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Contributed by
softerware
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Tuesday, 4th March 2014 @ 01:51:08 AM in AEST
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Women keep lists in their heads;
The night you met; the day you wed.
And every chore and thing-to-do
Are listed in her memory too.
Each and every room reminds her
Of a task that waits behind her.
Fold the socks; ink the printer;
Pull out spring and pack the winter.
Paint the kitchen; patch a hole;
Nourish dreams; mend a soul.
Make a wish upon a star;
Fix the hinge that hangs ajar.
Kiss it better; hide the scar.
Thoughts unwritten; thoughts unsaid;
Women keep lists in their heads
And tuck the children into bed.
Nowhere can she hide from knowing!
(Even with the shower going,
She can hear the weeds re-growing).
Checks her list and while she dreams;
She’ll weigh her worth against its scheme;
The lists get longer, so it seems.
Asleep she notes the faintest squeaking;
Or the bathroom faucet leaking;
(May not hear a gun go off;
Yet wakens to a baby’s cough.)
There are lists she can’t turn off.
Though you’re sure she isn’t noting;
Ten years later she’ll be quoting;
(When you thought it safe for voting)!
A list for hopes she can’t resist;
(Perhaps they never will exist).
And don’t forget, a list of lists!
Do her wrong; she can’t forget;
Sadly, to her great regret.
Lists can make her cry, and yet;
She keeps a list for each of you;
For that’s what love makes women do.
What you want, what you fear;
All your days are journaled here.
Scraps of lifetimes, yours and mine;
Gathered up in pantomime;
Carried in her book of time.
When she’s gone you’ll leave no track;
Cast no shadow; come not back.
For that, which was, exists no more;
But you go on, just as before;
Because your name with pride she bore.
And when his boys had grown to men;
They came one day to ask again:
“What was it that you hoped for me?”
An old man answered longingly;
That you’d be brave, to stand alone;
Until your heart had found its home;
And if your life she softly wished;
And breathed upon her woman’s list;
No greater gift was there than this.
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softerware
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Re: Lists
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by Former_Member on
Tuesday, 4th March 2014 @ 02:13:13 AM AEST
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I think I may be on some doody list!
This was beautiful in its sentiment and flowed so very well.
Thank you, I shall add it to my list of favorite poems. |
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Re: Lists
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by Banjosandwitch on
Tuesday, 4th March 2014 @ 06:03:59 AM AEST
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| cool love lists |
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Re: Lists
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by RussellReinhardt on
Tuesday, 4th March 2014 @ 02:12:47 PM AEST
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Hello Software
Well what a grate write. Yes everyone and everything is on a list. This poem of your's portrays actually how grate woman are. The life of a woman is very complex much to do and much to remember. Almost like running a big corporation in the MANS world only difference is a woman does not have armies of admin workers or I.T bofs to help her she does it all alone. Love this poem.
Greetings
Rus
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Re: Lists
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by Puppy_dog_eyes on
Thursday, 6th March 2014 @ 06:25:26 AM AEST
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Clearly you must have met my wife!!
She makes lists for everything, then often loses the lists she made
Perhaps she also needs to make a list of where she has put all her lists!!
Great write
Steve. |
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Re: Lists
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by Jenni_K on
Friday, 7th March 2014 @ 07:20:31 AM AEST
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A very enjoyable read!! So very well said too...
Good job.. |
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Re: Lists
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by Invierno on
Monday, 24th March 2014 @ 02:04:46 PM AEST
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Really, truly, wonderful. You compelled me to smile, and I thank you for that. There are some perfect little phrases that are inspiring...
"(Even with the shower going,
She can hear the weeds re-growing)."
"Fix the hinge that hangs ajar.
Kiss it better; hide the scar."
I'll be digging into your contributions...count on it.
Thanks, Mike |
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Re: Lists
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by ladyfawn on
Saturday, 12th April 2014 @ 10:00:27 PM AEST
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excellent flow, beautifully expressed and written,
hugs n' love nessa
lol@the weeds |
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