Spirits raise their eyebrows
and on high horizon, angels appear;
one’s with real names, with histories,
with memories of who I was, once
upon a lost lullaby.
Angels raise their voices
and on the line, a foregone conclusion,
you were always there; the crone of caution
I had cried for long after tears fell
for a million other reasons.
Gods ground out a certain mold
and fills it with differences.
In spite of it all, we are so similar:
Look at these poems...they could be mine.
Look at how you survived over and over,
never forgiving yourself
until what is lost or found
crawls back on your lap again.
These are second chances:
New beginnings back on old paths.
Sing it to me, again, mother.
Carry me back to an old place to start again.
Author notes
The end of Septemeber, I had the profound experience of being found by birth mother and twelve siblings...talk about new beginnings.
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A contest entry
- New Beginnings by StormGoddess.
425 points, ended January 16, 2007, 12 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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love it.
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"In spite of it all, we are so similar: Look at these poems...they could be mine. Look at how you survived over and over, never forgiving yourself until what is lost or found crawls back on your lap again." Sighhh...Eloquent & overflowing with Grace, my Sister of the Magnificent Soul...Completely brilliant & beautiful, Sweetie...Good luck in Storm's contest...
Wanda
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I can not begin to tell youw hat it has meant to me...this sacred one great wish every adopted child has...and she is so beautiful, her books and books of colelctions ofquotes and poems were given to me. You know, I only looked at the first one..I can hardly bear to read them. I will let myself read them when I dare. Isn't that silly? Perhaps I am afraid of what I will read and will not be able to stop crying again.
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That's got to be an incredibly emotional experience, I can't even imagine. I hope everything works out well for you. Your poem is beautiful. "Carry me back to an old place to start again." That is my favorite line. Great job!
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I went through incredible identity crisis through this whole experience...I still am.
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Wow! I hope finding your birth mother was somewhat a positive experience for you. Emotional piece about starrting something in your life brand new. Nice writing.
Thank you for entering and good luck
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It was...I needed to find her before I could not tell her, in real life, I forgave her.
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To find your birth mother after so long a time must be an amazing and very emotional experience . . . I love the line "until what is lost or found crawls back on your lap again" . . . stunning.
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And I did just about that in the Cumberland Nursing Home. she nearly dragged me down onto her lap int he wheelchair. But I did lay my head on her breast and hear her heartbeat.
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