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The Journey's Almost Done
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The Journey's Almost Done |
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Mother_Earth Senior Member
since 2000-11-20
Posts 13701/2 year Texas & 1/2 year Michigan |
Her day is slowly coming to an end Some said she had a full life Easy for them to say.. with suggestions to lend Not really knowing what caused so much strife When she was young and the world brand new She saw with an open heart and pure soul Then planted seeds of love and hope which grew To help shape what made her life really whole She wanted to feel and inhale the lessons of living Know from her own self of right or wrong.. good or bad What to keep and savor and what was for giving Some hard lessons with pain and tears leaving her sad Without a thought a family was born To be nurtured and cared for forever Each waking moment the face of another worn Because she was no more...she lost her Again her soul came looking for sunlight To just be able to feel..know gladness of life Be the person she had been keeping out of sight Without thought..without hope..without strife No fair minds..only you shouldn't..you can't be true Please understand..she couldn't fly on the first try With each mistake as a person she grew And sometimes dark and sometimes blue skies As the years moved by quickly..changes had to be made Never anything forever..dig to find a different ending Sometimes the ghost from the past around her to parade The failed attemps to be herself not always blending No one noticed until she was a bit out of step Oh to just be..to just stand alone..to be just one It's always easier to fade back..but don't give up yet Maybe one act of rebellion is left to be done She can live with the decissions she made long ago To do some things just because she wanted to To feel..to let go..to hold..to plant and grow Mistakes..you bet..regrets..more than a few When the endless night closes behind her And no more change the yesterday's to make Only she knows what memories are hers forever And which she will leave and which to take A fellow Mother is about to leave her earthly home of sickness and pain..may her journey be swift and peaceful......ME |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Sending prayers.... |
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Mother_Earth Senior Member
since 2000-11-20
Posts 13701/2 year Texas & 1/2 year Michigan |
Thank you. I am sending a "wing" so now she has a wing and a prayer. |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
M.E. this is very touching and a wonderful tribute and gift to your friend ... Godspeed to her...the wind beneath her wings. take care jm |
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Mother_Earth Senior Member
since 2000-11-20
Posts 13701/2 year Texas & 1/2 year Michigan |
Thank you, Janet. She is sort of family, but so much of her life makes me think of mine. |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
MotherEarth~ This is so very tenderly written~ Wishing your friend God-speed on her journey home. *Hugs* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Mother_Earth Senior Member
since 2000-11-20
Posts 13701/2 year Texas & 1/2 year Michigan |
Thank you, Marge. It has taken a long time to get to this point. |
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