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RSEvans
Senior Member

since 1999-10-23

Posts 1147
Tulsa, OK, USA

0 posted 1999-12-30 03:17 PM

***I wrote this for my sister-in-law***
I watched you grow
From a little child
With teeny toes
And a great big smile
Into a bright young woman
Trying to face her fears
And trying to do it alone
It brings me to tears.
I want so bad to hold you
And tell you what to do
And even though you're not me
There's a lot of me in you.
I watch you make the same mistakes
That I once made myself,
And each mistake's heavy weight
I bear with you as well.
I want so bad to hold you
And tell you through the night
That my dear I love you
And everything will be alright.
So please understand my anger
As I understand your blame
Because even though you're grown now
I want things to be the same.

Knowlege tempered by wisdom...Wisdom tamed by youth.

Paul Hoekman
Member

since 1999-12-28

Posts 382
Harwinton Ct. U>S>A>

1 posted 1999-12-30 03:23 PM

  I know exactly how you are feeling here helpless, wanting to intercede and there is just not much you can do.
          Thanks enjoyed,
                   Paul

Richard
Junior Member

since 1999-12-27

Posts 35
California

2 posted 1999-12-30 04:26 PM

Nice meaningful poem. Sad sometimes that we have to experience this from people we love.

Nate Dogg
Senior Member

since 1999-11-15

Posts 1658
Georgia, Fulton

3 posted 1999-12-30 05:57 PM

What a beautiful tribute to a family member! Brillant poem RS!

Nathan

Tamera
Member

since 1999-12-28

Posts 121

4 posted 1999-12-30 06:44 PM

Ok, I find myself crying again..this is beautiful..thank you for sharing this!
Tamera

Denise

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

5 posted 1999-12-30 09:56 PM

Probably the hardest thing in life is watching those we love make the same mistakes as we did. Great poem, Rob.

Denise

poetFemmeFatale
Member Elite

since 1999-07-25

Posts 2646
Arkansas

6 posted 1999-12-31 12:21 PM

Very heartfelt tribute to your sister-in-law...I thought there for a minute this might be for ME, but as I read on, I thought no...(I'm your stepsister, I believe...) hehe This certainly deserves to go back to the top.....very warm and tender read.

Isis
Member Ascendant

since 1999-09-06

Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland

7 posted 1999-12-31 12:23 PM

A few days later and back to the top again. A lovely heartwarming tribute!!

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. (Plato)
~Isis~
(Daughter of Mystery)

Eloise
Senior Member

since 1999-11-27

Posts 1096
Wyoming

8 posted 1999-12-31 01:36 AM

Very caring and meaningful piece RS. Well done. Sometimes though, we have to learn by our own mistakes.

Echo Rhayne
Senior Member

since 1999-09-17

Posts 1495
Canyon Country, CA

9 posted 2000-01-01 07:42 AM

Very beautiful tribute for someone I am sure is VERy worthy of it!

~*~ Hell is not a place of fire and a devil with a tail and horns. But a place of torment because the light of God is gone. To escape this, accept the blood of Jesus Christ! ~*~

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