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Beatrice Boyle
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since 2006-12-06

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0 posted 2007-01-17 04:17 PM

A Toast to Absent Friends

I seem to be raising a glass
More frequently these days
To absent friends and loved ones
As I remember our yesterdays
One by one they silently
Stole away to their destiny
Gathering together, I’m sure
As they patiently wait for me
There are several vacant chairs
In the places where we’d meet
Like the empty places in my heart
Still mourning with each beat

Each one left a legacy
One different from the rest
Some left fame and fortune
Others were not so blest
But the love we had for each other
Is what I remember best
And those of us who remain
Fighting back the tears that stem
Place an empty glass at the table
And turn it down for them

Rest in peace my comrades
Until we meet again

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

1 posted 2007-01-17 04:28 PM

A most beautiful toast to those friends gone before.
I'll raise my glass to this one Bea.

*Clink*

In the midst of winter,
I found there lives within me..
An invincible summer.

trutodaraiders
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since 2006-12-02

Posts 820
CA

2 posted 2007-01-17 04:40 PM

Ahh Beatrice such a nice poem to your friends. I am certainly learning about losing people dear to me the older I get. Did a nice job on your rhyming. Blest is a nice transitive verb. A simple word that shows your skiils. Loved the poem im sure your friends are smiling down from heaven on this write ~Bill

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2007-01-17 06:42 PM

lots of absent friends here these days...I miss them all

but the new ones are grand too

ivordavies
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since 2007-01-10

Posts 739
Chester, England

4 posted 2007-01-17 06:55 PM

Bea

Being a comparative youngster I can only imagine the number of friends you have had the pleasure of knowing. I certainly have a lot who have taken their next journey before mine.

"Each one left a legacy
One different from the rest"

All individuals, all leaving differing memories and parts of themselves with me, all very close but absent in the physical sense.

"Like the empty places in my heart
Still mourning with each beat "

Your poetry , once again, brings these friends closer.......

Ivor

The moment created this second, is a moment that's going to last.
It lives the full spectrum of time, the future, the present and past.

LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

5 posted 2007-01-17 07:29 PM

when life makes us experience this part, it is not easy dear lady and I always try to remember, how fortunate I was to have known them and learned from them....

Bravo for a very well written tribute.

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

6 posted 2007-01-17 07:42 PM

I sure did idenify with this one unfortunately. I suppose we will all agree with the words in this poem soon or later. Nice tribute to those gone.

Carpe' Diem

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

7 posted 2007-01-18 04:52 AM

Grandma Bea... this is a beautiful tribute to your friends who may be passed but not forgotten... RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

8 posted 2007-01-18 07:15 AM

Very well written.

Here is a toast I learned when young:

"It is a simple truth;
all things and people
one day meet
their own and separate ends;
so in this sad dark hour,
stand with me
to greet the reaper,
and raise a glass
to absent friends."

Beatrice Boyle
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since 2006-12-06

Posts 438

9 posted 2007-01-20 12:12 PM

Thanks everyone...this is one of my favorites too.!

Bea

kitkat
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since 2000-01-11

Posts 878
Nova Scotia

10 posted 2007-01-21 03:15 PM

What a lovely tribute to your friends and family. How true each friend leaves a special something for us to treasure

kathy aka kitkat

Life is a story waiting to happen..Go on.... Create, Live and Love

The_Nameless_One
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since 2007-01-20

Posts 165
Missouri

11 posted 2007-01-21 04:35 PM

thanks for sharing such amazing work

Beatrice Boyle
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since 2006-12-06

Posts 438

12 posted 2007-01-21 05:48 PM

Thanks Kitkat...Friends are the most precious gems in life's jewelbox.

Bea

Beatrice Boyle
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since 2006-12-06

Posts 438

13 posted 2007-01-21 05:49 PM

Thanks nameless...welcome to Pip...you're going to love it here.

Bea

The Lady
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since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

14 posted 2007-01-23 12:54 PM

"Place an empty glass at the table
And turn it down for them"

wonderful tribute Bea
my glass is held high...

Beatrice Boyle
Member

since 2006-12-06

Posts 438

15 posted 2007-01-23 03:29 AM

Thanks Lady...A Votre Sante`

Bea

SmartChick
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since 2001-09-23

Posts 7081
On A Journey To The Unknown

16 posted 2007-01-23 07:45 AM

I know just how you feel. I was thinking of one just last night, who has been gone since 2003. I miss her so much.

Beatrice Boyle
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since 2006-12-06

Posts 438

17 posted 2007-01-23 11:54 AM

As long as your mind can see her...she's still here with you!

Bea

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