT --
He was misunderstood, and nobody liked him much. Something about him just didn't sit well with people. He made them feel uncomfortable.
Perhaps it was because his life had been an . . .
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October 24, 2009 03:02 PM EDT --
Your brutal attack began years ago. But here I am…still standing.
Sometimes you whisper to me, and fear invades my soul. You come in daylight or darkness. It doesn’t matter. Suddenly I . . .
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April 04, 2007 12:46 PM EDT --
They call to me,
are a wellspring inside of me,
and I could not stop them
even if I tried;
Words flow
like a stream,
gentle to my soul,
guided by my spirit,
shared with those
who care . . .
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February 20, 2008 08:49 AM EST --
Green shoot
Splash of yellow
Breaking through winter's ground
Warmth of spring is soon approaching
Death fades
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