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Auguste
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0 posted 2001-04-17 05:32 PM


You Stand Taller

by Michael


Chris, I cannot play ball with you.
Now all our races you will win.
I'm so sorry for this, dear one,
but it will never be again.

Remember when we hiked the woods
and panned for gold in all the streams?
I cannot do that with you now.
Sometimes fate wins, is what it seems.

I know how hard this is on you.
You once said I was your best friend
and I've always been your playmate.
I wish that I could be again.

The hardest part of this, dear son,
the interaction that I miss.
Fun things that you and I would do,
that would give you such happiness.

I know you're worried, it's okay.
I'm fine and nowhere will I go.
Let's think of new ways we can play.
Let's count the inches as you grow.

Dear Chris, you are the breath of me.
I'll be here for you when you're grown.
I know I stand tall in your eyes,
but you stand taller in my own.


I dearly love you, Chris.

Daddy

Proust-
"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

© Copyright 2001 Michael Auguste - All Rights Reserved
Tennessee Angel
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1 posted 2001-04-17 05:53 PM


This is so lovely!  I felt the sadness but I also felt the strength of the love you feel for your son.  A wonderful piece.  God Bless.
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2 posted 2001-04-17 05:53 PM


Auguste, There is no critique that can measure the epressions of one's soul. Your poem touched me and made me see the joy in my own children.....Thank you!

I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horney for my creativity.

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3 posted 2001-04-17 08:53 PM


How touching this is Michael...I can see the strong bond between you and your son very clearly..

Elizabeth Anne

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4 posted 2001-04-17 10:08 PM


very touching..and beautiful AUGUSTE..

no greater thing is there than love..and clearly there is lots of that  

hugs, g

time makes us bolder..even children get older..and i'm gettin' older too...
-stevie nicks

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5 posted 2001-04-17 11:30 PM


so very special, written with heart and stength....   


Lauren~


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Without you I find myself
Wanting to be lost again."
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6 posted 2001-04-18 07:09 PM


Michael--Chris will see a father that loves him very much...and who says so with his words and who may play different now, but still is there for him...I'm sure he will be proud to be your son.  This is, as has been said above, a very touching poem.
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7 posted 2001-04-19 12:55 PM


Tennessee Angel,
Thanks for reading and enjoying.

Writer,
If this reminded you of the joy you find in your own children, then it was worth posting.  Thanks.


Elizabeth Anne,
Yes, there's a very strong bond between us.  I feel very fortunate.  Thank you.

dgvarner,
Thanks and hugs for you also (((hugs)))

Lauren,
It's good to see you.  Thanks for reading and the nice comments.

Martie,
I'll always be here for him.  I wish my own father had been for me, but all fathers are different.  Thanks, my friend.


Michael

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"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

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