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SPIRIT
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since 2002-12-29
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California Desert

0 posted 2002-12-30 11:12 AM



THE NOVEL

It is not easy,
After so long
Seeing you like this.
The silence of the setting
Screams out to me,
In anguish.
Memories, long hidden,
In the recesses of my mind,
Make their escape
Into my consciousness.
I am unashamed of the tears
As they flow freely,
Down my cheeks.
How open and honest
You always were,
Now, more than ever,
Your face is a book.
The chapters
Show great hardships,
Grievously,
I added to these.
I pray, hopefully,
I am forgiven for this.
The book is a novel,
Love and compassion filled.
It shows physical
And emotional strength,
And an unquestioning search
For knowledge.
Each page is full
Of the undying and unchecked
Expressions of your gentle caring,
For others, and myself.
How unselfishly
You have bared your soul.
As you lay before me
How well I see,
That on reaching
The final chapter
Of this book,
It speaks of peace,
In DEATH.



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Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla
1 posted 2002-12-30 11:17 AM


SPIRIT
That's the spirit, enjoyed.

passing shadows
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displaced
2 posted 2002-12-30 12:27 PM


it's strange how in someone's death we see lots of things unseen before.

good piece, made me think...Welcome To Passions!

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16
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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
3 posted 2002-12-30 10:43 PM


Enjoyed...James
jjote
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since 2002-12-25
Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada
4 posted 2002-12-30 10:51 PM


Some would say, greeting the New Year with thoughts of Death (like your poem touching on it), is not in keeping with the holiday cheer atmosphere.
But I read and do agree with someone who wrote that awareness of death, enhances the quality of life.  Each new day is indeed a miracle.

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