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blackhalo
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since 2000-02-15
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Denver, CO

0 posted 2000-03-31 04:49 PM


"cope"

a stained knife
the helpless cries
blood & tears
mixed with silent goodbyes

a new life taken
a loved one gone
words without sound
a day without dawn

the surrounding darkness
covers my face
each day is a sleepwalk
i live in a daze

trying to grasp
the remaining hope
everyone around you
tells you to "cope"

they don't enderstand
how hard it can be
to deal with the death
that began with your plee

© Copyright 2000 Alicia R - All Rights Reserved
childomine
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since 2000-01-25
Posts 818
st. petersburg, FL
1 posted 2000-03-31 06:53 PM


Alicia this is so very sad and you wrote it in a way that the pain of loss is felt.

 ...Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is....
Black Eagle
Oglala Sioux holy man


Denise
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2 posted 2000-03-31 08:29 PM


The ones who just tell you to 'cope' are the ones who haven't yet lost someone close. It is the hardest thing to go through in this life. Well written.

Denise

twinsgd
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since 2000-02-13
Posts 416
Ontario,Canada
3 posted 2000-03-31 10:38 PM


So sorry for your loss Alicia...
ESP
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since 2000-01-25
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Floating gently on a cloud....
4 posted 2000-04-01 03:43 AM


I am so sorry for your loss, Alicia. This is a powerful expression of your grief, thank you for sharing it with us.

Love and hugs,
Lizzie


dhuron
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since 2000-03-19
Posts 476

5 posted 2000-04-02 05:18 AM


A poem that radiates Pain and grief. No one can "cope" with it, but time will heal just be patient.

 The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, not the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship."

--Ralph Waldo Emerson


blackhalo
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since 2000-02-15
Posts 467
Denver, CO
6 posted 2000-04-07 12:55 PM


Thank you all again.  You say such wonderful things!

 Hope,
Alicia A. Renzelman

Sasikat
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since 2000-02-02
Posts 290
St. Petersburg, FL
7 posted 2000-04-07 02:57 PM


Alicia,

This is so heart-felt and deep.  I am relating it to an experience I had and you describe some of the emotions I went through as if it had been me who wrote this.  Very moving for me.

Sheila


 ...the earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the measure of our bodies are the same........... Joseph, Nez Perce Chief

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