Julia! Was the only mark you left on this world the small gravestone that denotes your passing? Or did your lungs breath air and your voice erupt with sound, if only for a moment? Did your mother hold your tiny hand and grieve for the daughter that would not be? Or were you whisked away as your life was ebbing to spare her pain? Is your name listed in the family bible? Did your passing leave souls as empty as the cradle that would never rock? Or was it promptly stowed away along with your memory? Julia! Does your voice erupt with sweet sounds, for all eternity, as you rest gently in the arms of God? Or does your voice mingle with the heavenly choir in praise to the Almighty?
Written in response to a prompt from Magpie Tales.
Does your voice erupt with sweet sounds... GREAT Mag. Love and Light, Sender
ReplyDeleteOh, you've got it perfectly. So poignantly beautiful, so sadly sweet.
ReplyDeleteEvery life, no matter how short, has impact. And there is also the ripple effect, so the impact spreads even further.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your Canadian 2010 Word Guild award. That is a wonderful honor.
A beautifu name, Julia. And you did it justice.
ReplyDeleteSuch a poignant write! One can't help but wonder when reading tombstones.
ReplyDeleteMy mother lost a child at 8 months. She never forgot that child, a girl, who didn't have a name and was not buried. Sad, sad, sad, to hear this about someone else.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tribute to Julia, Maureen.
ReplyDeleteYou have captured so well the questions we ask when we stand in old cemeteries, contemplating the stones.
ReplyDeleteIt is only here that I can clearly see the etchings on the marker...Julia! Forever youthful.
ReplyDeleteSo many questions, so few answers. :) Lovely piece.
ReplyDeleteOh that is truly beautiful. Warm wishes, Kristen
ReplyDeleteGosh- all the posts this week are so great- and here is yours so lovingly lovely
ReplyDeleteEchoing 150 years later, the words here lift her as lovingly as the hands the etched the headstone and laid her to rest.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't sure of the "Julia". I was sure that yours is a sensitive and thoughtful piece. I agree with kathew above. The prompt this week seems to have touched everyone deeply.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful.
ReplyDeletePoignant words! But does this life leave any words spoken to those left behind?
ReplyDeletequestions we shall only answer when our time comes...if they still matter then...smiles.
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