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Open Poetry #43

Bob

Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

0 posted 2008-11-03 10:42 PM

.

You know . . .
I don’t feel
Like turning
The life
You gave up
At twenty-two
Into a joke
Or a metaphor
Just right now

I remember
Your eyes
As their light
So absolutely
Disappeared

Though
Of course
I hope
With all my heart
That you
Are finally free

Still
As so often these days . . .
I visit the graves
Of friends I’ve lost
So many over time

Of those like you
Who simply
Were too good

Though I suppose
Looking back

Considering
After all
The ultimate truth
Of that noble theme

It gives
New meaning
However demeaning
To those special words

That you can’t
Keep a good man
Down

.

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

1 posted 2008-11-04 04:23 AM

these are days of remembrance for all of us...thank you for deep sharing.

yann

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

2 posted 2008-11-05 06:01 AM

lovely gifting here John ... love RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

3 posted 2008-11-05 08:30 PM

Yo John,

This is very true.

Bobby

Juju
Member Elite

since 2003-12-29

Posts 3429
In your dreams

4 posted 2008-11-05 09:12 PM

Beautiful

-Juju

-"So you found a girl
Who thinks really deep thougts
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts " Silent all these Years, Tori Amos

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

5 posted 2008-11-06 03:21 PM

What an exquisitely sensitive tribute, all the more appealing for its simple and sincere conversational tone! This really hit home.

- Owl

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