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"WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love Story"
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02-13-02, 02:52 PM (EST)
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"WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love Story"
This poem will need a little prefacing. You see, today is the two year anniversary of my parents' death. My mom had cancer for three years and my dad was ill for about a year -- both in and out of the hospital. Much pain, suffering, and sadly, separation while they were ill. I was set to go home and take care of them -- my dad was in the ER, sedated and contracting every ER infection possible (Staph, pneumonia, etc) and my mom was at home with my brother. Four hours before I was supposed to get on the plane, my brother called. He told me they both had died -- my mom at 1:35 a.m. and my dad at 2:00 a.m.

Neither had known how bad off the other was (we didn't think we should make the situation worse by telling them). Anyway, it was the day before Valentines, and they got to spend it together. There is much, much more to this story, but I think I'll stop there and share the poem I wrote for them.


When the first pale pink buds bloomed
on your favorite tree
and Valentine's day neared
you took one last look in the mirror
at the face they carved up to save you
and fell into your son's arms.

Then you did something that inspired
everyone who would later hear the tale.
You went to you valentine: guant as an Aushwitz survivor
laid out, dressed only in his plastic tubes
and a course white wash cloth to cover his groin

"Come with me, My Love" you coaxed
and your Knight, your Heathcliffe,
one foot in each world
saw the beauty and perfection of his wife restored
Then, as always, he followed you
Not to the ends of the earth,
but to the end of time.



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  Subject     Author     Message Date     ID  
 RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love... L82LIFE 02-13-02 1
 RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love... Sheila 02-13-02 2
 RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love... ItzLisa 02-13-02 3
 RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love... northernlights 02-13-02 4
 RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love... Frau Hexe 02-13-02 5
 RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love... Outfrontgirl 02-14-02 6
   RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love... samiam 02-14-02 7
 RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love... Swami 02-15-02 8
 RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love... dangerkitty 02-16-02 9
 RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love... Lisapooh 02-17-02 10
   RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love... NightScribe 02-17-02 11
 RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love... Superman 02-24-02 12
 RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love... PepeLePew13 02-16-04 13
 RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love... nailbone 02-16-04 14

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1. "RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love Story"
Sribe-this poem has had me sitting at my desk, wiping away tears for the past 5 minutes. As someone who has also lost both my parents, this one hit too close to home.
What a wonderful tribute to your parents this is. Your poem is very powerful and touching. It certainly has inspired some strong emotions in me, and isn't that the purpose of good writing?
Bravo, Scribe.
(L8 stands and applauds loudly, then runs to the bathroom to fix her mascara.)



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2. "RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love Story"
Thank you for sharing this wonderful and inspiring poem!

Very, very touching!

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3. "RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love Story"
Oh, Scribey, sweetheart....

I can't imagine how difficult this was for you to experience and to share with us. But I'm so glad you did - it was just heartbreaking and beautiful all at the same time. I'm also sitting here wiping away the tears, but that's the sign of a wonderful piece of writing from the heart!

I hope that you find some comfort in what I'm about to say, and that it's not taken wrong, but the fact that they weren't without each other for very long on that day.... I'd almost think that they were truly destined to be each other's soul mates for that to have happened.

(((HUGS!!!!!))) Love you, Scribey.

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4. "RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love Story"
Oh Scribe! What a beautiful tribute to your parents. What a love story! I, too, am choking back tears as I read this. Thank you so very much for sharing this with us. My grandparents left this world within 45 days of each other and we took great comfort in knowing that they were, once again, together forever. Mr. Lights' parents passed away within about a year of each other and I am going to show this to him later, knowing that it will be very meaningful for him. Thanks again Scribe - I have a feeling that I will always remember this special Valentine's Day Love Story.

Love & hugs to Scribe

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5. "RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love Story"
My sweet Scribe has this pinned up on her desk, and every time I sit at her computer, I reread the poem. Every time I reread this, I cry all over again, but today it was especially amazing to see again.

Scribe, my love, this is one of the best pieces you've ever written, and I hope one day you will write more about your folks' passing. I feel very lucky to have been there with you when this happened, to have witnessed their connection and love that kept them together wherever the other was/is. You've captured such an amazing, beautiful, sad, tragic, and utterly awe-inspiring moment in such a poignant form. I'm so glad you shared this with everyone here.



For your parents.


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6. "RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love Story"
Nightscribe,
As you know, I was privileged to hear the story before now, so I had already absorbed the painful and mystical happenings, so I was able to read the poem straight through...

This poem stuns me with the way YOU carved these three perfect stanzas out of a block of so many possible details and memories.

The Wuthering Heights allusion put a lump in my throat...

I honestly teared up. I am not one who gets emotional when I read most poetry. It really has to hit me deep. You did that.


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Ditto. Too choked up to write anything else.

Thank you, Scribe.

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8. "RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love Story"
This is a beautiful poem, and story, NightScribe. So sad, yet so inspiring, and even triumphant. Love is a very powerful thing.

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Scribe,

This piece was specifically called to my attention, and I must express how moving and admirable I find it to be. Dave's line from Hemmingway "Write hard and clear about what hurts" has never been so appropriate as for this piece. You are amazing.

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10. "RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love Story"
beaautiful and perfect. I don't have anything else to say - it's just an amazing piece from an amazing person.
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11. "RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love Story"
I just wanted to thank you all for the warm reception. Poetry is very difficult for me, and so is this subject, so the two of them together -- whoa!

Here's what I didn't get around to telling you all in my preface. The week following their passing, my brother and I were preparing the memorial service, and he turns to me and asks, "Do you remember when we were kids how mom and dad used to say they were going to go together?"

And then it hit me. Yes! When I was a kid, my mom would say to me "when your dad goes, I go." He would then say "When your mom goes, I go." They didn't say how or why, and I didn't ask, because it just made sense to my child's mind that there could be no dad without mom and no mom without dad. But they knew they would not, could not survive without the other. And they knew it 20 years before it happened.

Again, thank you for the support. You're all very special people.


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12. "RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love Story"
Scribbler,

I read this a little while back. Didn't know what to say then and still don't. Thank you so much for sharing something so beautiful and personal.



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13. "RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love Story"
LAST EDITED ON 02-16-04 AT 06:45 AM (EST)

Just wanted to bump this as it's now two years later and this is still a great and moving story to read.

It's amazing how in tune your parents were to each other to go so close and it shows the love they had for each other.

Thanks for sharing, Scribe! I don't know how I missed this the first go around (I was sporadically in and out on the WSC boards at that time).


Edited to add: And of course, I must also get post #13! It's my lucky number...



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14. "RE: WSC (PY): A Valentines Day Love Story"
Beautiful. That's all. Just beautiful.


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