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danni
Senior Member

since 1999-11-20

Posts 688
wisconsin

0 posted 2000-01-09 12:09 PM

Once again you will have to excuse me. This one may come across like more of a story. It's about a very dear family friend of mine who passed away in July '98. He's been on my mind alot lately, so what could I do? Here go's, enjoy.

Over a year later
and I still think of you
with each waking day
Recalling all of the memories
from the childhood we shared
Unable to hold back the tears
while I laugh, and start to cry
The feeling is bittersweet

We grew apart as we grew up
Our busy lives taking seperate paths
But there was always that one week
During July of every year
When we would come together
to laugh, and joke, and tell our stories
Just like when we were kids

I never could have imagined
that you would be taken away
with so much more of your life to live
I only wish we would have kept
our ties bound a little tighter

And you could not have known
that in those last days spent together
the simplest thing you said
would mark the begining
of a change in me
I didn't even know it then

But I keep it fresh, within my mind
So that when we meet again
I can share with you the story
of what you did for me
And we can laugh and joke once more
Just like when we were kids

[This message has been edited by danni (edited 01-09-2000).]

Quiet Lightning
Member

since 1999-12-26

Posts 56

1 posted 2000-01-09 12:39 PM

The poem was kind of sad,but in time youll meet another good friend to have rememories with

danni
Senior Member

since 1999-11-20

Posts 688
wisconsin

2 posted 2000-01-09 12:56 PM

Yes, in time we may make new friends, but the ones lost are irreplacable. Thank you for the comment QL.

ChainedAngel
Member

since 2000-01-07

Posts 55
tx

3 posted 2000-01-09 01:57 PM

Very touching. Reminds me of a friend I lost to a car accident. We only spent time togethor on New Years of every year. Makes you appreciate the time that you did spend togethor. That's why I believe in telling someone how you really feel so you won't regret it later. When it's too late.
Nice work danni. Hope the dear memories of your friend are remembered forever in your heart.< !signature-->

There is a dream inside a dream. I'm wide awake the more I sleep. You'll understand when I'm dead

- B. Warner

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danni
Senior Member

since 1999-11-20

Posts 688
wisconsin

4 posted 2000-01-09 02:02 PM

Thank you Chained Angel. I didn't have the time to tell him. He died in an accident a week after we came back from the family vacation we took every year. And I didn't realize the impact his words had had on me until many months later. The memories are definately in my heart. Thanks again for the nice response.

lostboy
Member

since 1999-11-21

Posts 275
New Hampshire, USA

5 posted 2000-01-09 03:30 PM

This I can relate to. Very similar situation happened with me 5 yrs ago. Sorry for the loss, glad you have some nice memories. Very nice poem danni.

Isis
Member Ascendant

since 1999-09-06

Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland

6 posted 2000-01-09 06:37 PM

Danni hon tis sad to lose anyone dear to you.
You are growing up loss is inevitable. Perhaps you should do as I, and remember all the lost loved ones and friends on New Year's eve. That is what Auld Lang Syne is all about remembering old friends and loved ones. I wrote a poem in OP5 New Year's Grief about a beloved uncle of mine right on New Year's if you care to go and look.
You'll never forget them, and it helps to remember them, and honour the memory in a poem. Well done

Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely.
~Isis~
(Sovereign of the Spirit)

Bojopy
Member

since 2000-01-03

Posts 391

7 posted 2000-01-09 11:24 PM

It hurts dearly to lose someone from your youth such as this. I like the way you ended this with seeing each other again and laughing and telling stories. Just a brilliant way of thinking about such a loss.

"Write down what you say if what you say is not written down" (Bojopy)

danni
Senior Member

since 1999-11-20

Posts 688
wisconsin

8 posted 2000-01-10 01:49 AM

Thanks all for the supportive comments. They are greatly appreciated.
Isis- I will go have a look at that poem.

JennyLee
Senior Member

since 1999-09-01

Posts 1461
Northwestern, NJ.

9 posted 2000-01-10 09:28 AM

Excellent!
Rest in the fact of knowing,the memories will brighten your thoughts as the fleeting years roll by. Blessings!

Words bloom like flowers that seem astonished at being born.

L. Pirandello
16th Century Dramatist

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