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Paul Wilson

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since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

0 posted 2008-11-11 11:23 AM

Could You Stay Awhile
By Paul Wilson

You came to see me today
which caught me by surprise
We gently hugged and smiled
and tears fell from my eyes

Could you stay awhile with me
revisit happy times from the past
I miss those days of long ago
oh how I wish they could last

You’ve got your life and much to do
in this fast paced world
My life is fairly simple most the time
remembering when you were my little girl

It’s been so long since my heart smiled
a life time of loneliness you know
We spoke a time or two on the phone
but never letting our true feelings show

Have we had our last chance
at starting over again
Will our fate be sealed like clouds
drifting aimlessly apart on the wind

I once wrote of hope and special times
my heart calls your name each day
I pray that everything will be fine
as your memory slowly fades away

Could you stay awhile longer I ask
as you stand up to say goodbye
Sorry I wish I could you say
I catch you wiping a tear from your eye

You say you have to go
but promise to come back again
We hug and you slowly walk away
as my tears fall you leave once again

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

americangothic
Junior Member

since 2008-11-11

Posts 45

1 posted 2008-11-11 11:28 AM

Reminds me of the song "cats in the cradle"
people have their own lives and sometimes are just too busy to stay

Pilgrimage
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since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

2 posted 2008-11-11 05:12 PM

This one is warm and lonesome at the same time. Well done.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

3 posted 2008-11-11 06:21 PM

Oh, dear Paul, how heartwrenching this is. I feel the tremendous melancholy in this and I shed tears with you.

Wonderfully intense!

May she come back soon!

Love and warm hugs.
Margherita

"Love is the One who masters all things;
I am mastered totally by Love."
(Rumi)

Bill Charles
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since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

4 posted 2008-11-11 11:29 PM

Paul - a most hearfelt write my friend. Wish you well...

BC

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

5 posted 2008-11-11 11:43 PM

This is nice...James

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

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6 posted 2008-11-13 12:11 PM

Paul,

I have read this poem several times and it lingers in my heart.

Alison

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

7 posted 2008-11-13 06:38 AM

Dear Paulie... I'm having good thoughts she will return again soon.. beautifully expressed by you .. love RDB

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

Oklahoma Rose
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since 2008-02-28

Posts 1586
Oklahoma USA

8 posted 2008-11-13 10:49 AM

Awwww, this is such a sad poem. A very touching poem.

Paul Wilson

Member Elite

since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

9 posted 2008-11-19 12:32 PM

Thanks to each of you for your caring words. Maybe someday she will return...Paul

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

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