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Topic: Growing Old
lurchs_sister Joined Mon 10/08/07 Posts: 9433	Wed 02/25/09 10:42 AM
Breathing Deep and shallow Lungs full Of liquid air Seeing Through the darkness Eyes empty Knowingly stare Hearing Nothing ever said Maddening silence Defeningly insane Feeling Yet untouched Softness unmeasured Lifeless pain Smelling Sweet sour stench Nostrils burning Frozen and cold Body Living through death Transformed youth Growing old

Differentkindofwench Joined Sat 04/07/07 Posts: 5960	Wed 02/25/09 10:48 AM Edited by Differentkindofwench on Wed 02/25/09 10:48 AM
Graphic! Kind of a ickkkkk, yet an accepted longing for release......hmmmmm.

lurchs_sister Joined Mon 10/08/07 Posts: 9433	Wed 02/25/09 10:51 AM
Graphic! Kind of a ickkkkk, yet an accepted longing for release......hmmmmm. You nailed it baby!!! Grandma is turning 87 today and it got me thinking about being old and this is what happened. See what happens when I think too much?!

Differentkindofwench Joined Sat 04/07/07 Posts: 5960	Wed 02/25/09 10:58 AM
Graphic! Kind of a ickkkkk, yet an accepted longing for release......hmmmmm. You nailed it baby!!! Grandma is turning 87 today and it got me thinking about being old and this is what happened. See what happens when I think too much?! But grandma is still up and about, yes? Besides, you have to get your pisser-ish-ness and bullheadedness from summmbunny!

lurchs_sister Joined Mon 10/08/07 Posts: 9433	Wed 02/25/09 11:03 AM
Graphic! Kind of a ickkkkk, yet an accepted longing for release......hmmmmm. You nailed it baby!!! Grandma is turning 87 today and it got me thinking about being old and this is what happened. See what happens when I think too much?! But grandma is still up and about, yes? Besides, you have to get your pisser-ish-ness and bullheadedness from summmbunny! Grandma fell and broke her hip about a month ago and is no longer up and around and she has alzheimer's and a panic disorder and is in a nursing home. I don't want to deal with all of that! I come by the bullheadedness and pisser-ish-ness honestly though and I think it started before her! You should see my mother if you think I'm a pisser!

Wiccancowboy Joined Mon 10/01/07 Posts: 800	Wed 02/25/09 11:13 AM
Another great poem from a great woman

lurchs_sister Joined Mon 10/08/07 Posts: 9433	Wed 02/25/09 11:15 AM
Another great poem from a great woman Well damn! (((Will)))

robert1652 Joined Wed 11/14/07 Posts: 8447	Wed 02/25/09 12:00 PM
Good writing and can see why you write that knowing full well of the trauma involved with a person with old age related troubles

DaveyB Joined Wed 10/10/07 Posts: 18786	Wed 02/25/09 06:54 PM
Graphic! Kind of a ickkkkk, yet an accepted longing for release......hmmmmm. You nailed it baby!!! Grandma is turning 87 today and it got me thinking about being old and this is what happened. See what happens when I think too much?! Much I would say.

d4tc Joined Tue 04/15/08 Posts: 2754	Wed 02/25/09 09:24 PM
Intense Visual! Great Write Vicki

lurchs_sister Joined Mon 10/08/07 Posts: 9433	Thu 02/26/09 09:53 AM
Bob David Jason (((((BIG HUGS))) Thank you my friends!

TxsGal3333 Joined Tue 09/05/06 Posts: 76463	Thu 02/26/09 09:58 AM
Good write indeed! It's hard to see them in a way that we know is just not them, but at times it makes the end easier knowing they had already moved on long before their bodies follow.

pkh Joined Sat 05/26/07 Posts: 14961	Thu 02/26/09 09:59 AM
very nice Vicki,

lurchs_sister Joined Mon 10/08/07 Posts: 9433	Thu 02/26/09 10:02 AM
Thanks Kristi and Pam! I wish it could be easier but the thing is right now Grandma is still aware and knows there is something wrong but doesn't understand what it is and why she isn't getting better. I feel so bad for her!!! I can't even imagine going through it myself

s1owhand Joined Fri 05/18/07 Posts: 29437	Thu 02/26/09 11:17 PM
(((Vicki))) inspired "Unforgotten"

LAMom Joined Tue 12/12/06 Posts: 26866	Fri 02/27/09 07:30 AM
((( Vicki ))) Always in your Heart

lurchs_sister Joined Mon 10/08/07 Posts: 9433	Fri 02/27/09 08:56 AM
(((H))) I will go take a look (((D))) Thanks Lady!

Sojourning_Soul Joined Fri 02/13/09 Posts: 10767	Fri 02/27/09 10:39 AM
It's ironic you should post this now.... leaving Monday for the west coast to deal with issues concerning my mother. Very graphic and very well stated! Excellent bit of reality! Sorry to hear of your grandmothers plight and difficulties. I wish her well and the same for you in your dealings with it.

Sharris Joined Sun 12/10/06 Posts: 7300	Fri 02/27/09 10:57 AM
Breathing Deep and shallow Lungs full Of liquid air Seeing Through the darkness Eyes empty Knowingly stare Hearing Nothing ever said Maddening silence Defeningly insane Feeling Yet untouched Softness unmeasured Lifeless pain Smelling Sweet sour stench Nostrils burning Frozen and cold Body Living through death Transformed youth Growing old Old Circles In jest we liken our children, To similar, in kind. Selective would be sweeter, To just control our mind. Soon we realize the irony, As old creeps in to take, Away the fluid movements. Then our bones start to break. When conception moments, Births,that soon we'll see, What happens to our parents, Full circle comes to we. Raine Les 2/27/2009 an understanding lived more than I care to.Love you.

iam4u Joined Fri 10/13/06 Posts: 30096	Fri 02/27/09 06:55 PM
Its NOT the growing old part that you really feel,,,its that glance in a mirror forty years later that CATCHES your EYE and SIGH!!!!lol Great WRITE VIC...