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Told you i wouldn't forget.Seventeen plus, one, two, three, four.
that makes 21 white roses this past September,
Jennifer.
I told you i would visit.
At least once a year i said.
So i did and you met me outside.
We talked for hours, like we used to.
Remember years ago on the playground,
days of tag and hide and seek.
You always were a little faster than me.
So this year, nothing new happened.
I mean, a few did, and i told you about them.
you always were the best at listening to me ramble,
even now four years later.
So i sit and talk to you.
You just as silent and meditative as ever.
remember when we had that talk about your stepfather?
you said once you were eighteen you'd leave him remember?
remember how he hurt you and you would talk to me?
i miss that you know.
how you used to talk, that is.
you always had the most beautiful voice,
told you that you should be a singer, remember?
but now a days, you dont sing to much.
in the hospital remember, i told you that it would all be fine,
that id visit you once a year, even though you had moved.
well i did good remember?
told you i would come, told you.
i never had a head for dates you knew that.
i really wanted to hear you sing this last time.
i have forgotten your voice its true.
but you were so happy when you sang, that i remember.
so next September ill see you again.
next sepetember with twentytwo white roses in hand.
four years dead now,
five next year that is.
so seventeen plus one, two, three, four, five equals twentytwo.
twentytwo white roses next September,
Jennifer.
*side note*
Jennifer never did make it to eighteen, she was killed by her drunk stepfather in a car accident. i saw her before she died of internal bleeding.
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Comments: 16
TheBlueUmbrella [2006-06-20 04:02:44 +0000 UTC]
hmmm.. i've never read any of your stuff!I truely was missing something...!!
-- this is so sad...;____;it sounds like a movie- but it is true life- since your lived it. You never know when someone will die- it's a truly sad thing..
I guess the only things that we could hold onto are memories in our individual heads.peace to her..
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work-in-progress In reply to TheBlueUmbrella [2006-06-21 12:59:36 +0000 UTC]
thank you...your words make me feel better.
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CMackthe3rd [2005-11-24 21:17:16 +0000 UTC]
... Just ...wow... truly hearfelt, friendship cant be better expressed than thru dedicated art... Excelent work ...
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work-in-progress In reply to CMackthe3rd [2005-11-24 21:48:48 +0000 UTC]
thanks^ ^ that is very much appreciated.
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michirukoshi [2005-11-01 01:15:13 +0000 UTC]
I'm sorry atlee..that such a loss must occur, and such pain must happen to such beautiful, wonderful people.
This was a gorgeous piece, truly heartfelt. I could not help but cry when I read it.
I'm sure that wherever Jennifer is..she will be singing when she gets those gorgeous roses every year with that lovely voice of hers.
~michi~
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work-in-progress In reply to michirukoshi [2005-11-01 15:52:01 +0000 UTC]
im sorry i made you cry christine ^ ^;.
thanks though for the comments^ ^it means a lot to me.
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GunnerRomantic [2005-10-31 23:22:45 +0000 UTC]
Deeply touching stuff, this... beautiful, in a way that only a true friend could express.
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work-in-progress In reply to GunnerRomantic [2005-11-01 15:50:52 +0000 UTC]
uh *blush* thanks? it means a lot to me really^ ^
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GerbilPoof [2005-10-24 21:02:12 +0000 UTC]
Wow...that's some powerful stuff, Atlee. Beautiful.
(sorry for commenting when it says not to...)
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work-in-progress In reply to GerbilPoof [2005-10-25 15:05:30 +0000 UTC]
no commenting is fine. critiqueing however is what i wanted to avoid.
and thanks...i miss her a lot.
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Blooded-Angel [2005-10-24 18:30:31 +0000 UTC]
aww jeez.. this has made me cry. This is so sad, and so heartfelt.. XxX
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work-in-progress In reply to Blooded-Angel [2005-10-24 20:07:42 +0000 UTC]
thanks, it took a lot out of me as well.
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Blooded-Angel In reply to work-in-progress [2005-10-25 09:28:40 +0000 UTC]
well, you know that if you ever need anything, i'm here XxX
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work-in-progress In reply to Blooded-Angel [2005-10-25 15:09:21 +0000 UTC]
thanks^ ^ that makes you a good person i would have to say.
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Blooded-Angel In reply to work-in-progress [2005-10-25 15:11:20 +0000 UTC]
not a good person, i just like to think i'm here for my friends when they need it.. XxX
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