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Everyday in Every-way; You're still gone

I felt a presence
and it was then I knew
I would write
the saddest lines tonight

the moon brushes to wax
behind trees adorned in mist
as I let free what I hold in
every other day of the year

my heart breaks
into a million shards
even before
I let it go to you,
my darling
to grieve everyday
would kill me

and now,
as I am slowly dying
behind a mask of smiles,

everyday you are missed
in every-way that exists

— Seren, Apr 27, 2010

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: Beyond the Black Stump..Australia, AUS

Favorite Poets: Pablo Neruda, P.K.Page, W.H.Auden, to many and various to include them all ...

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Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

thanks hun (hugs)(“Quote:-

thanks hun (hugs) ("Quote:- Death is the great adventure beside which moon landings and space trips pale into insignificance. Addison Joseph")
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manawa

16 years 1 month ago

and now, as I am slowly

and now, as I am slowly dying behind a mask of smiles, it hurts it's sad and its love very powerful words Seren m
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Manawa

Thank you this is the hardest piece ive ever written its editted and finished now I appreciate the read and the comment love and big hugs Jayne-Chloe ("Quote:- Death is the great adventure beside which moon landings and space trips pale into insignificance. Addison Joseph")
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 1 month ago

I have lived long enough

I have lived long enough that we ARE one mask after another, the last one is the thought that we are transparent. Yet, a breathless joy is there too. I hug you from far away, my sweet Lady Jayne-Chloe, though you are as near as my love for you. ~Annamom "The plain man is familiar with blindness and deafness, and knows from his everyday experience that the look of things is influenced by his senses, but it never occurs to him to regard the whole world as a creation of his senses." ~ Ernst Mach
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dearest Mum

Just ((((((hugs))))) and love thank you so much for reading this one its very close to my heart love and biggest hugs Jayne-Chloe ("Quote:- Death is the great adventure beside which moon landings and space trips pale into insignificance. Addison Joseph")
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lyz

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Aunty.

What words are there to express how heart wrenching this write is. I too send hugs. Love Lyz. XX
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dearest Nana

Sigh there are no words are there dearheart .. see you on friday I will be there in the morning ... love to all rub the tummy for me and say hi lol love and biggest hugs Jayne-Chloe x x x ("Quote:- Death is the great adventure beside which moon landings and space trips pale into insignificance. Addison Joseph")
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lyz

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Aunty

You know I understand your words, and my heart bleeds. The pain never leaves but we can share and ease it a little. At the moment Jade would very much love to see you, as I. The funeral she was going to is on Thursday now. ?. Bit worried about bub. Fill you in later. Love to you and a big hug. Love all. Lyz. XX
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Lyz

Jade told me today what was going on and she also said she wanted to make a trip up here which I advised her against, even more so with the little bit more you told ...she really should stay at home tie her to a bed you got my number if you need a hand lol .... I got really sick tonight think I am coming down with that virus everyones getting .. just what I needed eh?lol yeah I have the rope by the tips of my fingers at the moment but I am hanging in ... love to you guys I am going up to the docters in a couple of hours when they open I feel like dog poo love you Nana and ring me if anything happens with Jade (((((hugs))))) JayCee x x x ("Quote:- Death is the great adventure beside which moon landings and space trips pale into insignificance. Addison Joseph")
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lyz

16 years 1 month ago

I hope you are not coming down with any thing

you definately do not need any more on your plate.As for Jade, she hates to think about the other stuff and is relying on Monday, me too. But listen, you are right, I think she should not travel either. I asked BJ how you were and he said you were not feeling or looking well so I truly hope apart from this virus, you have picked up. No being greedy with double dosing, lol. I know how down you are at the mo and I do send you big hugs and yes we are just a phone call away if you need anything and I will or Jade, keep you informed. Love yas. A heart felt write indeed. XX
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Nana

I woke up and i am sick as, I am feelin like crap gotta go back to the docters at 3.30 and they going to have another look at me ... well thats two of us that agree she shouldnt be traveling, not now with everything thats going on with her I know she would want to come up here before the baby is born but shes gotta look after herself first ... I just got off the phone to Bj's nan shes going back down there on monday ... I will ring you on the weekend and catch up and see how things are going love and biggest hugs JayCee x x x ("Quote:- Death is the great adventure beside which moon landings and space trips pale into insignificance. Addison Joseph")
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lyz

16 years 1 month ago

How did the Docs Go?

Have you a virus? Let us know what is going on. I am getting better at the jabbing, lol. I am sure Jade will be fine. Both of you should do as you are told by the Doc, and all will be well. Thanks and you look after yourself miss. Love to all. Lyz. XX
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dearest Nana

I had blood tests this afternoon if I get worse I got to ring her and shes going to chuck me in hospital for a couple of days,I have to go back monday as well found out today I have to go and have day surgury in the next couple of weeks might be in longer, will talk to you on the weekend when I ring ... I had to learn to Jab my mum in law after she had her stroke she was diabetic as well it gets easier lovely Hugs you take care of Jade and I'll do as I am told(as long as I can hold out lol) love to you all Aunty Jayne x x x ("Quote:- Death is the great adventure beside which moon landings and space trips pale into insignificance. Addison Joseph")
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lyz

16 years 1 month ago

What r u doin girl?

You not lookin after yourself r u? I hope you pick up and the hospital stay stays away. You dont need that. Let me know about Monday. Yeah, I know I will get used to it, I will have to, gotta do myself next month, joy. You take care and rug up, relax. Love Lyz. XX
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Yeah I am looking after

Yeah I am looking after meself just pretty sick at the moment I will live ... got no kids this weekend I am going to relax and take it easy for a couple of days ...will ring you after I go to the docter on monday will know more then ... (hugs) hope alls going ok with Jade I been worried sick about her and the baby since i spoke to you both ... love and biggest hugs JayCee x x x ("Quote:-For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.-Ivan Panin")
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lyz

16 years 1 month ago

Dearest Aunty JayCee

All will be fine. Love and continue to look after yourself. Love Lyz. XX
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dearest Nana

feeling a little bit better this afternoon but as soon as the cold hits at night it drops me, fingers crossed i'll feel a bit better tonight ... you take care of the girl and I will catch up with you on the phone on monday night ... or here before then lol (((hugs))) love and big hugs Aunty JC x x x x ("Quote:-For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.-Ivan Panin")
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 1 month ago

Oh this, what can I say that could say what I sense?

Ann of Norway This has the wholeness of love, its shattered irreparable scar, its gelling to stiffen like the frozen face of a wax-work figure, the mask that hides life's sad grimaces, smiles; the passion of grief laced with the joy of knowledge; the power of presence, the presence of those far away, or lost, the pathos of a mother's melancholy at the death of their child. "the moon brushes to wax".............."a mask of smiles," The Noh play of life, where man disguises his real self and acts so intensely, becomes another, and yet expresses the depth of man's expressions of being human. I love you Jayne. Ann.
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dearest Friend

Thankyou so much and for offering that fix ... I could'nt see the birds for the trees last night but its fixed now with yours and Boni's help I love you more Jayne-Chloe x x x ("Quote:- Death is the great adventure beside which moon landings and space trips pale into insignificance. Addison Joseph")
Bonitaj

Bonitaj

16 years 1 month ago

Jayne Chloe!

To reiterate what I said about your last write: You have a way of reaching into people's inner sanctuaries - and ripping their hearts out! Superlatives escape me! Thank you for sharing! Boni ps. one tiensie correction you may look at IMHO million (glass) shards! (redundancy here!) Cheers BjR
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Boni

I just write whats in my heart lovely lady, I am always happy with a visit from you and that small thing is fixed now thanks for the heads up wasnt thinking last night when I posted but its finished now love and biggest hugs Jayne-Chloe ("Quote:- Death is the great adventure beside which moon landings and space trips pale into insignificance. Addison Joseph")
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Jayne

*tears, I know where you come from. My favorite lines: my heart breaks into a million glass shards even before I let it go to you, my darling to grieve everyday would kill me Love, Cat
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dearest Cat

Thanks so much for the read and the comment this time of year is always hard for me and it doesnt get easier with time no matter how many times people say it ... it doesnt make it so ... ((hugs)) love JayCee x x ("Quote:- Death is the great adventure beside which moon landings and space trips pale into insignificance. Addison Joseph")
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 1 month ago

And one more that came to me at supper!

Ann of Norway Your candle is a candle lit, with wax that has no ending, you are the wick, while the drip of tears the melting, and if this candle was in space it would burn horizontally, holding itself close to earth as does the hovering bird above its nest, protective, loving, warm, acting as the rise and fall of the sun, each day repeating its unspoken vows of motherhood, its memories recorded in the flame, as many colours coming and going again and again, pulsating like the life of a star, so far away, yet never as we see it in the great wide sky of times distance. Love to the flame of a mother's love and the constancy of its life that never dies; just changes shape. Love to you dearest Jayne Chloe may many sunsrises bless your life with joy.
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dearest Ann

Your comment is poetry itself ... thanks for that and for coming back with your thoughts ...I sigh a thousand sighs and still I wont be any closer to having the words to express how I feel love and biggest hugs Jayne-Chloe ("Quote:- Death is the great adventure beside which moon landings and space trips pale into insignificance. Addison Joseph")
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magics02

16 years 1 month ago

Powerful

The second part I really felt here Jayne and yes the hardest thing to write but you did it so well and much passion. Kudos Jayne Love Mona xoxox TIME well spent is TIME well lived
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dearest Mona

there is no pain that compares, and never will but I can try and make sure hes never forgotten ... if only for us ... thanks for your wonderful comment and the visit this was a very painful write and to be honest, I am glad in a small way its done it drained me like no other write has love and big hugs Jayne-Chloe x x x ("Quote:- Death is the great adventure beside which moon landings and space trips pale into insignificance. Addison Joseph")
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Clem

16 years 1 month ago

That presence

You never know, a smell, a sound, a phrase, a riff of music, a taste, you never know and sometimes do not even recognize what brings that "presence."
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Clem

sounds and smells set off my memories .... and your so right sometimes when you least expect it .... that presence hits you love JayCee ("Quote:- Death is the great adventure beside which moon landings and space trips pale into insignificance. Addison Joseph")
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dearest Sir Gee Just knowing

Dearest Sir Gee Just knowing you were here is enough thank you for that and thanks for your constant support higgliest bugs and love JayCee x x x ("Quote:- Death is the great adventure beside which moon landings and space trips pale into insignificance. Addison Joseph")
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manawa

16 years 1 month ago

For Jay

For Jay Cee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu8eStPNTvw&feature=PlayList&p=7FBE734405703243&playnext_from=PL&index=11&playnext=12 cheers m
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dear M

You know whats sitting above my head on the bookshelf ? the prophet ... I cant thank you enough that its beautiful I watched it when I got out of bed this morning ... nice way to start my day (((((hugs))))) thank you so much for thinking of me hes one of my favourites love and biggest hugs JayCee ("Quote:- Death is the great adventure beside which moon landings and space trips pale into insignificance. Addison Joseph")