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Al quedarnos a solas, en un apacible susurro me confía su espera. Y mientras le converso, veo como descubre en mis ojos a su hermana, a su madre, a su tía abuela, a otras que nos aguardan… Y entonces reclama señalando hacia arriba en irreverente gesto de cercanía... alzando sus hombros y serena con mueca reflexiva de paciente resignación busca de nuevo mi mirada y declara la entrega de su voluntad. Me levanto para suspirar y llego al borde del piso de madera, la claridad me deslumbra y casi puedo escuchar cuando corríamos jugando; entre señores y señoras ataviadas para la ocasión en el suntuoso jardín y en el salón lujado con espejos de ocre. Pero eso sí, al llegar a las gradas, moderábamos el paso para no tentar a las madres a un llamado de atención. Éramos un montón, entre hermanos, primos y primos terceros, con el respeto inculcado a todos por igual, todos crecimos aquí en la seguridad que procuraron para nosotros. Hoy estamos dispersos mientras las raíces blandas van atendiendo al llamamiento. Crecimos con muchas madres, con muchas tías, con muchas abuelas, con muchas tías abuelas mancomunadas. Vuelvo y tomo la mano de mi Tíabuela, su mirada de matices tan claros, como los de su madre, como los de su otra hermana, como los de mi madre… como los mi de hermana. Me parece que los ojos así no lloran, como el mar saben reprimirse. Mientras yo parezco un río… ese que soy fluyendo cada día, corriendo sin encontrar remanso. Ella procura contenerme sosteniendo mi mano con una presión que indica que aún está aquí… —¿Y qué hago…? …me calmo y recuerdo… solo debo sentir… solo disfrutarla, … … … solo disfrutar el instante y escuchar como si fuera hoy a todos nosotros corriendo en el jardín, en el salón y bajando el ritmo al subir las gradas … De nuevo conseguí detener un instante el torrente y con el pensamiento logré contarle como fue cuando mantuve las manos de mi Abuela –sí , de su hermana, la que tenía los ojos como los míos-. Con intención transmití el ánimo, recordando lo suave y espontáneo de aquel día. Imaginé estar en un santuario lleno de paz para no distorsionar su trascendencia… y que sin resistencia fluyera, nada más. Sin miedo, pero despacio, como cuando subíamos las gradas y llegábamos a la cálida madera y encontrábamos la mesa oportunamente servida, con las madres y los padres, y las tías, y los tíos, y los abuelos, ylas abuelas, y los tíos abuelos y las tías abuelas bajo esa luz eterna, tal como fue siempre.
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7d ago
May 27, 2026 at 4:22 PM UTC
Llamamiento Oportuno
Al quedarnos a solas, en un apacible susurro me confía su espera. Y mientras le converso, veo como descubre en mis ojos a su hermana, a su madre, a su tía abuela, a otras que nos aguardan… Y entonces reclama señalando hacia arriba en irreverente gesto de cercanía... alzando sus hombros y serena con mueca reflexiva de paciente resignación busca de nuevo mi mirada y declara la entrega de su voluntad. Me levanto para suspirar y llego al borde del piso de madera, la claridad me deslumbra y casi puedo escuchar cuando corríamos jugando; entre señores y señoras ataviadas para la ocasión en el suntuoso jardín y en el salón lujado con espejos de ocre. Pero eso sí, al llegar a las gradas, moderábamos el paso para no tentar a las madres a un llamado de atención. Éramos un montón, entre hermanos, primos y primos terceros, con el respeto inculcado a todos por igual, todos crecimos aquí en la seguridad que procuraron para nosotros. Hoy estamos dispersos mientras las raíces blandas van atendiendo al llamamiento. Crecimos con muchas madres, con muchas tías, con muchas abuelas, con muchas tías abuelas mancomunadas. Vuelvo y tomo la mano de mi Tíabuela, su mirada de matices tan claros, como los de su madre, como los de su otra hermana, como los de mi madre… como los mi de hermana. Me parece que los ojos así no lloran, como el mar saben reprimirse. Mientras yo parezco un río… ese que soy fluyendo cada día, corriendo sin encontrar remanso. Ella procura contenerme sosteniendo mi mano con una presión que indica que aún está aquí… —¿Y qué hago…? …me calmo y recuerdo… solo debo sentir… solo disfrutarla, … … … solo disfrutar el instante y escuchar como si fuera hoy a todos nosotros corriendo en el jardín, en el salón y bajando el ritmo al subir las gradas … De nuevo conseguí detener un instante el torrente y con el pensamiento logré contarle como fue cuando mantuve las manos de mi Abuela –sí , de su hermana, la que tenía los ojos como los míos-. Con intención transmití el ánimo, recordando lo suave y espontáneo de aquel día. Imaginé estar en un santuario lleno de paz para no distorsionar su trascendencia… y que sin resistencia fluyera, nada más. Sin miedo, pero despacio, como cuando subíamos las gradas y llegábamos a la cálida madera y encontrábamos la mesa oportunamente servida, con las madres y los padres, y las tías, y los tíos, y los abuelos, ylas abuelas, y los tíos abuelos y las tías abuelas bajo esa luz eterna, tal como fue siempre.
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I wonder what size your hand is If mine could fit in yours I wonder how tall you are If you can call me shorty I wonder if you like touch If I can fit in your arms
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Mar 18
Mar 18, 2026 at 9:16 PM UTC
hand
Soon, my mother will die- her soul disappearing like dust, her body rotting away like rust. Though death might be wanted- her mind is unwell, broken, MS you've cracked her shield. Her body is trapped from your hands, leaving her crazed and sad and a shell- the woman she was reduced by your tells. Sometimes I wonder if being alive for her- is what some would think of the hells.
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Oct 29, 2025
Oct 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM UTC
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I may be here, you may be there Distant and miles and miles away, Between land and between seas Days always pass without you by my side, I may see you seldom I may see you never But my heart still beats for you forever, I may not be vocal for what I feel, I may not be showy in acts for real, But deep inside I love you, In my own special way I do. Always.
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Feb 16, 2021
Feb 16, 2021 at 10:48 PM UTC
I May
Entombed in plastic and million dollar magnets a marvel of medical magic mines my mind for defects little pearlescent pearls of impending numbness and degeneration generated by rogue proteins surging through my spine an overwhelming force indiscriminately seeking targets shooting first and never asking questions
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Oct 22, 2020
Oct 22, 2020 at 7:23 AM UTC
Collateral Damage
Awake. feeling chest pain. Is it my valve? It's nearly a quarter century old. How long do these things last? Titanium, strong, will outlive me, but what about the flesh it's anchored to? Pain is an indicator. What's wrong? I tick like a clock as it opens and closes, hearing each time it skips a beat. Doctors said it looked real good, but eight months ago, not now. I have two diseases with the same initials. Shouldn't there be a rule against that? Multiple Sclerosis and Marfan Syndrome. What an awkward pair. Overlapping symptoms complicating treatment. You think they'd give me a two for one discount?
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Jun 16, 2019
Jun 16, 2019 at 3:58 AM UTC
Painful Ponderer
Sometimes All the time You have to let a storm be a storm As if you could stop it anyway
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Jun 5, 2019
Jun 5, 2019 at 12:17 PM UTC
Ms. Mother Nature
Beautiful, sweeping, seeping mist   Don't weep for me your gentle tears   But kiss the trees as only you can Before their youthful leaves turn Gold   To be plucked or pulled down by the wind Bewitch the spell till summer comes   And turn the Falls' head with drizzlin' As you clasp bare limbs in paleing hands   Would you kiss the trees as only you can?
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Oct 4, 2018
Oct 4, 2018 at 8:18 PM UTC
Miss Mist
The joining of your soul to mine You feel it My heartbeat Through your lips My breath Swirls Like painting light Across your body Fingertips Tracing bliss Of knowing You are mine Of mixing Blessing With desire Of sacred acts Older than memory Of feeling Your soul Blend and curl Under your skin Letting me in Meet me In the place we both know is Home Where I Belong to you With names I cannot remember My aching heart Longs to surrender To everything Without fear Meet me here
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Aug 17, 2018
Aug 17, 2018 at 3:34 AM UTC
This is the place
Am I supposed to Beg you to be happy in a cage It feels like we always have to be this soup of love trust contentment lust fear and shame It makes me tired I would rather be tired than be without That thought puts steel in my back calm in my heart Anything is better than nothing Fear of loss is better than loss itself But I would like a day a week a month a year without fear But then that's not life Life I am grateful for you Even when you chase me down like a hare before hounds Even when no tree is dense enough No place safe quiet enough At least I am breathing It has to be enough
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Aug 17, 2018
Aug 17, 2018 at 2:43 AM UTC
Hare Before Hounds
Was it worth my life Those few moments of pure real happiness Yes But the reason there was a risk Seems so stupid to me Why couldn't you just have Used your imagination But you couldn't And so it is So it was Worth it But I wish it had been different I wish so much I want a long and Healthy life Full of moments of pure Happiness With you But I am scared now
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Aug 9, 2018
Aug 9, 2018 at 2:45 PM UTC
Blood
You are both the candle burning in the back of my mind gently illuminating my every thought your soft glow always guiding me home and the roaring bonfire whose heat and light are a beacon for miles around drawing me irrevocably to you your pulse and energy burn with a primal force that makes my blood sing and flames me to life
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Aug 9, 2018
Aug 9, 2018 at 2:41 PM UTC
Master
My whole self offered up. Raw. Like a sacrifice on an ancient stone altar. The oldest and most pure ritual in the world, of one human soul putting itself completely in the hands of another. Surrender. You take me as I am. As I was. As I will be. You have made me yours and I will stop at nothing to bring you peace, happiness, contentment... anything you ever desire. This is my purpose. The answer to all of my whys. The quiet place that was always... Home.
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Aug 9, 2018
Aug 9, 2018 at 2:38 PM UTC
Submission
I felt in my bones accepted and seen I felt picked up Cherished Loved "You are mine." Not a question Not a comand A statement of fact A release of such pent up fear and frustration My body shook with it And I was one with the Earth One with Him And all was Finally Finally Right
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Aug 9, 2018
Aug 9, 2018 at 2:32 PM UTC
M/s
Whats the hype Whats the truth I've heard alsorts I just want to know the score The bottom line Why can't science be more clear Come on stem cells let us know your secrets With out all the percentages and ifs and buts a timescale would help Is your magic for now or the next generation I wait in hope With my subscription to science
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Feb 18, 2017
Feb 18, 2017 at 6:58 AM UTC
Stem cells
Feeling selfish For resting Councillor says Your selfish for not resting Delagate Dump Do another day Don't bother 4 kids to mother Pain makes you nasty Irritable emotional irrational Horrible Meds make you ***** Clumsy dangerous to drive Rest is all I have too be my best Thinking the 4 Ds Is how I role Banish these feelings of guilt I rest To be my best .
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Nov 20, 2016
Nov 20, 2016 at 11:26 AM UTC
The 4 ,Ds
MS Multiple Scleriosis Aka Miserable Self "Listen to your body" Says MS nurse Your mind keeps going Burning sensations intermittent Stabing and shooting in arms and legs Crawling in your head Numbness in your *** Forget fullness Wobbling  stumberling Fear Pregablin ***** Dampening your fuesed nerves Limping dragging "rest" Says MS nurse Mind keeps going Days are half days Taken up by sleep Fear Weakness Dropping Numbness "pace yourself " says MS nurse Mind keeps going job half done Delegate Let go "Use your alternative technology " Says MS nurse Mind keeps going Stick Mixer Steamer Robotic vacuum cleaner Hose Wheelchair Automatic car It's challenging Managing Self Be kinder to yourself Kindness rules
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Nov 12, 2016
Nov 12, 2016 at 6:38 AM UTC
It's challenging managing
I am Ms not Mrs And will forever be I really can't abide it Why is it you can not see It's an insult to my status A reminder of the past And one I have moved on from Finally at last So get it right people I simply will not be A Mrs anymore It really isn't me!!!!!! (C) Pixievic
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Mar 11, 2016
Mar 11, 2016 at 7:20 AM UTC
Ms Pixie!
The joint in your hand quaked Under the pressure of your diagnosis, Its flame slipping into the air, While your last puff trickled into left lung. At first you smoked for depression. Now it was a cry to God, A beg for mercy from lifeless feet, A trip down a flight or two of stairs, A fall in the shower. I didn't know how you would walk again without your toes Knees Hips. But I learned your condition is a silent killer - it started with the smallest flakes of skin, As Satan lit an accurate match to singe your nerves. You told me you had MS And I didn't know why your breaths became frantic, Or your tears screaming. "Mean spirited", "Mouthy sister", Was what I told my friends. God was playing jump rope with his spinal cord. Multiple sclerosis didn't roll off my tongue so quickly, first attempts were stutters at best - I had to grow up first. And while I was lying about your health You were in agony over your grandmother, Dead for five years on a stained hospital sheet. In the end she begged for death, And we have years to go.
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Jan 24, 2016
Jan 24, 2016 at 11:11 PM UTC
The Mispronunciation of MS
I’m not going crazy. I’m not being lazy. Please don’t be a grouch If I want to lie on the couch And do nothing much today. Believe me when I say It’s not what you think It’s not from drugs or drink. It’s not a neurosis It’s Multiple Sclerosis. I may seem to stagger I can no longer swagger. So, understand this please I can’t command my knees. I’m fighting back day and night And I won’t give up the fight. What looks like one thing Can be a much worse thing. It’s not a neurosis It’s Multiple Sclerosis. Life is so full of challenges. The list of what the damage is Sometimes seems to outweigh The cost of living life today. But, I will not ever surrender. I must be my best defender As nobody pays my body bill. I fight despair and always will. It’s not a neurosis It’s Multiple Sclerosis.
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Oct 24, 2015
Oct 24, 2015 at 7:41 PM UTC
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Ms. Cho is so, so sorry for the unintended worry and the dreadful social uproar she created when she rated her airline’s services as poor. But any self-respecting South Korean would understand the shame when the macadamias came not in a china dish for this salty snack delish was placed calmly on her tray the cabin crew would say resplendent in their jackets “The nuts are served in packets vacuum-sealed to keep them fresh.” Hyun-ah proud and haughty wagged her fingers, called them naughty and summoned forth the Chief of all the crew demanding that he tell her if he knew if the in-flight rules were being followed or was it in anarchy they wallowed. He stumbled and he stuttered swallowed, then muttered he’d never thought this matter was the least bit earth shattering. “Nuts in a bag, are you insane? You must be taken off this plane” True to her word the flight turned round. Until they landed not a sound was heard within the cabin of that plane. He was dropped back at JFK and after some delay they made their way again heading east. But arriving eleven minutes late Ms Cho had definitely sealed her fate Notwithstanding Daddy’s power as the airlines CEO relations turned quite sour his daughter forced to go She lost each and every perk that accompanied her work her executive pay all lost – such is the way. So, finally in sum Beware of a Cho tantrum when you see that charming face remember she’s a nut case who in shrill and angry voice made a devastating choice. Never change an airline schedule Never let your plane be late Never waste expensive jet fuel Or suffer Ms. Cho’s fate
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Jan 27, 2015
Jan 27, 2015 at 7:53 AM UTC
A First-Class Nut Case
Ms. Cho is so, so sorry for the unintended worry and the dreadful social uproar she created when she rated her airline’s services as poor. But any self-respecting South Korean would understand the shame when the macadamias came not in a china dish for this salty snack delish was placed calmly on her tray the cabin crew would say resplendent in their jackets “The nuts are served in packets vacuum-sealed to keep them fresh.” Hyun-ah proud and haughty wagged her fingers, called them naughty and summoned forth the Chief of all the crew demanding that he tell her if he knew if the in-flight rules were being followed or was it in anarchy they wallowed. He stumbled and he stuttered swallowed, then muttered he’d never thought this matter was the least bit earth shattering. “Nuts in a bag, are you insane? You must be taken off this plane” True to her word the flight turned round. Until they landed not a sound was heard within the cabin of that plane. He was dropped back at JFK and after some delay they made their way again heading east. But arriving eleven minutes late Ms Cho had definitely sealed her fate Notwithstanding Daddy’s power as the airlines CEO relations turned quite sour his daughter forced to go She lost each and every perk that accompanied her work her executive pay all lost – such is the way. So, finally in sum Beware of a Cho tantrum when you see that charming face remember she’s a nut case who in shrill and angry voice made a devastating choice. Never change an airline schedule Never let your plane be late Never waste expensive jet fuel Or suffer Ms. Cho’s fate
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shouts of fear, of discomfort, of continuous abuse feeling gone, I can't.....
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Jan 11, 2015
Jan 11, 2015 at 3:46 PM UTC
unwanted