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I’m so Lonesome I Could Cry

December 17, 2012 By Kelli and Holli 8 Comments

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Although I didn’t know any of the families affected and Connecticut is a “fer piece” from Oklahoma, the only words I find fitting, expressing how I feel are the words of the Hank Williams, Sr. song “I’m so Lonesome I Could Cry”. I suppose the reason I equate these words to the news is because I was in the car when I heard the news just as I was ready to get out. The first thing I heard when I stepped out was the sound of a whippoorwill, its call so far away and lonesome.

I’m so Lonesome I Could Cry
Hear the lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly.
The midnight train is whining low
I’m so lonesome I could cry.

I’ve never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind a cloud
To hide its face and cry.

Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves begin to die?
That means he’s lost the will to live
I’m so lonesome I could cry.

The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I’m so lonesome I could cry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkztDzpTHKA
As a former teenaged mother and single parent who society says should have been just another statistic, I have only one comment:

Love your children (and all people in your life) with reckless abandon.

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  1. Jenni Field (@PastryChfOnline)

    December 17, 2012 at 8:43 PM

    Lovely post. Thank you.

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    • kalamitykelli

      December 17, 2012 at 8:45 PM

      Thank you for dropping by!

      Reply
  2. pamasaurus

    December 17, 2012 at 9:37 PM

    I can’t think about this without crying. I’ve been debating doing a post, and I typed one up today. I posted it on my private journal instead. My heart just breaks for all of them </3

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    • kalamitykelli

      December 18, 2012 at 4:05 AM

      Me too Pami, me too.

      Reply
  3. quilt32

    December 18, 2012 at 6:11 AM

    Beautiful. I’ve heard the song so many times but reading the words made me realize how lovely it is and how appropriate to the moment. I can’t find the words to express how I feel either.
    Lillian
    lillianscupboard.wordpress.com

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  4. noelleodesigns

    December 18, 2012 at 10:22 AM

    Beautiful words, especially the final line- let’s all of us strive for this!

    Reply
  5. LizForADay

    December 18, 2012 at 11:20 AM

    Very nice poem. All we can do is say some prayers for all those affected.

    Reply
  6. Anita Schecter

    December 18, 2012 at 1:03 PM

    Touching and appropriate. It doesn’t matter how far away from them we are, they still touched us deeply.

    Reply

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