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Eloise
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0 posted 2000-04-29 02:08 AM


(I have carried this poem with me for many years.  Actually, since I was in high school. I don't remember how I got it or even who wrote it, but I had several friends who never came back from Vietnam and so it always had a special meaning.  It was also the piece that inspired me to start writing. It seems to be fitting at this time.)


Since I Met You  (Unknown Author)

Hello God, I have never spoken to you.
But, now I want to say, "How do you do?"
You see God, they told me you didn't exist.
And like a fool, I believed all this.
Last night from my shellhole I saw your sky.
I figured, right then, they had told me a lie.
Had I taken time to see the things you made,
I'd had known they weren't calling a spade a spade.
I wonder God, if you'll take my hand.
Somehow I feel that you'll understand.
Funny I had to come to this hellish place,
Before I had time to see your face.
Well I guess there isn't much to say.
But, I'm so glad God, I met you today.
I guess the zero hour will soon be here.
But I'm not afraid, since I know you are near.
The signal!  Well God, I have to go.
I like you alot, this I want you to know.
Look now, this will be a horrible fight.
Who knows, I may come to your house tonight.
Though I wasn't friendly to you before,
I wonder God, if you'll wait at your door.
Look, I'm crying. Me!  Shedding tears!
I wish I had known you these many years.
Well, I have to go now, God, good-bye.
Strange, since I met you, I'm not afraid to die.

© Copyright 2000 Eloise - All Rights Reserved
Brandyn Sand
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1 posted 2000-04-29 08:44 AM


As you said, this one is definately a "keeper."  Thank you for posting it.

 

Denise
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2 posted 2000-04-29 12:38 PM


This is a beautiful, touching poem, Eloise. Thanks so much for sharing it with us.

Denise

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3 posted 2000-04-29 03:44 PM


Eloise~
Thank you for touching my heart.
~*Marge*~

LoveBug
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4 posted 2000-04-29 03:47 PM


This touched me very deeply... thank you for posting it.

 "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde

ESP
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5 posted 2000-04-29 04:49 PM


Oh this one really touched me too. So sweet and sad and beautiful all at once. Thank you for sharing it.

Love and hugs,
Lizzie


 "Poetry is the true expression of my soul, it is my ultimate means of communication. It is my rainbow of delight."

JamesMichael
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6 posted 2000-04-29 04:55 PM


It is my understanding that many have turned to their maker when they feel like death is quickly approaching...even when it seems as if life has forsaken us ...even when we find ourselves in a position where death is imminent God will still be there for us...James
Aimster
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7 posted 2000-04-29 05:36 PM


~this brought tears to my eyes to say the least. this one is most definitely a forever keeper! i am saving this one in my folder of favorite poems. whomever wrote this deserves a standing ovation in my opinion, was written with such emotional intensity. god has a way of shining thru even in our darkest of hours and letting us know that yes everything will be "ok".

take care!
~Amy~

 ~Live today as though it were your last but prepare for tomorrow as though it were here~

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8 posted 2004-05-02 09:30 PM


it happens that way
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