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WhiteKnight
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0 posted 2001-10-10 10:37 PM



I dedicate this poem to Antonella and Kel. My two closest friends. Thank you both for opening your lives and hearts to me in friendship when I felt all alone in the world. Remember no matter where life takes us from here I will remember you both and I will always be your friend. I freely offer you both all that friendship can bring.


Blessed am I
By WhiteKnight

Sad things I hear each day
I never know what to say
I feel badly
for those suffering in the world

I feel horrible for the little baby
I was told of
born with a hole in the hart
I don't know where to start
The baby is not well
The doctors try their best
yet the chances are slim
They think he soon will be put to rest

I hear the terror in the news
people dying in tornados and floods
people spilling each others blood
I feel so detached from it all now
I can't imagine how
these things came to be
yet never seem to reality to me

Blessed am I
for my problems
seem so small
when stood against these

I look every day
I look every way
for good in life
as life has been so fragile for me
Not long ago
I was blinded by depression
and could not see
all that has been blessed to me

I see more each day
as my medication clears the way
My greatest blessing
the love of friends
the ones who cared
the ones who shared
those who pushed me
when I was afraid
the ones who helped me see
My true friends who kept me living
in spite of myself

Blessed am I
I am alive
I can see again
I remember as I hear the playful laughter
of my children
I count the blessings
I tuck them in at night
one, two, three,
four, pairs of brown eyes
so happy to see
a smile on my face again.

Thank you friends
for showing to me
that I have blessings a plenty
and the world needs me.
my children need me
my friends do too.
I am here to help
in any small way I may.

© Copyright 2001 Corey Rugar - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2001-10-10 10:51 PM


Well I am happy to hear (read) you found your smile!!   and had wonderful friends to help you look for it!   Thats great... I hope you keep smiling for you and those 4 sets of big brown eyes  

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WhiteKnight
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since 2001-01-01
Posts 83
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2 posted 2001-10-10 11:01 PM


Thank you Sea. All the wonderful people here at passions have done wonders to keep that smile on my face.
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