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Poet deVine
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Hurricane Alley

0 posted 2001-06-20 09:58 PM


Left alone at last my love,
you holding my hand so tight.
The doctor gave his final report,
that I was losing this mortal fight.

I feel my life slipping away;
and see that truth in your eyes.
You watch me with such tenderness
counting my breathless sighs.

The last few months has made me glad,
to leave this cancerous place.
the last thing I want to see in this life
is your sweet and smiling face.

With a moan I take my last breath
my eyes tell you it is so
and closing
forever
in this
life
I watch you

let

me


go.

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inot2B
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1 posted 2001-06-20 10:13 PM


With years creeping on what is left but to be there and allowing him to go when the time is up. You have given a feeling of dignity with this.
JLR
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2 posted 2001-06-20 11:00 PM


This spoke to me in a very personal way...having been that person holding the hand of a loved one as they left this world.  Thank you for this.
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3 posted 2001-06-20 11:01 PM


The ending looked like a plug. Did somebody pull it? Very good poem.
Blaec
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4 posted 2001-06-20 11:03 PM


This is so sad yet so beautiful at the same time.  Wonderful writing!
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5 posted 2001-06-21 07:53 AM


An unselfish plea which a Loved one wouldn't heed.
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Hurricane Alley
6 posted 2001-06-22 11:39 PM


Thank you.
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7 posted 2001-06-26 12:28 PM


Can any of us really ask for more than to be held in loving arms as we leave? Sad and beautiful and very well written, PDV.
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