One Sigh At A Time
I loosen my grip
Of your memories
One sigh at a time—
Join the crowd
To unhear the sound
Of your voice
Watch the city lights
To unsee the colors
Of your eyes
One sigh at a time
One step forward
To being free
In response to dVerse’s Quadrille #40: Free hosted by De with her piece, When Towes Fall. Image source: Pinterest
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September 12, 2017 at 8:26 am
Ohhhhh. “One sigh at a time” is just such a lovely thought. Like a breath, but deeper.
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September 12, 2017 at 7:37 pm
Couldn’t agree more.. thank you for today’s prompt, De. 🙂
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September 12, 2017 at 9:15 am
To unhear the sound of a voice and unsee the color of a person’s eyes, I wonder how long this takes. Lovely poem.
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September 12, 2017 at 7:38 pm
Aw.. how long? that we do not know. sigh. but we’ll get there, surely. 🙂
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September 12, 2017 at 11:22 am
I like the idea that each sigh leads one to forgetting and freedom.
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September 12, 2017 at 7:38 pm
Thank you, Frank.
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September 12, 2017 at 11:27 am
Oh wow wow wow, oh my my my! I love the first 3 lines best, but the whole piece is stellar–WOW! (Jael/Stella, here–just to keep you on your toes, I’ve changed blogs again 🙂 )
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September 12, 2017 at 7:40 pm
Happy you enjoyed this, Stella. And I hope you’ve been doing well? Sending smiles your way. ❤ xoxo
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September 12, 2017 at 7:41 pm
Hope you are well too, much love ❤ ❤ ❤
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September 12, 2017 at 12:21 pm
I feel that each sigh is one shackle breaking.. love the use of unwords
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September 12, 2017 at 7:43 pm
True, Bjorn. At times, there isn’t much to do but sigh..
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September 12, 2017 at 12:56 pm
This was a wonderful piece! Loved the “one sigh at a time”. It takes a lot of them, doesn’t it? This is what I tried to capture in my “Letting Go Is Hard” too.
Chuck
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September 12, 2017 at 7:45 pm
Most definitely a lot, Chuck. And our muses seem to be getting along well with these poems, too. 🙂
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September 12, 2017 at 8:38 pm
I think I’d like to have them try working together again??
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September 13, 2017 at 7:02 am
I would love that too. Any thoughts on a topic, Chuck? 😁
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September 12, 2017 at 1:16 pm
Beautiful! You captured the art and process of moving on. Thank God you didn’t call it ‘ One drink at a time’😂😂
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September 12, 2017 at 7:45 pm
HA! I was close to writing that one. I’m supposed to write ‘one bottle at a time’ . 😂😂
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September 12, 2017 at 8:47 pm
that would have been me… one whiskey at a time !! 🙂 🙂
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September 12, 2017 at 2:19 pm
Sigh…
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September 12, 2017 at 7:46 pm
Heard your sigh loud and clear, Kim. 🙂
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September 13, 2017 at 1:06 am
🙂
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September 12, 2017 at 4:17 pm
each breath takes you further away and farther afield – lovely soft stepping through this poem
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September 12, 2017 at 11:57 pm
I love the pace of this poem. Reading it slows you down. Your words show there is so much to be found in a sigh Maria.
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September 13, 2017 at 1:05 am
join the crowd to unhear, unsee… nice
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September 13, 2017 at 4:32 am
A very moving write Maria and I hope that with every sigh you will be able to reclaim another lost part of yourself 💜
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September 13, 2017 at 8:16 am
Lovely quadrille.
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September 13, 2017 at 11:28 am
‘One sigh at a time’ speaks well to sadness and moving on
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September 14, 2017 at 3:14 am
“Join the crowd
To unheard the sound”
^Is there a slight typo here? Did you mean to unhear?
Your poetry, as always, is soothing and poignant, dear Maria ❤
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September 14, 2017 at 12:11 pm
Yes, I missed that. Thankiees, Jade. And I miss you and your words too!! Good luck and fighting dearie. ❤ Cheering for you here..
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September 15, 2017 at 3:16 am
I miss you tooo, which is why I needed to pop in and do some light reading and catch up on WordPress. Thank you for the cheering, dear Maria ❤ I'm cheering for you too!
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September 14, 2017 at 6:02 am
The sign of breath = the sign of freedom. So moving and incredible write.
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September 14, 2017 at 8:45 am
I especially like the first stanza. Nice poem about the difficulty of letting go and the freedom that eventually comes.
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September 14, 2017 at 10:43 am
Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet and commented:
Come read Maria’s journey taking “One Sigh At A Time” It takes a lot of them to move on.
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September 15, 2017 at 6:28 pm
Oooohhhh..
Long pause….then sigh….ahhh so beautiful..
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September 15, 2017 at 8:51 pm
Lovely.💛
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October 5, 2017 at 2:17 am
What a moving piece!
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October 5, 2017 at 11:58 am
Aww.. thank you, Diana. 🙂
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October 6, 2017 at 1:49 am
You’re most welcome, Maria. 🙂
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