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Little Kate
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When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile. ~ Author Unknown

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JULY 5, 2011 10:08PM

Echoing on the Chilled Air of Winter's Night

Rate: 20 Flag

 

Bewildered
Too little to understand
Bitter cold fear 
Reflected on a tear-stained, perfect little face
In vivid blue eyes
Distress and panic
Then
From a little boy’s grief-stricken heart
A plea --
Echoing on the chilled air of Winter’s night
Desolately
Desperately
Untamed and barren
Again and again --
 “Daddy!  I’m sorry daddy!”
“Come back, daddy!”

 

 

 

 

© Words by Kate Little
July 2011
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family, grandson, separation, it's winter down under, poetry

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Yes it is.. this touched my heart deep down
Rated with hugs
Linda Seccaspina
July 05, 2011 10:15 PM
So sad and touching, losing a father, losing love. Very hard. Such a lovely poem.
Rated with love
RomanticPoetess
July 05, 2011 10:17 PM
So powerful, Kate. "Untamed and barren"
You express so well, the desperation, the heartbreak.
trilogy
July 05, 2011 10:24 PM
Harrowing, hit me hard in the soul. Well done.
Rated.
Scylla the Rock
July 05, 2011 10:34 PM
So sad. The poor broken hearts of children.
I had forgotten that it is winter there!
Susie Lindau
July 05, 2011 10:39 PM
Linda: It happens too often, doesn't it? So many inconsolable little hearts.

RomanticPoetess: It is sad. Very hard to watch.

trilogy: He was so desperate, tril. My heart breaks to watch is heart break.
Little Kate
July 05, 2011 11:06 PM
Scylla: You and me both, Scylla ... you and me both.

Susie: Yes... winter it is here but I'm lucky ... it's quite mild in my part of the world.
Little Kate
July 05, 2011 11:13 PM
Hard to look at or write about, takes courage...
Patrick Frank
July 05, 2011 11:16 PM
I can't even imagine!!!
How can you not cry seeing and hearing something like that right in front of you???
J D Smith
July 05, 2011 11:34 PM
jramelle: The emotions we are all going through at the moment in my home are nothing compared to those of an innocent little boy at the moment. Thank you, JR ... thank you.

Patrick: You're right on both counts ... but mostly hard to watch.
Little Kate
July 05, 2011 11:53 PM
Almost unbearable to read, so hard when the little ones suffer.
l'Heure Bleue
July 06, 2011 01:32 AM
That could be the cry of so many innocent children.....sad, but true.
I Love Life
July 06, 2011 01:35 AM
This strikes me as all ages appropriate.. this could apply to a family broken by separation or divorce, it could apply to loss through death, even not too much of a stretch for leaving the family nest via adulthood (in reverse). Applicable for leaving of any kind..

Rated for the child always inside.
Seer
July 06, 2011 01:42 AM
Little Kate:

You and RomaticPoetess have achieved the impossible. I never read poetry. You two have changed my mind, and your poem today, my heart!

R

Old Kate
Kate O'hehir
July 06, 2011 01:52 AM
l'Heure Bleue: Unbearable to watch too. I appreciate your compassion, sweet lady.

Patricia: Yes, so true. Thank you so much for being here.
Little Kate
July 06, 2011 03:21 AM
Seer: Thank you for seeing that. Leaving is a very hard thing to do ... being left behind perhaps harder.
Little Kate
July 06, 2011 03:24 AM
Kate: Really? Oh that's wonderful! I think sometimes poetry can speak in ways that prose just can't. I am humbled. Thank you.

Hey, and why is it that you call yourself "Old Kate" ??? I'm not so young you know! I am a grandmother!
Little Kate
July 06, 2011 03:32 AM
tr ig: I know ... I know ...

Thank you for coming by to read. I do appreciate it. Very much.
Little Kate
July 06, 2011 03:33 AM
This brings hot tears dripping down my face.
Ah Kate....
Mission
July 06, 2011 06:38 AM
Heartbreaking. And all too familiar.

Lezlie
L in the Southeast
July 06, 2011 01:53 PM
Sorry, I forgot to rate.
L in the Southeast
July 06, 2011 01:54 PM
This is going to haunt me for awhile.
Sarah Cavanaugh
July 06, 2011 01:59 PM
Mission: Thank you for your compassion and for being here.

Lezlie: I guess it is all too familiar. Sigh.

Sarah: I'm sorry. Thank you for reading though. I do appreciate it.
Little Kate
July 06, 2011 07:03 PM
O, Kate, the last two lines! It kills me to hear little children think that it is their fault! So, so sad.
♥R
FusunA
July 06, 2011 07:13 PM
Fusun: That he was saying sorry is what really did cut me up, Fusun. Yes, that was just so darned painful to hear and see.
Little Kate
July 06, 2011 07:34 PM
Childhood heartbreak stays with us forever. A sad legacy, Kate.
Leon Freilich
July 07, 2011 10:00 AM
Leon: It is. A very sad legacy. For sure.

Thanks for coming by to read, Leon.
Little Kate
July 07, 2011 07:10 PM
This broke my heart.
Alysa Salzberg
July 08, 2011 05:04 AM
A ton of bricks could not hit my emotions so hard as the last two lines....
Gary Justis
July 09, 2011 02:15 PM
Alysa: I'm sorry, Alysa ... but I do appreciate your compassion. Thank you so much for reading.

Gary: It is pretty hard hitting and the last few days the little fellow struggles even more so. Thank you for reading.
Little Kate
July 10, 2011 04:32 AM
So many ways to touch the heart. So many ways to ache. A child's ache though is the hardest ache. If only we could lift such aching away ... but when we can't we ache for the little one who knows only ache.
anna1liese
July 13, 2011 06:33 PM
anna1liese: At times this little one seems to be doing okay but there are moments where he is lashing out right now. Lashing out in frustration, in not knowing why his world has been turned upside down, in not knowing why he can't see his dad every day ... in pain.

Thank you for coming by, dear anna. I do appreciate your heart and spirit.
Little Kate
July 14, 2011 12:04 AM
This gave me chills. I can relate.
Pamela L.
July 14, 2011 09:22 AM
Pamela: I'm so sorry. The shame is that there are just so many who can relate.
Little Kate
July 14, 2011 06:49 PM