Diary Page 42

[alpin]

Diary Page 42 (6/15/99)

Poplars,
tall and untrimmed
in neat rows
you lay in the center of
the 7th and 8th trees
from the south
i sit one leg
folded
back
at your headstone,
not on your grave.
not on you.

There is a funeral forming
less than 300 feet
behind my left shoulder.
and landscapers
riding on mowers
that far in front of me.

A fresh grave
with no headstone
is nearly in my reach.

Faded plastic flowers
in a metal cup
at your headstone
yellow, purple, red and white.
brown leaves
almost tipped by hot wind

Now, i lie
my body to grass
across your grave
flat on my stomach
my sweat soaks my shirt
wets the ground
that separates us
i press my face
to the ground
and smell the fresh flowers
from the funeral
over there. not yours.
i want to sink into this ground.



[This message has been edited by alpin (edited 02 December 1999).]

[alpin]

ahhh...... question... the form (spaces and such) did not come out like they were supposed to,
How on earth do I fix it?

[Bluegrass]

Ok I'm depressed now.

I mean it is a nice poem but it is very hard to deal with the feelings it stirs. Maybe even memories.

[This message has been edited by Bluegrass (edited 02 December 1999).]

[Peteman]

Nice poem Alpin. Very sad, very real.

What formatting hasn't worked? Spaces, returns etc should work as expected.

[alpin]

some of the lines were supposed to be indented....

sort of like this (if this works)
but I think the problem was I copied and pasted it in from word, instead of typing it in... hmmmm
I bet that is it. Oh well, I know for next time. Thanks.

curious, the above line.... "sort of like this" was/ is indented on here, but not on the post. I am sure I am just doing somethin wrong. not sure what yet...


[This message has been edited by alpin (edited 02 December 1999).]

[monzon]

hello alpin: i think it was a lovely poem,
to me it was a bittersweet love poem,and it
filled me with longing. guille

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greetings earthling!

Don't worry about how the typing came out. The important thing was the feelings it invoked. If ever anyone has lost someone to death, this surely brought those memories to life. But not sad ones. For their soul truly continues on.

[This message has been edited by Becca (edited 03 December 1999).]