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Story in 55 words
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Born of royal genes
Hidden princess lives as Cinderella
No…make that Countess of Monte Cristo
Lives a double life
Unknown to her
Sounds like a fairytale
Fairytale gone awry maybe
Add STILL documents classified
Hide the truth
She will never know
Heal and move on
What life is left after 60?
Lavender fields of Avignon.
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I know...I have the same theme to my writing. So close to leaving my world unknown to normal people. As I was writing, my husband showed me this Abbey in Avignon. We honeymooned there a year ago but no lavender in September. We must go back when lavender is in bloom while I am still alive. It is heaven there.
the life lost, unknown and still classified...i dunno, i would be so curious about what happened....the fragments you do know are amazing....and scary a bit...i would wonder though if it would be more like pandoras box...
ReplyDeleteDefinitely, Brian. I do think I only remembered what was needed to heal. And that complete healing only came a few months ago. Some was just so intense and horrifying/terrifying. But that was that world. Hoping memories are behind me but was told my neurofeedback doc that sometimes a memory comes up but is also processed at the same time. I'm okay with that. I would like to read the program documents in my lifetime but our govt will never release harm they perpetrated on children. So it is what it is. Joe Biden is last living person of the 1972 MK-Ultra Hearings and part were closed door. I have written to ask that the closed door hearings be declassified. Now the public hearing testimony has been taken down from the govt site. No legitimate place to download though it's available. Always think things happen from my actions. Who knows. And that was just a piece on the upper layer of the underground. Wouldn't you want to know? Trying to just go forward but I guess it's like an adopted kid wanting to find his/her biological parents. The thought just sits there.
DeleteThat is sad. But the princess shall live for the life she knows; as a girl away from the fairy tale, creating her own life tale which consists of both happy and sad instances.
ReplyDeleteheal and move on - i like that - i can understand that she wants to know though - but sometimes it's good to let the past rest and head towards that lavender fields...
ReplyDeleteI will second part of Claudia's thought....I think sometimes one has to heal and move on, especially when it seems the best option. The Lavender Fields are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteMy curiousity is piqued. Those Lavender fields look amazing. Wishing my screen had smellivision right about now.
ReplyDeleteL'Occitane lavender hand wash has the most amazing scent. Stays on hands. If you love that scent. I changed to the Lavender Shea Butter wash though cuz it makes hands so silky. Miss the fragrance. L'Occitane anything lavender is wonderful.
DeleteWow... such beauty here! It is possible to move on, and some answers we'll never get, I'm afraid.
ReplyDeleteIf you can heal and move on it's the best.. but some things still pops up I understand.. Government have done terrible things over the time... here in Sweden it was "social engineering" where various sins were done... But lavender fields sounds awesome to heal with,
ReplyDeleteWill have to look up Sweden's "social engineering". Sounds like too kind a term for my kind of engineering. I think all govts do horrid things but society is so used to looking the other way. Fields of lavender is like Sedona...can never outgrow that yearning. Thanks, Bjorn.
DeleteI never knew that about Sweden, Bjorn, though I think it goes on in every society in some manner, unfortunately. Can't look too closely at anything anymore.
DeleteTwo things. I reiterate what Claudia and others have written.
ReplyDeleteAnd two: Babe! There is a LOAD of life left after 60.
This I KNOW (80)! Curiosity COULD lead where we'd never wish to be.
Blessings, and thanks for well written and thoughtful "55".....
Thanks, Steve :) We love to travel. Working on helping my body to be able to gently stroll a few hours a day. That would be wonderful. I hate that my body stopped working in 2007. Haven't been the same since. But made it to France and brought tons of heat patches with me and Biofreeze. lol. Hoping for an easier time next trip. Appreciate your sharing and uplifting attitude!
DeleteI think a lot of things - like visiting those lavender fields again ~ Wow, they look beautiful indeed ~
ReplyDeleteI am sure the lives of princesses are overrated! 'Heal and move on' is the best option!
ReplyDeleteloved the last line and watching a lifetime pass
ReplyDelete"Lives a double life
ReplyDeleteUnknown to her"
Love that ambiguity and the title.
Thanks for visiting, Buddah. There's a line in the US well known movie Pretty Woman where Julia Roberts' friend says "cinder-f*ckin-rella". Seemed appropriate for a title for my writing. Indeed an ambiguous life.
Delete"heal and move on"?
ReplyDeleteboth the breaking and the healing make us who we are
the lavender is breath taking...
I don't know your story, but read hints of it here. I think the big question is WHY do you want to know and WILL it make things better if you find out? That is something you must figure out. I know those lavender fields are quite tempting and life is often best moving forward. I wish you the best!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your questions, Margaret. I think about that a lot. Would be more validation to me but realize I will never have proof that it WAS my life. So you are right. Why want to look. I'm proof of what is classified anyway when believed. Wish my whole adult life had been lavender fields and no amnesia, raised by wonderful loving parents. Never can go back. Only pain going into past. Heaven in France and Italy and Sedona ♥
DeleteMaggie, you have a patchwork sometimes filled with scents and other times visions- or fractured memories- which you somehow manage to paste down, one scrap at a time, into pieces like this that are part therapy, part art, and wholly cathartic.
ReplyDeleteLavender in bloom sounds lovely - I hope you make the trip.
~ M
Wow, grapeling. I love what you said....how you described what you see in my writing. I hope one day I stop writing about that past and just draw on recent good memories of my life with Brian. ha...that was a movie. Life of Brian...tho never saw it. My hubby's name.
DeletePraying you make it to see the lavender fields, and to breathe in their scented air! Somethings we think we need to know, but once you know you can't ever un-know it. Healing can be letting go or it can be pushing through. Bless you!
ReplyDeleteYes, I did the pushing through. I let go of a lot in May in Sedona. But it's still in my head. Hoping a year from now, with weekly neurofeedback. the past will calm down and not be so prominent in my writing. Thank you for visiting and for your loving words.
DeleteA princess knows her station and writes of it graciously. Caring thoughts and wishes of lavender always.
ReplyDeleteIt's always good to experience it, good or bad and take note of lessons learnt.That provides better guide for the future! Nicely Maggie! It would be fun to return and see the lavender first-hand
ReplyDeleteHank
Maggie, I don't know your story, but the pain of remembering it comes through clearly in your writing. If only it really was as easy as saying "heal and move on." From my own experience, I know it isn't - but my life has improved and I hope and pray yours does too.
ReplyDeleteWell written...fragmented memories. As we all move on we can try to write about the present. One of my goals in life, apparently one of your new goals too. Be happy you have someone there for you. What a kind soul.
ReplyDeletegorgeous! I bet the air is richly scented with purples!
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