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I Hid Her Pictures
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I Hid Her Pictures |
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Michael Auguste Junior Member
since 2000-07-19
Posts 12USA |
I Hid Her Pictures by Michael Auguste A flower must take just one last look At one more sun before it dies I wonder if that's how she felt I wish that I could search her eyes So often grief will try to win And try to blind my eyes with tears And now I stand here hurt again As I have been for many years Choke back the sobs, get on with life Although you feel so all alone Be strong for both your son and wife And remember you still have a home I so often in the mirror see Her face when gazing at my own Because I am her son, you see Aloud, I wish that I could moan I miss her smile so very much I miss her wisdom. I miss her scent I miss her guidance and her touch I miss the way her life was spent Deep sadness runs on little feet They seek the darkness of my heart And in a crowd do they all meet So they can rip what's left apart Confused and numb I wander on My father gone nine years before And now my mother, please no more I often feel so all alone Such loving things she'd tried to teach That I rebelled against in youth But now they're part of who I am Because I finally saw their truth I hid her pictures from my sight So stronger could I grow with years And find a room to lock this hurt So I could see, without the tears Her body turned to ashes be I carried them with gentle hands And cast them to the winds at sea And watched them fall upon the sands Nine years before I did the same With my poor father, bless his heart Now they're both just sea and sand And will forever be a part Sometimes I sit and watch the sea As starlight bathes me in the night I know they're there, just out of reach And will also be with coming light Though years have come and years have gone Forgetfulness they would not bring My heart has yet to find new song And my voice forgotten how to sing But strong I must be, this I know These tears in prison must I keep For if I let just one tear flow Forever do I think I'd weep |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Michael, pull out her pictures, and recall with happiness all that she gave... I know your pain. I am so glad you found this place to pour your heart. There will be better days. Welcome, my friend, to Passions... Sunny ~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. Helen Keller ~~~ When you want to be loved, look within...KRJ |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
"For if I let just one tear flow Forever do I think I'd weep" You know I understand this exactly, my friend. You write so tenderly of her memory, her influence, your pain. Thank you. ~ Claire Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
MichaelA~ Such a tender piece of your heart - 'Now they're both just sea and sand And will forever be a part Sometimes I sit and watch the sea As starlight bathes me in the night I know they're there, just out of reach And will also be with coming light' I got a lovely image that his spirit comes on the waves ... covering her spirit on the shore. A calming sense of together forever. Thought provoking piece filled with your feelings from the heart. ~*Marge*~ < !signature--> ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com [This message has been edited by Marge Tindal (edited 07-23-2000).] |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
"deep sadness runs on little feet"...I know this pain. But do take out the pictures and remember. Smile all the while. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Lovely soothing thoughts...I myself have hid pictures and brought them back out and hung them on the wall..and hid them again... I have a picture of my exwife with her new husband in my living room and it sometimes brings different thoughts to my mind.. One thought..that she is with him because I failed to love her. Thought two...she looks happy and contented with him and that is beautiful... Thought three..boy did I screw up and lose a good woman. Thought four...my boys sure have a fabulous mother. James |
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X Angel Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521Oregon |
this was really sweet  and sad get those pictures out remember her with love not sorrow! ~H |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
This was the sweetest tribute to your parents.  |
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