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lucky
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since 2000-01-17
Posts 1601
Idaho

0 posted 2000-12-03 01:28 AM


Mukilteo brother little...

Gregory Steven Gwaltney... was the
first to take me there, we sat watching the
tides and waves roll way and back again.
Talking of life’s times, troubles, & bouts
rolling in, you know just the things
in which we held & no one to
share ‘em with the things
we had that burned
within & never
could forget

I never
dreamed
of now and how
I’d e’er be here again but
life is changed my luck & just a
year before he died sat with tears and
talked of many years and rolling sighs
passed thoughts a late mama’s tide
only months before it seemed

mama’s death
had crushed
him in a way I

never knew could be &
shortly after he followed in her

steps and let his ghost run free. On our
Home Site “Crossing Rivers” there's a
“Sliding Sunsets” page & that pic.
it just happens is taken there
that’s my priceless
Rosemary e’er
saving what we

knew. And it’s true,
when younger I kinda got
loaded down there & I did lose
those keys, yep you know, some
where in the sand never again
seen, I felt so bad... She
had to walk three
miles with a
bloody
foot
all
mushed
and jammed

with gook and sand. We there go
now for pics & memories even though I
tell myself I shouldn’t here go again. It’s
kinda much rememberin’ as the waves
keep rolling in still our kids don’t

fathom it, but you know...
they love bare feet,
and of course
the silky
sand
.

Written
by Dale Wayne
Gwaltney his older
brother. This
should've
never

been
.




[This message has been edited by lucky (edited 12-03-2000).]

© Copyright 2000 Dale W. Gwaltney - All Rights Reserved
ethome
Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada
1 posted 2000-12-03 01:32 AM


very very tender touching piece of work!! ethome
Marge Tindal
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2 posted 2000-12-03 01:37 AM


Lucky~
How tender.
Thank you for sharing Gregory Steven Gwaltney with us.
Priceless treasures from your heart.
*Hugs* big brother !
I love ya'
~*Marge*~


~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Rosemary J. Gwaltney
Senior Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 997
northern mountains, Idaho
3 posted 2000-12-03 03:19 AM


This is beautifully worded - the phrase "he followed in her steps and let his ghost run free" gave me the shivers.

I'll never forget Greg, just as I'll never forget the shores we all ran while young, and then the years afterward.

It's just as well the kids don't fathom all the pain, don't you think?  They're fortunate, that way.

You are my deepest comfort, and dearest love.  I hope and pray I am a comfort to you too.

Your sweet love is infinitely precious to me!  I thank God for it all the time!

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The spiritual wind that holds survivors aloft, plants the seeds from which bloom new hope ... R.J.G.






[This message has been edited by Rosemary J. Gwaltney (edited 12-03-2000).]

Irie
Senior Member
since 1999-12-01
Posts 1493
Washington State
4 posted 2000-12-03 03:24 AM


Beautiful!  

~Sheri

"The things that come to those that wait may be the things
left by those who got there first"



lucky
Senior Member
since 2000-01-17
Posts 1601
Idaho
5 posted 2000-12-06 11:39 PM


I'm so sorry I didn't mean to miss you all... until this second when I realized... How can I reflect my regrets. Thank you ALL...

dale


[This message has been edited by lucky (edited 12-06-2000).]

Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049
California
6 posted 2001-03-29 05:30 PM


Dale--I was rumaging around in the archieves and found this little gem of memory from you...and my heart felt so sad that I had not seen it...time happens so fast, doesn't it...hugs!
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