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Wee Small Hours

was feelin too sick to write poetry every breath taken was another nail in my coffin with shades of self pity hanging over my shoulders like a long lost friend this cold still goes on forever robbing me of vitality, smell, and sacred and much adored sleep as coughing fits like grand mal seziures keep me enraptured in their tendrells never mind these wee hours of the early early mornin say 1.14 am allow me to think about things long forgotten like how my loved one called me "toquie" and how much I loved that name....and all the warm cozy feelings the little girl inside of me now misses these feelings I get to think about my goals and aspirations of the art show I again want to put on in a small coffee shop on THE DRIVE But, most of all, this cold has given me a gift of realizing how imporant one's health is... in order to fully love oneself... and you.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 2/21/2009 6:23:00 PM
Cherilyn, What a striking image is created when you say "Every breath taken was another nail in my coffin." I'm sure you're feeling better now. (How nice to meet someone whose first name rhymes with mine!) I like your writing style! Carolyn
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Date: 1/27/2009 8:16:00 AM
Hope you are feeling much better....but as this poem says...sometimes it gives us time to reflect and appreciate good health, and time to just vegg and think about things. Take care...Carrie
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Date: 1/27/2009 1:38:00 AM
Hey Toquie, I hope you get to feeling better. I just got over mine a few weeks back. I couldn't sleep for all the coughing. I felt like my head was gonna pop off everytime I went into a coughing spell. My back and chest would hurt so bad, that sometimes I thought I'd be better off dead, that's how bad I felt. The only antibiotic that seemed to help was Amoxicillin, and it only helped a little. I want to think that the vitamin C I kept taking after all else failed, finally helped? Lawrence
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