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Laura's Smile

Being EnlightenedBeing Enlightened Posts: 5,746
edited August 2010 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
Laura's smile
wasn't something
she wore,
it beamed brightly
from her
beautiful,
big heart.
I see it right now,
glowing at me,
from a picture
we keep on the
refrigerator door.
In this picture,
her arm is around me,
and mine around her,
our new friends
surround us
and we are
all of us
smiling...
All of us
so new
to each other
that weekend,
and yet,
like old friends.
We shared wine,
and Laura,
she liked vodka
(straight up at that!)
We shared bread...
She even slept
in the little
guest room
with the
single bed...
Now, as I
think back,
I think I saw
Laura's smile
once,
just a touch brighter,
after a PJ show
where she was
almost like,
FRONT ROW!
Indeed, it was,
because she finally
got her wish,
a longed for
opener of
Release-
that smile,
it was
BLISS! :)
The last time
I saw
Laura's smile,
it beamed out
from under her
cute n' poofy
black hat.
Not a hair
on her head,
but she wasn't
even concerned
with that.
I hugged her
SO tight,
I thought she
might break but,
she just
hugged me
right back.
We talked,
and we laughed,
until it was time
to part ways
as the next
PJ show was to begin...
Laura's smile
echos off these walls
that surround me.
I see her
in the living room,
the dining room,
the kitchen...
My arms can
almost feel
her embrace,
as I look
at the picture,
and remember
her stay
at our place.
I close my eyes
and conjure
an image,
of Laura,
and her gentle grace.
I never will forget,
my lovely friend,
and her beautiful
smiling face.

Rest in peace, my friend!
Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
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Comments

  • pjtaperpjtaper Posts: 3,020
    beautiful!
    such kind words!
  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    Thank you
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • even flow?even flow? Posts: 8,066
    Very nice!!

    If I wasn't at work, I wouldn't fight the tears so much.




    Funny how the wishes of Release from the weekend came to a head at that show. She was on cloud nine when we ran into her at the bar and still on it when we got back to our place.
    You've changed your place in this world!
  • even flow?even flow? Posts: 8,066
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    You've changed your place in this world!
  • Being EnlightenedBeing Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    even flow? wrote:
    P9181433.jpg

    :) There's that beautiful smile!
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    I didn't know Laura, though I feel the pain of her passing in all of you.

    Reading this it's like I don't need to. She's still here in all of you who knew and loved her.

    Beautiful....
    A human being that was given to fly.

    Wembley 18/06/07

    If there was a reason, it was you.

    O2 Arena 18/09/09
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Thank you for celebrating that life force that was Laura, B.E. :)
  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    it's in memories like yours that will keep her alive
  • deadnotedeadnote Posts: 1,678
    you misinterpreted the hair day

    360 degrees

    mistakes

    for i know now


    your a great writer
    set your laughter free

    dreamer in my dream

    we got the guns

    i love you,but im..............callin out.........callin out
  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    wow. thats a great piece of writing.

    sent chills throughout my body
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    Thank you for sharing this energy of Laura's and yours with us.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • brokenarrowbrokenarrow Posts: 478
    That was beautiful~
  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 3,965
    Awesome! :)
    "I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
  • eMMIeMMI Posts: 6,262
    beautiful.

    beautiful.

    "..can't be said enough.." :)

    beautiful.


    Thank You for sharing this one BE!!!!!
    "Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    :)
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • theskyabovetheskyabove Posts: 77
    very lovely...

    sorry you lost your friend
  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    This came on the radio this morning. She loved this song, if I can remember correctly...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2kDzJ5hsbw

    If you twist and turn away
    If you tear yourself in two again
    If I could, yes I would
    If I could, I would
    Let it go
    Surrender
    Dislocate
    If I could throw this
    Lifeless lifeline to the wind
    Leave this heart of clay
    See you walk, walk away
    Into the night
    And through the rain
    Into the half-light
    And through the flame

    If I could through myself
    Set your spirit free
    I'd lead your heart away
    See you break, break away
    Into the light
    And to the day

    Oooh oooh, oooh oooh, oooh oooh oooh...

    To let it go! And so to fade away
    To let it go!
    And so fade away
    I'm wide awake
    I'm wide awake
    Wide awake
    I'm not sleeping, oh no, no, no

    If you should ask then maybe they'd
    Tell you what I would say
    True colors fly in blue and black
    Bruised silken sky and burning flack
    Colors crash, collide in blood shot eyes

    Oooh oooh, oooh oooh, oooh oooh oooh...

    If I could, you know I would
    If I could, I would
    Let it go

    This desparation
    Dislocation
    Separation
    Condemnation
    Revelation
    In temptation
    Isolation
    Desolation

    Let it go
    And so fade away
    To let it go, oh yeah
    And so fade away
    To let it go, oh No
    And so to fade away
    I'm wide awake
    I'm wide awake
    Wide awake
    I'm not sleeping oh no no
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    That was so beautiful, BE. I just found out today and am still in complete shock.
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
  • depopulationINCdepopulationINC Posts: 2,074
    very cool...haven't seen you around in ages!
    The only thing I enjoy is having no feelings....being numb rocks!

    And I won't make the same mistakes
    (Because I know)
    Because I know how much time that wastes
    (And function)
    Function is the key
  • even flow - question markeven flow - question mark Posts: 1,568
    Don't she make you smile.

    The poison from the poison stream caught up to you ELEVEN years ago and you floated out of here. Sept. 14, 08

  • prismprism Posts: 2,440


    yes she does :)

    she was on my mind alot just yesterday...i even mentioned her name. as sick as she became i could still always count on her showing me love & empathy...doing cartwheels for me ;)

    Laura, truly an :angel:
    *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
    angels share laughter
    *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
  • tremorstremors Posts: 8,051
    Very moving.

    I didn't know Laura, but I recognise beautiful poetry, and I recognise 'Bad'. Thankyou for sharing these feelings.
    Cancel my subscription to the Ressurection
    Send my credentials to the house of detention

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  • Being EnlightenedBeing Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    even flow - question mark wrote:
    Don't she make you smile.

    :) Don't she...

    Funny, I was just thinking about her the other day, which made me think to come have a peek at this place. It might not be the best of poetry, but it was the best I could do at that moment, and re-reading it and some of the responses has made me well up. Thank you. Good to keep the good people in our hearts and thoughts--ALWAYS! :)
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
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