Sunday, August 12, 2012

CCCLXIV - Sonnet to a Young Niece

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Caz, aged about 25 in 2002, with Colin the Camel.
She had the degenerative disease, MELAS and died in 2006.
Don’t talk to me about ‘intelligent design’.

dVerse  had the prompt 'beautiful sadness'.


Sonnet to a young Niece.

She was a sweet and chirpy young kid,
As normal as any you’d find.
She found delight in all she did
She was happy and bouncy and kind.

Once the hormonal tides started flowing
They triggered a relentless decay;
At the time we weren’t to be knowing
Of the calamity coming her way.

She endured her lot, with good heart,
As her systems fell to the fault;
She knew pretty much from the start
There could be no other result.

She smiled as the malaise dragged on
And then, one sad day, she was gone.
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© 2012   J Cosmo Newbery
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27 comments:

  1. oh heck..this brought tears to my eyes...sorry for losing her but a beautiful sonnet penned in honor to your niece

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  2. I am so with you on intelligent design. And so sad for your loss. This is a lovely sonnet, which it seems she would have both appreciated and felt was undeserved.

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  3. So sorry to hear Cosmo! It's just unfortunate that some had to suffer.

    Hank

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  4. Very moving, Cosmo; very emotive...beautiful.

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  5. What a beautiful tribute to your niece and what an awful illness. I was not aware of this disease. Thanks for sharing.

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  6. A moving tribute and lovely sonnet to your niece.

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  7. you caught me...i dont really know what to say other than it was felt...and i have tears...

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  8. What a beautiful sonnet...an emotional write too~

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  9. You honored her well by writing this beautiful sonnet. So sad to know, as she did, what was to come.

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  10. A lovely tribute to your niece. Sometimes there doesn't seem to be any justice at all.

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  11. It's too sad and unfortunate ... she was too brave !!!

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  12. ... and she smiled.

    Such strength the sick often teach us... makes one truly pause... and hopefully change and spread such wisdom around.

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  13. Beautiful sadness indeed. How awful for someone so young to have to cope with that, what a brave and lovely girl.

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  14. Extremely moving and sad- qand a beautiful simplicity and honesty to your words....looking at the picture of her whilst reading this....damn....llife is one strange, beautiful, sad thing at times isn't it...great poem and thank you for sharing

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  15. Oh, I am so sorry for your loss! This is beautiful.

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  16. Can hardly see through tears to comment and words would only fall short.

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  17. So tragic and a beautifully rendered sonnet...seems you have a knack for that form.

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  18. How terribly sad dear J Cosmo, this verse is a lovely tribute to your niece...yes, beautiful sadness.

    xoxoxo ♡

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  19. That is so tragic J. I'm so very sorry to hear that. She looks like a beautiful young woman and I'm sure a favourite niece xx

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  20. J...I have been gone too long. Your poetry is a beautiful as ever and how lucky your niece was to have someone leave such a fitting tribute in her honor. I am just sorry that there was even a need to pen the tribute...some things are too hard to understand or to find a reason why this has to happen.

    Dan

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  21. A lovely tribute ... so sad.

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  22. I'm so sorry for your loss. Beautiful piece for a beautiful heart!

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  23. Ohhh, so sad. What a lovely photo of a beautiful young woman.

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  24. A beautiful tribute to your niece Cosmo and such a sad loss.

    Anna :o]

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  25. I cried, and cried when I read this, but didn't blog on. A niece to never forget.

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  26. What a heartbreakingly beautiful poem and story. There could be no other response to the prompt "beautiful sadness". Such a lovely young girl. A devastating loss for her family.

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