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You cried at my breast.
You cried at my funeral.
We danced, in between.
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Cathy holmes
Canadian family girl with a recently discovered love for writing. Other loves include animals and sports.
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Comments (25)
Packs an emotional punch, and I love the symmetry 😁
Woah, so much power and life in only fourteen words!
Hi Cathy - I'm not a Poet and I know it. But this story hit-'home' for me: I've written 'The Dance' *I've subscribed to you; with pleasure! Re: My 'Rescue' Story: The Director of - Pet Haven Minnesota - is also a dedicated 'Cat' fanatic - She names every one of them; a very lovely woman. Jay Kantor, Chatsworth, Cal 'Senior' Vocal Author
Truly lovely.
Sad but yet lots of wonderful memory moments 👍
Brilliant!
Fabulous!!!
Beautiful ❤️
Sweetness doesn't get any better, so nice!!
Oh my goodness, you are good at this!
Perfect! Loved it.
Wow this is another brilliant piece of writing my friend.
Whoaaaa, this was so deep and emotional! Awesomeeeee!
Lovely...And I rarely use that word. It's only for special occasions and this is one of them. Great Haiku!
This is so good!! I just keep rereading it 😊
Awesome ❤️❤️❤️
Cathy's done it again! Brings tears to my eyes, beautiful.
And there you go again. Teaching us all how to haiku, like a badass! This was genius in its simplicity but so deep emotionally!
Nice :)
Lovely 🥰
Knocked it out of the park!
You already know I love this one, but now I can say it here!! You pulled on my momma's heartstrings with this one. Excellent :)
All right, I'm becoming jealous. Another excellent poem.
oh wow, bingo ❤️
Oh my!!! Gold