by gautami tripathy
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May 2, 2006

Filling the holes with ink

December 01, 2006 12:50 PM EST (Updated: December 01, 2006 01:13 PM EST)
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preceding night,
turning the pages
in my mind; filled
with your memories,
i fell asleep with lights on.

with numb fingers,
i tried to pen the holes
that time has made
into your remembrance,
handwritten for me

my ink tried to fill in the
painful distance,
created by your absence.
i could visualize
your glaring eyes

in those pages in the
recesses of my mind,
the words stood out
noted down in margin
of memories which I had

scribbled the night
you disappeared forever,
leaving me alone
with shards of pain
which will never fade.

 

(c)gautami.tripathy

~Dec 01, 2006
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In memory of a close friend who passed away some years back.
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Comments: 21

♯ ♪ Dec 1, 2006, 1:01pm EST
Very touching and soulful.
Ludie Gee Dec 1, 2006, 1:14pm EST
Amazingly deep!
Donna M. Dec 1, 2006, 1:22pm EST
B E A U T I F U L.................love image...can you share a little about your image selection...?
Joe T. Dec 1, 2006, 1:30pm EST
Terrific!!
Robin K. Dec 1, 2006, 1:44pm EST
This is beautiful!
Cheryl W. Dec 1, 2006, 1:54pm EST
Very moving.
This is lovely and sad, as though your friend passed away some years ago, the memorys remain and we wish the person back with us. I'm making this a feature on First Time Writers, though I know you're a much better than First Time Writer, it's the group of mine that it's published to, and it deserves a feature.
www.firsttimewriters.gather.com

with thanks,
Hugs,
Marilyn
Barbra L. Dec 1, 2006, 3:40pm EST
gautami, I'm very touched by this. The 'beautiful' colors of your font, the picture, your words--really pierce my heart. I hurt.
I send you an embrace.
John Doyle Dec 1, 2006, 3:59pm EST
This person was singularly blessed to have you for a friend
Apryl Just Apryl Dec 1, 2006, 4:17pm EST
Profound and heart breaking!! Beautiful and poignant!!!
Laurie White Dec 1, 2006, 4:43pm EST
Ah yes, been in this place many times. Sometimes it feels like writing exorcises those sad and painful feelings and memories.
Sonia M. Dec 1, 2006, 5:19pm EST
Beautiful..................I think all of us have these holes to fill.........not many of us can put this need into words as beautifully as you did.
Larry H. Dec 1, 2006, 5:23pm EST
very good , thanks for sharing..
Rosa See Ya Dec 2, 2006, 5:04am EST
Hugs to you Guatami. No words can fill those holes.
tuwanda t. Dec 2, 2006, 6:18am EST
lovely
Laura H. Dec 2, 2006, 8:46am EST
a very touching sharing of deep emotions.
saroj kumar m. Dec 2, 2006, 8:59am EST
It's really beautiful. U have put ur heart infront with ur friend's feelings with it.
gautami tripathy Dec 2, 2006, 9:28pm EST
It was my first day at school. I had just changed my school. I was feeling so lost and alone. I was 10 years old. She too was standing all alone. We looked at each and became friends.

Sharing seats, lunch and girly talks for 6 years. She passed away due to a short illness. She was only 16. So was I. It has been more than 20 years but the pain is still there. I miss her.

The poem is one way of showing my love for her which is still very much there.

Yes, I have moved on but she is not there to share life with me..

Thank you all for understanding my pain.
gautami tripathy Dec 2, 2006, 9:30pm EST
That picture was posted to me by a friend. I thought it fits here. So I posted it. I think I will ask her about the picture. I love it too!
zale orcid Dec 3, 2006, 3:53pm EST
noted down in margin. you have a very good sense of flow, I think it is good to train yourself a way to stay consistent in your poems, as you said something like concentrating on one thought. But I think you have the nature to be free and elusive...
this was very comforting to read, nice job
I had to come back and read it once more. Thank you! Wish I could rate it again!!!

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