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Closing monolog from smoke signals
By Winter Born
How do we forgive our fathers?
Maybe in a dream.
Do we forgive our fathers for leaving us too often or forever,
When we were little?
Maybe for scaring us with unexpected rage...
Or making us nervous when there never seemed to be any rage there at all.
Do we forgive our fathers for marrying, or not marrying our mothers?
For divoricing, or not divoricing our mothers?
And shall we forgive their excesses,
of warmth, or coldness?
Shall we forgive them for pushing or leaning?
For shutting doors?
For speaking through walls?
For never speaking?
or never being silent?
Do we forgive our fathers,
In our age or theirs,
Or in their deaths?
Saying to them?
Or not saying it?
If we forgive our fathers...
What is left?
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© 2008 Winter Born
Comments on "Closing monolog from smoke signals"
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On Saturday, January 26, 2008, Niemand
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wrote:
I haven't seen the movie, but still... This made me think alot...-Gin
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On Friday, January 25, 2008, Reefer_rave
(146) wrote:
hmmm, or our mothers...will anyone ever really know
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A former member wrote:
What a thought provoking piece. Very nicely done.
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On Friday, January 25, 2008, Winter Born
(169) wrote:
Would that it was mine. but it is from one of my favorite movies. It has always touched my heart very deeply everytime I heard it. Just thought I would share.
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On Saturday, January 26, 2008, cucuio
(142) wrote:
What Movie?
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On Saturday, January 26, 2008, NikesRain
(1298) wrote:
Smoke Signals
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On Saturday, January 26, 2008, cucuio
(142) wrote:
~slams head~ duh.
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