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I'd Carry You
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I'd Carry You |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass 
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I’d Carry You I’d carry you if carrying could be, past all of this, the hurt, the loss, across the yawning abyss of an undeserving pain. I’d lift you softly, turn your face away and close your eyes; float us together to the other side, and when the world was safe again I’d find a place of joy and beauty, leave you gently there upon a steady path. I’d carry you if carrying could be, to spare you this though sparing is denying, and some roads do not grant a choice of ways. The canyon must be crossed, and you will cross it hand by hand, climb walls of agony to find the other side. I’d carry you if carrying could be, but I cannot, and so I give such grace as I can share; to lay a willing hand upon your shoulder, and to let you know for any comfort it may give, that you are not alone, and that I’d carry you if carrying could be. ----------------- 02-2003 Because it's February. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
 very comforting words |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
very beautiful thoughts... M |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
lovely imagry and sound to this...warmth being the overlying sound....tremendous |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Ed~ And ... I would let you~ Knowing the intend of this comforting piece, is enough to make me love it even more~  She knows you would also~ *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
oh damn, seems so much I have read this morning has moved me deeply as has this... to tears. God this is beautiful and definately will serve to lift the spirits of the intended recipient I am sure. Thank you for the beauty in this. The world can be a harsh place sometimes and it is through the caring of people like you that it becomes easier for others. oh..I blabber on... but truly, this is lovely. The greatest beauty on earth, is |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ed One more day left before February...thank you for reposting this sweet and loving poem.!  |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
The first time I read this, I thought it was one of the best poems I'd ever read... as well as being the very definition of loving support. I still do. *S* Beautiful, beautiful write! |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
look at this circle of beautiful women around you here  you know you did good! |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
nice |
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Robert Frazier Senior Member
since 2003-02-06
Posts 1014 |
if the "guys" voice counts . . . you write very well in romantic voice!! Rf |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Hi, RF..... It has that voice, but wasn't written that way....just as an expression of sympathy and the wish that I could help a (then new, now old) friend across one of life's worst chasms, even though I knew nothing could help. I had just learned of it then, a couple of weeks after joining here, but I have the same wish now...so I post it once again. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Ed, this was a beautiful way to help carry someone you care about. I'm glad you reposted. LMAO~just read your constructive critiques thingy. "Ratleader has a leather head." oh that is funny. "cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind" |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
The month when your child died is...hard...forever. If a poem helps a little in any way, how could I withold it? ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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A Romantic Heart Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-03
Posts 5496Forever In Your Heart |
Just simply beautiful Ed~ Love and Hugs ~ARH Come,love all of me, mind, body, spirit..feel my passion, taste of me, be filled completely! |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Nice thoughts...James |
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GG Member Elite
since 2002-12-03
Posts 3532Lost in thought |
My best friend's little brother died in a february. He was 11... Before you posted it this year I went back and found it from last year and printed it out. I'd carry my friend, too.  Such powerful words... Always, Alyssa He was a man of sorrows |
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