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Marsha
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0 posted 2003-01-19 11:09 AM


Whisper Goodbye

Whisper goodbye as you softly leave me
Let me feel your spirit touch me gently
Brush the kiss of love though my heart
As your spirit leaves to silently depart
And I’ll go on with my eyes tear free
I’ll hold my head up and walk proudly
Because my soul will feel your touch still
I’ll hold the touch of love and I always will

Whisper farewell as you part from here
Let me know you go on without any fear
Touch my spirit with your love so true
So I’ll know for always the love of you
And I’ll understand the meaning of this
That love survives within a soul’s kiss
I’ll know that you are not gone from me
You’re in my soul where you wait patiently

Whisper adieu as you silently slip away
Let me know we’ll be together one fine day
Stroke my spirit with your love’s light
Tell me that I need not fear the dark night
And I’ll hold your smile deep within me
It will fill my soul with love’s serenity
To shield my spirit when hope seems lost
For those times I doubt that I can pay the cost

You have gifted me with love to light me
And you will illumine my heart eternally

Marsha



Tomorrow is another day I don't know what it holds
but I can face the future with courage brave and bold

Footprints In My Heart
Kethry

© Copyright 2003 Marsha Grace Melody Todd - All Rights Reserved
ShadowRider
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1 posted 2003-01-19 11:27 AM


For Marsha On a Cold Winter Day


Can you feel the pressure of my heart
harshly in beat with a labor of breath?
From across an ocean's glance - apart
in vigilant effort to stem a spirit's death

That warmth you feel, even now in dark
is my hand of soul pressed to your cheek
Hoping to give you light when tomorrow's stark
and build inner strength when you are weak.

Someday soon, when a sun is at its brighthest
we reflect its joy in the gild of a poem
and when your spirit is again at its lightest
It'll shine brilliant from your heart and from your home.


(so moved, was I, from the words of your heart, written poignantly and firm in your poem, i wanted to lend my support to your quest.)

Jeff

Seymour Tabin
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2 posted 2003-01-19 11:30 AM


Marsha
A brilliant and lovely write as sadness wings its endings flight.

[This message has been edited by Seymour Tabin (01-19-2003 11:32 AM).]

zenny
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3 posted 2003-01-19 12:09 PM


a lovely poem about a sad time in life

hugs, kelly

The greatest thing u'll ever learn
is just to love
and be loved
in return

*hugs* Kelly.

Sunshine
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4 posted 2003-01-19 12:22 PM


quote:
Touch my spirit with your love so true
So I’ll know for always the love of you

In understanding, with love...

Larry C
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5 posted 2003-01-19 12:34 PM


Mushy dear friend,

quote:
___________________________________________

And I’ll hold your smile deep within me
It will fill my soul with love’s serenity
___________________________________________


How my heart aches for you. Learning the deeper meanings of life can be so painful. Courage and peace to you.

[This message has been edited by Larry C (01-19-2003 12:35 PM).]

garysgirl
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6 posted 2003-01-19 12:42 PM


Marsh, sweet friend,
This is a very touching poem. It is filled completely with love and compassion. So many emotions were felt while I was reading it. It is definitely a
          

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~  
                  

[This message has been edited by garysgirl (01-19-2003 12:44 PM).]

nakdthoughts
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7 posted 2003-01-20 10:17 AM


sad but always lovely, the way you write your soul
hugss
M

gemjop
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8 posted 2003-01-20 10:31 AM


Aw Marsha, this is so very much from the heart. such loving effortless words.
lots of love, gemma xxxxx

learning each day, for you and i, our paths have met, i've already learnt that you are love.

[This message has been edited by gemjop (01-20-2003 11:12 AM).]

Krissy
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9 posted 2003-01-26 04:32 PM


mum this is very sad but I love it, outstanding. Beautiful work,
Very well written


love and warm stuff
as always
Krissy

And while thy willing soul transpiers
at every pore with instant fires
Andrew Marvell 1621-1678

vandana
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10 posted 2003-01-26 04:35 PM


enjoyed this
Kethry
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11 posted 2003-01-26 06:07 PM


What dreams may come

What dreams may come beyond your death
I do not know, they've not yet breath
And yet I know your love rides on
Although you go, I sing your song
What dreams may come, I do not know
Yet dreams of you will gladly flow

And dreams go on, as dreams will do
My dreams and hopes will be of you
Beyond your death you whisper still
To give me hope, forestall the chill
For dreams go on, I know this truth
And dreams of you are soft and couth

I'll miss you most when dreams may come
But dreams are dust, when said and done
You gave me love to keep me warm
In dreams you'll take another form
When dreams may come I'll miss you most
Although part of the heavenly host

What dreams may come, I'll wait to see
If grief gives way to victory
But whatever this day brings
I'll think of you for my heart sings
You've passed beyond and come what may
I'll  dream about you everyday

although your pain drowns out the song
in dreams your spirit moves along
and courage deep is what you'll find
with stong belief in all mankind

for you have loved in deep desire
and felt the warming of love's fire
your heart now cold is not yet dead
while dreams of him can fill your head

rest beloved - dream a while
until the end he'll see you smile
although you've lost the the great love's hearth
the lesser loves will give live worth

so close your eyes and dream on true
this pain and grief will pass by you.


*Hearthugs
Keth

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind.  Unknown



peppermint35
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12 posted 2003-01-26 06:38 PM


Dearest Marsha, you have written these feelings so well that I ache in my heart feeling them.  What a painter's ability you have with your words.


My heart is with you, always

Pepper
"A poem is the very image of life expressed in its eternal truth."
   Percy Bysshe Shelley

Madame Chipmunk
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13 posted 2003-01-26 06:41 PM


This touches me deeply,Marsha....
You have my prayers
<="http://kit.netpoets.net/chipmunk.gif"> ~ loving chipmunk hugs

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

Marsha
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14 posted 2003-01-26 09:32 PM


Thank you each and everyone, I thank you for the kindness each of you gift me with.

Beloved Keth, do you beloved one have to make my smile wobble so? Thank you for the love and light you shine on me

Pepper beloved heart, what can I say but thank you always, for the touch of your soul helps mine whenever my feet seem to miss the path.

Don’t Weep

Please don’t weep for the likes of me
Weeping is for the lost and lonely
I’ve been blessed with something fine
A love that will last until the end of time
I’ll feel that love wrapped around my soul
When there are times I don’t feel whole
Whenever the days seem too drear
Your touch in me will banish fear

Please don’t weep when you see me
I don’t want tears falling constantly
There will be times when I feel sad
Days ahead when it hurts so bad
But truly I will be strong once more
Even though my soul lies on the floor
I’ll walk the path that leads home
I’ve known heaven and I’ll not moan

Please don’t heed the tears you see
They will all dry up eventually
I’ll face whatever comes head on
I’ll lift my face and sing life’s song
And even if the sky looks a little grey
I will get through this day by day
Life is full of hope it shines so bright
And I have been blessed by its light

Please don’t weep lift your smile do
It is only by smiling we can get through

Marsha


Love and warm stuff
As always
Mushy

Tomorrow is another day I don't know what it holds
but I can face the future with courage brave and bold

Footprints In My Heart
Kethry

suthern
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15 posted 2003-01-30 02:05 PM


How can I say something is wonderful when it breaks my heart? *S* But how can I ignore the brilliance of the write just because it stirs my soul? This is so filled with love... both the grief and the gratitude of it. The last two lines say it all... and say it brilliantly. *S*

The poems you've inspired from your readers are also wonderful... HUGS, Mushy one. *S*

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