Sunday 25 November 2007

untitled------Monday Poetry Train



deciphering words
amidst tattered pages-
resulting from folding
refolding,
of yellowing letters,
wrapped carefully
with love.

a single tear flows.


This is for my mom. She was going through my dad's papers. She found a wrapped bundle of old letters. Those letters were written by her to him. She never knew, he had kept every single one of those. I did not intrude on her privacy. Someday, I hope she allows me to read those letters.

I could not find any appropriate title for this.

photo courtsey: google images

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38 comments:

  1. What a beautiful, delicate poem. I love the folding and unfolding, and that the pages are yellowing, meaning that nothing is ever final.

    I'm sure your mother will share those letters when she's ready.

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  2. Oh my God, that is so wonderful! I always love it when I stumble across the old love letters my husband and i have written each other. What a wonderful thing for your mother to have discovered. The poem is beautiful.

    I thought you might like to know you are being featured on my blog today for Word Picture Sunday.

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  3. Wow. That's lovely. Both your poem and the fact that your dad kept all your mother's letters. Today's romantics, who send text messages and emails, will not be so lucky.

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  4. Love is like that sometimes!

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  5. This was very lovely! I love the last line.

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  6. That was a lovely poem. And I think when she's ready, your mom will share those with you.

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  7. This is adorable!!Romantism does really exist, I guess!!
    I could see a person reading those same letters throught the age.

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  8. Thanks so much for sharing that romantic, personal and tender poem. That last line had me entirely choked up.

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  9. 'amidst tattered pages-
    resulting from folding
    refolding'

    Not only did he keep the letters - he folded and unfolded them to read and reread them. So beautiful.

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  10. this is a great poem. wonderful emotion.

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  11. Very Beautiful!

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    find it here

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  12. Swweet lines . Touched.

    Reading and reliving those past moments thro those letters feels amazing :)

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  13. Yet another lovely piece. I can always rely on finding something special here.

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  14. This is lovely, Gautami, very well done.

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  15. What a touching little poem ... I read it several times and I can't get enough ... how's "For Mom" as a title

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  16. sentiments that echo the love kept folded

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  17. good lord,, if i didn't already have my makeup on for work,, id have a good cry!!!!!

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  18. How romantic is that?? That's just beautiful, he kept them all? That's just so sweet I can barely think of what to say. You only hear of stuff like that in the movies! Very impressive!

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  19. That was beautiful, thank you for sharing.

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  20. Ah so beautiful, letters are such treasures arent they? More precious and really priceless, beautiful post.

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  21. beautiful! i love 'wrapped carefully with love'!

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  22. Beautiful poem, and how beautiful that your dad kept them all this time. It's so romantic! ;)

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  23. Oh how beautiful and touching Gautami. I hope you get to read them Those single tears are golden.
    I loved it so much. Thanks for sharing.

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  24. Wow! Lovely. I hope you get to read those letters ... if your mum lets you! How romantic! :-)

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  25. What a treasure. And to discover them after all this time... Thank you for sharing this beautiful, bittersweet moment.

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  26. What a wonderful story! Tender, touching and heart reaching...

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  27. Very beautiful Gauthami, somehow we never see our parents as anybody else apart from being a father or mother, they have so much more to their life.

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  28. Some great love there Gautami.

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  29. Awww, what a beautiful story. I don't think any title would have done it justice.

    How incredibly sweet. Sigh.

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  30. Your words are so poignant for such aged letters. And, your father is a beautiful, sentimental man who loves your mother.

    John and I have kept each others letters/ e-mails through the years. What fun it will be to read all of them in older age.

    I hope someday your mom shares her words with you. Maybe it can be a keepsake that's handed down through the years.

    Have a nice day.

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  31. moving story. What extra insights it might give if you could see.

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