The Beginning of the End
A Slow, Painful Silencing of the Mind
She picked up the picture, asked who it was.
I almost laughed. But when I saw the curious
Look in her eyes, the empty
Expression on her face, I almost cried. I knew.
Nothing I could say. Nothing I could do. There’d be no escaping this
Curse. I knew. We would lose her long before her physical
End. She’s gone now, and I still don’t know what to say.
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Canadian family girl with a recently discovered love for writing. Other loves include animals and sports.
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
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I feel this. Truly heartbreaking.
Heartbreaking. And sorry for you loss 😥
*BIG TIME FEELS* Truly heartrending 😥
Incredible writing. This is a heartbreaking poem.
I am impressed with how you wrote this for the challenge. It is so subtlety done Congratulations for your leader board placement
Congratulations..
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Hey Cathy!!!! Congrats on most popular story!! Still love the storytelling of the piece!! 🎉
Back to say congratulations on making this week's leaderboard's first place for Most Popular Story. Well done!
This made me cry. Excellently written Cathy <3
Oh, this is a stunner. So, so emotional and compelling. It is such a cruel disease :( Lost my Nana to this :(
Oh my heart is broken into a million pieces, the way you can pass on grief to another person makes me awestruck.
This one hurt... I'm kind of speechless. All, I've got is a belated congrats on Top Story!!
Oh my Cathy, this made choke 🫢, so powerful xx
So raw, deep, and genuine. Thank you for this glimpse into an impossible grief, it is beautiful that you share it this way Cathy.
Sadness in this one
Beautifully written… such sadness and longing.
Oh lord, here you go again making me all mushy and soft inside. xx
"She’s gone now, and I still don’t know what to say” Was my favourite line. Very powerful and heartbreaking, Cathy. Love your poem! 💌
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Gosh. This was heartbreaking. I can’t even express how excellent this was.
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I'm so deeply sorry, I can't imagine the slow loss and having to watch that.
This is an incredible rendering of someone who’s memory is all but gone and who’s life is essentially lost. Deeply moving, Cathy! A definite challenge contender and at the very least a Top Story!