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About one of my earliest fan fiction stories, These Things Do Not Remember You, Sandy asked me where the beautiful title had come from. It comes from this Conrad Aiken poem.

Music I heard with you was more than music,
And bread I broke with you was more than bread;
Now that I am without you, all is desolate;
All that was once so beautiful is dead.

Your hands once touched this table and this silver,
And I have seen your fingers hold this glass.
These things do not remember you, beloved,
And yet your touch upon them will not pass.

For it was in my heart that you moved among them,
And blessed them with your hands and with your eyes;
And in my heart they will remember always,
—They knew you once, O beautiful and wise.


Your touch will never pass from any thing, any one, beloved Sandy.

Date: 2011-07-19 09:39 pm (UTC)
leela_cat: ghostly black cat stretches (Default)
From: [personal profile] leela_cat
Yes, that. Exactly that.

{{hugs}} and {{love}}

Date: 2011-07-19 10:09 pm (UTC)
kass: Siberian cat on a cat tree with one paw dangling (Default)
From: [personal profile] kass
What a beautiful poem. What a wonderful remembrance.

You are in my thoughts and prayers today, hon.

Date: 2011-07-19 10:34 pm (UTC)
tazlet: (Default)
From: [personal profile] tazlet
That is perfect.

Date: 2011-07-19 10:38 pm (UTC)
adair: yellow leaf on black background (leaf)
From: [personal profile] adair
Beautiful. Too soon gone, but remembered by so many.

*hugs*

Date: 2011-07-19 11:13 pm (UTC)
elke_tanzer: hugs (hugs)
From: [personal profile] elke_tanzer
and *more hugs*

Date: 2011-07-19 11:38 pm (UTC)
klia: (flowers)
From: [personal profile] klia
That's a beautiful sentiment. The first line resonated especially deeply.

*hugs*

Date: 2011-07-20 05:43 am (UTC)
catwalksalone: mother and baby polar bear hugging (polar bear hug)
From: [personal profile] catwalksalone
What a beautiful way to remember her.

You are in my thoughts.

*hugs*

Date: 2011-07-19 09:34 pm (UTC)
ann1962: (Default)
From: [personal profile] ann1962
I'm really very sorry.

Date: 2011-07-19 09:59 pm (UTC)

Date: 2011-07-20 12:22 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] varina8.livejournal.com
I'm so sorry for your loss.

Date: 2011-07-20 12:28 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] deejay.livejournal.com
*hugs go here*

Date: 2011-07-20 01:01 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] kirbyfest.livejournal.com
I am so sorry.

Date: 2011-07-20 02:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] falzalot.livejournal.com
{{{{hugs}}}}

Date: 2011-07-20 02:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nagasvoice.livejournal.com
So sorry. (((hugs)))

Date: 2011-07-20 02:44 am (UTC)

Date: 2011-07-20 04:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gehayi.livejournal.com
I'm sorry for your loss.

Date: 2011-07-20 04:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] viverra-libro.livejournal.com
Oh, sweetheart, I am so sorry. Life is so not fair. *hugs*

Date: 2011-07-20 05:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kerithwyn.livejournal.com
So very sorry. Thinking of you.

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