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Sinead
Sinead. Your name alone begs to be spoken in the whispers of angels. Calls us to sacred silence, while we dream of raging at the sky.
Much like those voices murmuring--ever so softly---from behind closed doors.
Your grief-stricken parents mustn't overhear your name.
God, how will they ever hear anything else?!...
Sinead.
Ssshhh....nead!...
How quickly. How quietly. You came and you went.
In fewer than a hundred sleeps, you softly stole our hearts.
God, how the silence you've left behind is deafening.
R.
Much like those voices murmuring--ever so softly---from behind closed doors.
Your grief-stricken parents mustn't overhear your name.
God, how will they ever hear anything else?!...
Sinead.
Ssshhh....nead!...
How quickly. How quietly. You came and you went.
In fewer than a hundred sleeps, you softly stole our hearts.
God, how the silence you've left behind is deafening.
R.
Author's Note
Rest in peace, sweet, sweet girl. There never existed a better call to believe in angels.
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Re. Sinead
Anonymous
23rd Mar 2018 7:59am
Fuck! That is my fave type of writing. Succinct and yet holding back as the writer. I place my life in my words. Years ago, I lost my lover to a road crash. She sings to me sometimes, I can hear her, but I moved onto beautiful sunsets amongst the clouds. Thank you, that poem has poignantly touched me. Rob.
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23rd Mar 2018 4:56pm
Thank you. Losses such as these seem so non-sensical--and yet, the sunsets are made so much more beautiful wIth those clouds. ...a beautiful way to honor her and your relationship.
Re. Sinead
23rd Mar 2018 4:05pm
Amen! to the Author's note!
the gent above put it apt...poignant! is the expression
some Angels are better off there than here! Peace is all that is wished for all those touched!
expression. some expression.
welcome to the community!
the gent above put it apt...poignant! is the expression
some Angels are better off there than here! Peace is all that is wished for all those touched!
expression. some expression.
welcome to the community!
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23rd Mar 2018 4:56pm
Re. Sinead
23rd Mar 2018 5:42pm
This is a very touching write. Your feeling comes across with subtle power, especially in the close of the first stanza.
It is a true test of our spirits when faced with a devastatingly untimely departure. You do her honor with this ink.
Welcome to the site. I hope you enjoy your time here.
Daniel
It is a true test of our spirits when faced with a devastatingly untimely departure. You do her honor with this ink.
Welcome to the site. I hope you enjoy your time here.
Daniel
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Re: Re. Sinead
23rd Mar 2018 10:14pm
Thank you, Daniel, for the welcome and the kind words. Sometimes, words are all we have.
Re. Sinead
23rd Mar 2018 10:25pm
The only issue I have with this is the form; yet it wasn't enough to make me bypass it for my reading list.
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Re. Sinead
27th Mar 2018 5:22pm
tragic...beautiful..
immensely compassionate...
not as a subtle tug..but a profound yank
at the heart...
in honored recognition of an
unforgettable loss
much respect
immensely compassionate...
not as a subtle tug..but a profound yank
at the heart...
in honored recognition of an
unforgettable loss
much respect
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Re: Re. Sinead
28th Mar 2018 6:23am
Thank you deeply, Naajir. It can be so difficult to admit that compassion (and quill) is the only offering we have. Humanity--insufficient by a mile. And yet....
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30th Mar 2018 4:57pm
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31st Mar 2018 1:44pm
Re. Sinead
30th Mar 2018 6:29pm
heaviness...that chokes n leaves an indelible pained vacuum..
you have brought out the loss & the emotions in such tender sacred & moving way...
adoring the simplistic delivery so taking in the reader to a haze of breaking out tears..
loving ur pen, & hoping to read you more R!
you have brought out the loss & the emotions in such tender sacred & moving way...
adoring the simplistic delivery so taking in the reader to a haze of breaking out tears..
loving ur pen, & hoping to read you more R!
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Re. Sinead
31st Mar 2018 1:53pm