{"id":13526,"date":"2014-01-10T12:44:22","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T12:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13526"},"modified":"2014-01-11T14:11:45","modified_gmt":"2014-01-11T14:11:45","slug":"repatriation-written-for-2-elephants-but-could-easily-be-me-and-you-you-and-her-you-and-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/01\/repatriation-written-for-2-elephants-but-could-easily-be-me-and-you-you-and-her-you-and-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Repatriation   (written for 2 elephants but could easily be me and you, you and her, you and him)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Affection isn&#8217;t just created<\/p>\n<p>in the, human domain<\/p>\n<p>every creature on this planet<\/p>\n<p>experiences the pain<\/p>\n<p>of loss, or separation<\/p>\n<p>of death of sickness, they<\/p>\n<p>create in themselves \u00a0an<\/p>\n<p>emotion that will not go away<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Imagine a relationship<\/p>\n<p>someone you see each day<\/p>\n<p>somebody you care about<\/p>\n<p>in every single way<\/p>\n<p>suddenly they are not there<\/p>\n<p>somethings happened<\/p>\n<p>they<\/p>\n<p>are gone<\/p>\n<p>and that period of missing them<\/p>\n<p>of course goes on and on<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>imagine that<\/p>\n<p>for 20 years<\/p>\n<p>they have been on your mind<\/p>\n<p>every time you were feeling down<\/p>\n<p>or trying to unwind<\/p>\n<p>their face you saw<\/p>\n<p>their soul was yours<\/p>\n<p>you dwelt on them a while<\/p>\n<p>you were just beside yourself<\/p>\n<p>you couldn&#8217;t reconcile<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>you had no way of knowing<\/p>\n<p>what had become of them<\/p>\n<p>your heart was indeed broken<\/p>\n<p>they were as a gem<\/p>\n<p>sparkling\u00a0<span style=\"color: #444444;\">\u00a0attracting the eye<\/span><\/p>\n<p>they were everything<\/p>\n<p>but to every intent and purpose<\/p>\n<p>they were gone<\/p>\n<p>they couldn&#8217;t bring<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>their aura to your being<\/p>\n<p>that vacuum would remain<\/p>\n<p>forever in your psyche<\/p>\n<p>and with it all the \u00a0pain<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>then one day you saw them<\/p>\n<p>there they were , yes they<\/p>\n<p>as bright as any sunbeam<\/p>\n<p>that lit up any day<\/p>\n<p>that smile that walk<\/p>\n<p>that expression<\/p>\n<p>the years came flooding back<\/p>\n<p>the feeling you were reeling<\/p>\n<p>clearly you did lack<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>that bountiful affection<\/p>\n<p>that tenderness was there<\/p>\n<p>you relished the sensation<\/p>\n<p>you shunned the base despair<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">delirious with that overwhelming spirit<\/span><\/p>\n<p>you had missed<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">unctuously rewarded<\/span><\/p>\n<p>you never could \u00a0resist<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>that closeness<\/p>\n<p>and that dream state<\/p>\n<p>all those feelings in your heart<\/p>\n<p>a forced repatriation<\/p>\n<p>and why it had to start<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>now togetherness seemed possible<\/p>\n<p>a freedom to express<\/p>\n<p>all those hours of mournfulness<\/p>\n<p>and \u00a0those interludes of stress<\/p>\n<p>could now be put \u00a0behind you<\/p>\n<p>for to re engage again<\/p>\n<p>the closeness and the loving<\/p>\n<p>was such a sweet refrain<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>these souls and so many others<\/p>\n<p>experience this, they<\/p>\n<p>suffer as we suffered<\/p>\n<p>and with their suffering<\/p>\n<p>were made to sorely pay<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>you don&#8217;t have to be human<\/p>\n<p>all living souls can dream<\/p>\n<p>all living souls can love another<\/p>\n<p>and try to redeem<\/p>\n<p>some sense from all this squalor<\/p>\n<p>from the agony and pain<\/p>\n<p>and realise how special<\/p>\n<p>it is to find each other again<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Affection isn&#8217;t just created in the, human domain every creature on this planet experiences the pain of loss, or separation of death of sickness, they create in themselves \u00a0an emotion that will not go away &nbsp; 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