Part of me is extravagant purple
It's like the happiness of a butterfly taking its first flight
Yet purple is also the happy ending to dreams and fairy tales
But there's another part of me
Part of me is mournful blue
It's like a star falling from its distant planet
It's like loosing someone you love
It's hurtful, but they're both part of me.
Written by Slater, 4th grade - Horton's grandson
9 comments:
How wonderful to see your poem here Slater!! It is so beautiful, just like you are all inside!!! (well, and outside too)... I love you, Meme xoxoxoxoxox
very sweet poem, Slater; We love you
that is beautiful, Slater... i am so proud of you. Thank you for sharing.
Love you--aunt Lara
you know, Slater, Purple, is my favorite color. I don't know why...it just is. Blue, is the color that means God to me....I don't know why, it just does. They are both a part of me....and you are a very important part of me. Your color to me is.........is....Indigo!! Like an Indiogo Bunting....deep, pure, vibrant, and real..... You are important, so important to me. I remember than when I was sick, I learned Of YOU about to be born...and it helped me through that time.
You, Jaden, and Chandler, help me through this time, as well...for I am sick now...sick because I mourn for HOney..... and I am weak because without him I have lost my reason. I love you.......... I love you, xoxoxoMemexoxoxoxxo
I have been thinking, Slater, about something you said in your wonderful poem: the"happy ending to dreams and fairy tales".... as I recall, most fairy tales end with "happily ever after." Now, in this case, we don't know the ever after.... we can't see the big picture, only God can see the "ever after.".... So, what we feel as hurt, and loss, and horribleness............ might in the ever after be something else. As God is always working good for those who love him.... I feel that our hurt, our pain and loss, will be used to some good..... some vibrant purple in a tomorrow-land that we cannot understand now. Our mournful blue will be nudged and loved into a vibrant living color of such a gorgeous hue we can only imagine! "Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted." Matthew 5:4. Thank you Slater for you are comforting me, and all who read this blog!! You are the messenger of God to bring Vibrant Purple into the minds of those of us who feel the deep pain of the loss of our beloved one.
xoxoxoMemexox
I am a mournful blue lately, and I can't seem to shake it off. Purple has always been my favorite color, and I would rather be shining lavender, or deep purple painted.
Waves in blues and bluish greys accompany me through these hot, sunlit days. Within me darkness lurks to kidnap guilty smiles; to snatch away a lilting tune, a sudden laugh.
Eternal deep purple love looks on, patient, waiting just there -- through the sheerest veil; time-less, knowing our hues cannot be jaded.
Purple will overcome, we know, but that mournful blue creeps in when we least expect it.... tyring to soak up and steal all the purple from us..... these days I just feel like a blank canvas, waiting for the color to come back, hungry for purple ...... I love you Slater, you seem to understand, Meme
Dear Slater, Your deep purple gift to the loving memory you have of Honey means more than I can tell you!! YOu are deeply creative, and smart, and loving. We (Honey and I) hope that you will use these tremendous gifts that you have been given by God...to make the world a better place. I know that is how you feel down inside, and I support you, I treasure you and I know that you will do that!!
Meme xoxox
AWESOME SLATER!!!!!!!AS I SIT HERE AT CRYING WHEN I'M SUPPOSE TO BE WORKING...ALL OF MY NEW NEPHEWS AND NEW NIECE ARE SUCH AWESOME AND SPECIAL PEOPLE AND I LOVE YOU ALL..
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