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Subject: He's Gone


Author:
Wilopent
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Date Posted: 10:16:50 02/04/08 Mon

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He’s Gone

The sun
now ending its long walk
across the sky
peeks again through the willow.
It’s quiet now.
She sits by the window
looking at the garden
and this aging man
who once she knew
as lover mate . . .
now more like a child
a lost one at that
but still a man in form
the man she loved
for all these years
who calls her Sally now,
Sally . . . some girl he knew
when he was young.
Sally doesn’t live here
and this is not his home
in West Virginia.

He keeps looking for his dog
long dead . . . calling out
“Scotty! Come here, boy.”
And she sits and watches
as he clips the branches
of the small bush
that sits alone at the back
of the yard.
She’s thinking how like branches
his mind
is being clipped away each day.

Soon
he’ll come through the door
yelling and asking why
she’s sitting in his house
. . . . and where’s Sally?
And the wedding pictures
on the bureau
stare back at him
like strangers
toasting ghosts.

She sits by the window
holding screams
beneath her breath
of frozen tears
and weeps silent
even as the fireflies
begin their dance.

He’s lost
the man she loved
locked in some forbidden space
within his mind
growing deeper and deeper away
lost to all who called him friend
and father and . . . Darling.

“ I can’t find Scotty” he mumbles
teary-eyed through the door
and she cups his face in her tender hands
trying to find him . . . somewhere.

Night begins its close around them
as he smiles and pats her hair
and plants his small kiss upon her cheek
. . . “ I love you, Sally.”


My first published poem in the Poet’s Sanctuary “Splash of Verse 2007”~

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Author:
Christine
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Date Posted: 12:20:18 02/04/08 Mon

Oh! How sadly exquisite! I can see why it was published and I thank you for sharing it's beauty with us!

~Hugs~

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[> Subject: Re: He's Gone


Author:
Wilopent
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Date Posted: 13:17:50 02/04/08 Mon

Thank you, Christine,
I had written this after our dear friends, who we've known and loved for over 30 yrs., spent the weekend with us. Linda explained that her husband was in the early stages of Alzheimers and my heart was breaking to think that the day might come when he wouldn't know her . . .or us, anymore.
xoxo
Wilopent

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Author:
andy
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Date Posted: 15:19:00 02/04/08 Mon



Wow, you know just coming into contact
with your words makes me realize that
we are lucky to have your here.

Touching, endearing, and beautiful even
in its sadness.

thanks,
andy

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Author:
wilopent
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Date Posted: 07:13:09 02/06/08 Wed

Thank you Andy. Your words mean alot to me and are always so encouraging.
xoxo
Wilopent

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