This week’s Sunday Scribblings prompt: “I carry”
I carry him with me everywhere, every day.
He has been with me all these years . . . ever-present, never present.
In my thoughts. In my dreams. In my daydreams. In my hopes, my goals, my triumphs, my failures, my achievements, my near-misses.
In my eyes, in the air that I breathe.
I carry his name on the tip of my tongue, but never dare speak it.
I carry him, the essence of him, the belief in him, the memories of him, the thoughts of him, the smell of him, the longing for him . . . I carry the burden of having let him go, having lost him.
I carry the hope of bumping into him unexpectedly, practicing what I will say, how I will smile. I carry myself with anticipation, walking nonchalantly yet resolutely and confidently . . . just in case.
I carry a heart full to overflowing with love . . . of him, for him, concealed for him, waiting for him . . .
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ana 11.16.07 at 3:00 am
Yes just in case….lost love’s a burden is it?
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UL 11.16.07 at 6:03 am
Ah beautiful, hope you bump into him pretty soon, loved this piece, thank you.
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Steve 11.16.07 at 2:30 pm
Beautiful, pure and simple!
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awareness 11.16.07 at 3:29 pm
I know exactly how this feels. You took the words right out of my own heart…….I carry them too.
take care………..and hope you do bump into him.
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Rick 11.16.07 at 4:43 pm
I love riddles. OK, is it Brad Pitt?
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Redness 11.16.07 at 9:40 pm
Your words are Beautiful … I hope he’s worth it ?
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gautami 11.17.07 at 3:42 am
Love always carries…
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patois 11.17.07 at 9:37 am
Achingly lovely.
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paisley 11.17.07 at 12:07 pm
why not just call?????
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Tumblewords 11.17.07 at 12:35 pm
Ah. Poignant. Tender. Words that stick…
Nice blog!
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Secret Agent Mama 11.18.07 at 7:01 am
You need to hand write this post out and carry it straight to him!
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Rob Kistner 11.18.07 at 7:13 am
Wow - very powerful.
At 60, I read your words, and my reaction is — it seems a lot of your spirit energy is focused on a chapter of your life that appears closed now… if this piece is about someone who chose to leave you.
But I was once young and I still have faint recollection of obsessing over lost love — but I think guys process it differently, and perhaps, let it go more easily?
If this piece is about losing your longtime lover to a tragic death — then I fully understand the longing, and the accompanying grief.
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MyStarbucks 11.30.07 at 4:52 am
That is beautiful. I don’t know who him is, but I can think of someone that I feel the exact same way about.
I came over from Sivatar and am so very glad I found you!
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