Dear Dad

June 15, 2008 | Filed Under Family | 2 Comments 

Dear Dad,

One more thing. Thank you for being true to yourself. It took me a while to consciously associate you and that fact, though I think instinctively, I knew all along. Just wanted you to know I was finally aware.

Love,

Marcia

P.S. I still have the drawings you did in the Veteran’s Hospital the afternoon I thought to bring colored pencils and paper. You didn’t talk much then, but you remembered how to sign your name - and you drew two heads, a man and a woman’s. I realized you were drawing you and Mom. Even though it is a memory wrapped in sadness, it is a wonderful memory - because it means you were still inside your mind at that time. And for the record, your signature was just the same as always.

Found: Key to Marriage

May 30, 2008 | Filed Under Family, Life balance | 3 Comments 

A Marriage

Even after
34 years,
minus a day or two,
of marriage,

words still count

remarks still caress
or cut

heat inflames
or ignites

passion wanes
and explodes
(yes, both kinds)

differences surface
as similarities flow steady

visions merge one day
and split with force another

and commitment strengthens

fingers entwine
as schemes burst into fruition
between grins and wonder
at how on earth we got this far
and how much we want to stay
as one heart - and two personalities

and perhaps that was the key.

Marcia McLees Bogaert
05/30/08

3WW - Him, A Partial Reveal

May 14, 2008 | Filed Under 3WW, Family, Photo, Poetry | 1 Comment 

Average - Neck - Scratch. Three simple words tossed at us by Bone for Three Word Wednesday. Though I have no time to read much this week, I could not resist writing, for as soon as I saw the word “neck” - the first line of the poem formed.

Him, A Partial Reveal

16.5 neck
above average height
(in the day)
large hands
big feet
inseam 30

actor, always on
(except when not)

dry witted
quick witted

moods worn for most to see
though some know not the signs

heart HUGE
hidden at times

while male bravado states its case

and loses.

Giver of self and heart.

I must only scratch the surface
for privacy means more to him than me….

Did I tell you I’m spoiled rotten?
(Not materially — for anyone could do that.)

MeeAugraphie
05/14/08

I share this also as part of Barbara Torris’s challenge to write for ten days of positives and joy. Join us?

Comments unopened - just because. Have a joy filled day y’all. I’ll try to catch up on reading this weekend.

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