LiveJournal Idol 9: Topic 8 : Yes, and

[eeyore_grrl]

                        Yes, and…

I remember asking my grandmother if she would die for me
I was at the bottom of the stairs
	leaving after a typical weekend with her
I think even then
	even young, I knew I was her favorite
		felt the good and the bad that came with that
her face stumbled, parsing what I had just said
				what her youngest grandchild just asked 

funny, I don’t actually remember her answer
		just the staircase and that look of shock and 
							    surprise
						that I had asked such a question

now I wonder what made me ask it
	I think there was something in a book that I read
		something that covered the topic
		the romanticism of selflessness
	I think I wanted to KNOW that someone loved me enough
					that someone loved me enough to die for me
					more than they loved themselves

and it is such an unfair question
	and so out of the blue as a granddaughter waves good-bye
			after a typical weekend that did not involve death
	so mortal a question

and what if my son asked me
       what would I say 

“yes, and 
	    I hope life never comes to that.”

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This was written for LJ Idol Topic 8. I'm in tribe 2, VOTE HERE: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/736346.html

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Comments

[eternal-ot.livejournal.com]

Aww...loved the last line..an appropriate answer that.. Enjoyed hearing you as well..:)

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Now I wonder if he'll read/see this first and then ask... this poem being the prompting event to the question.

Also, I really do wish I could remember grandma's answer. I remember so much else about this moment.

Thank you.

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

I completely understand why a child would want to know the answer to that question-- and why the grandmother would find it so very jarring!

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

I would find it jarring. I kinda do just thinking about it. And OUT OF THE BLUE like that, more jarring.

But yeah, there is the desire to *know* that someone thinks you are that important...

[whipchick.livejournal.com]

What a vivid moment!

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

yeah. I never thought about writing it before, but it's perfect for a poem.

In further revisions I think I will add more detail. About her being in a housecoat and the staircase being an enclosed staircase...

[kajel.livejournal.com]

Nicely done. I really love the last line.

[ohelectricshock.livejournal.com]

Beautiful.

[rayaso.livejournal.com]

I also liked the video of you reading the poem!

[cheshire23.livejournal.com]

Why we romanticize dying for people so much and so seldom consider that living for someone is much more meaningful, I will NEVER understand. :/

[adoptedwriter.livejournal.com]

So powerful. AW

[bleodswean.livejournal.com]

Superb work here - thought-provoking.

[eska818.livejournal.com]

lovely, as always. ^.^

[kagomeshuko.livejournal.com]

What a great poem.

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