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Precious Moments
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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Precious Moments When petals of the rosebud open That’s the time of greatest worth What is life’s most splendid hour If not the moment of our birth Treasured memories never fade Filled with love and all that’s good What are times that we most cherish If not those of childhood What are most exquisite moments Blessed by stars in heaven’s sky If not in passion’s sweet discovery Etched forever in the eye We recall the best of times When our children were still small Happy times through life’s cruel struggles Looking back, the best of all What are life’s most gracious moments Mellowed by the time we’ve lived If not the golden years where life Has passed on through the spirit’s sieve What is life’s most tranquil scene The certain hour of sweetest breath Veiled in all that’s came before It is the hour of peaceful death And now forgotten is your life But you have left a gift of worth The heritage of family Reborn into the next of birth Petals strewn across the grave In reverence and in love within Represent the gifts you’ve given And passed along to next of kin And so you’ve left upon the earth A rosebud that will bloom at birth Elizabeth Santos |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Yes, this is indeed exquisite... Karilea When you want to be loved, look within...KRJ |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA |
Beautiful  Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. JP Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so. B. Russell |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizabeth, Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and you certainly see beauty. Love Sy |
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Cerenity Member Elite
since 2000-02-16
Posts 2637Escondido-California |
Hi Liz, This was so lovely, full of wisdom you are my dear, hope you are doing OK, I think of you all of the time. Love, Cerenity "God doesn't have to be reminded that we exist. We have to be reminded that He exist!" (Writer Unknown) |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Those rosebuds will bloom forever. This is precious, Elizabeth. Denise |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
What greater gift can we give than the legacy of our heritage... Our children will cherish it forever... Lovely, my friend..  |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Elizabeth, It is amazing what we leave behind isn't it? Those that came before left us a legacy and we pick up where they left off continuing the legacy . . . to pass it on to our children and all those who come after we are gone. This was a great look at the circle of life and the effect we have on future generations. Wonderful writing. Lone Wolf Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats |
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