tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063322357792781168.post4535175559099902037..comments2023-05-26T08:52:40.896-04:00Comments on Instapoem: Absent - by RandDebbie Ridpath Ohihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11784775687291535329noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063322357792781168.post-25018130083085920512011-06-09T13:00:52.625-04:002011-06-09T13:00:52.625-04:00Lying hot on the tweed couch with makes my sensiti...Lying hot on the tweed couch with makes my sensitive skin itch. <br /><br />Drinking Sunny Delight and dozing.<br /><br />Watching Sale of the Century and The Match Game and Card Sharks. <br /><br />Wishing my fever would go away but very happy to be absent from school.Amanda Nelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691700450226607478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063322357792781168.post-8333214029517184992011-04-30T11:59:51.282-04:002011-04-30T11:59:51.282-04:00You say it's all fine,
That you're okay,
A...You say it's all fine,<br />That you're okay,<br />And I don't know what to say<br />What to do<br />Because I know you're lying,<br />In shock,<br />In denial.<br />I know it's not "all fine"<br />When you lose a life<br />You've carried for it-doesn't-matter-how-long.<br />Curse me for a fool,<br />For not being there for you,<br />Sister.<br />I should be there with you,<br />But instead I'm far south<br />Whilst you are north.<br />It's only now<br />That I truly hate this life fighting choice,<br />This life freedom fighting, right defending choice<br />That makes me absent from you...<br />------------------------------------inspired by the call I got yesterday evening from my best friend telling me she lost her baby, and the fact that she's in Minnesota while I am in Florida learning the skills I will need to know for the next four years of my career.Silverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001087769510209824noreply@blogger.com