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Yoinn
Senior Member

since 2007-08-16

Posts 649
Michigan

0 posted 2009-07-24 04:56 PM

I Live There

Before dying,
I sit here quietly before this gentle river.
I’m here to reach out to you.

Come with your love,
and sit on your knees
with me before the healing water.
close your eyes, and listen
as I quietly read my words
for they are my essence and
I will always live there.

Before leaving,
If you would reach out
and take this small book that
that I freely offer.
It is all I have for you daughter
but breathing inside its well worn pages
is my very soul.

If you need me,
come with your love,
sit before the healing water
of this gentle river
and read my words.

I will always live there.

Yoin

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

1 posted 2009-07-24 04:59 PM

What a lovely thing for a daughter. Nicely done.

Carpe' Diem,
Mysteria

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

2 posted 2009-07-24 05:02 PM

Any daughter would love this. What a wonderful gift.

Ida

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

3 posted 2009-07-24 05:20 PM

What a beautiful gift for your daughter!

Owl

Yoinn
Senior Member

since 2007-08-16

Posts 649
Michigan

4 posted 2009-07-24 05:31 PM

thank you Mysteria
for your kind words

Yoin

Yoinn
Senior Member

since 2007-08-16

Posts 649
Michigan

5 posted 2009-07-24 05:33 PM

Thank you both Ida and Owl.

I actually am working on putting a book together for all my family members.

Yoin

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

6 posted 2009-07-24 07:36 PM

There is something special between a father and daughter, that is so eloquently versed here. Very heartfelt; a forever gift.
I think this is my favorite poem that you have showcased here. Awesome write!

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

7 posted 2009-07-25 02:19 AM

There will come a time when our children will appreciate to find our essence within the poems we shall leave behind.
This is a gentle, sensitive, loving invitation, dear Tim, and I loved the meditative imagery of the riverside.
Beautiful.

Love,
Margherita

Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural

8 posted 2009-07-25 06:00 PM

Wonderful write of wisdom and true believing . Yes, I agree,

ARCTIC WIND

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

9 posted 2009-07-26 10:30 AM

Hello Yoin, it is wonderful, one of the most touching poem I ever read, the poet has a heart that he shares with his friends...Your poems says that to my eyes...Thanks for the precious moment.

yann

Yoinn
Senior Member

since 2007-08-16

Posts 649
Michigan

10 posted 2009-07-26 12:05 PM

Thank you TD. your reply warms me with its praise.

Yoin

Just reworked my old poetry page. Check it out before geocities takes it down. Yoin

Yoinn
Senior Member

since 2007-08-16

Posts 649
Michigan

11 posted 2009-07-26 12:09 PM

thank you Margherita

Yes there is really so much of me in my collection of writing, both the good and the ugly, but that is the way of things, the yin and yang of being a soul striving to learn his way in this world. I try and celebrate the good but don't hide the bad that i have done, Lessons are learned from both and if i think if there is a reason I have to write the way that i do, that is it.

Yoin

Yoinn
Senior Member

since 2007-08-16

Posts 649
Michigan

12 posted 2009-07-26 12:12 PM

Artic Wind,

Thanks for reading and commenting.
I am glad you liked my words.

Yoin

Yoinn
Senior Member

since 2007-08-16

Posts 649
Michigan

13 posted 2009-07-26 12:13 PM

thank you Yann,
It is always a pleasure to read your replies to my work.

Yoin

brneyedgrly
Senior Member

since 2009-06-08

Posts 1125
nowhere and everywhere

14 posted 2009-07-26 09:42 PM

this is absolutely beautiful yo...

the priceless gift of yourself

what a treasure for a child

love,

berney

Yoinn
Senior Member

since 2007-08-16

Posts 649
Michigan

15 posted 2009-07-27 05:42 PM

thanks for that berney,

It makes me smile

Yoin

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

16 posted 2009-07-28 11:38 PM

Yoinn,

I am a keeper of memories. It would be wonderful to have the words of my father to cherish in a book. I have three of his words in my head that healed me - I am sorry. I hold them with me always.

Thank you for this one. It is beautiful.

Alison

LindsayP
Member Elite

since 2007-07-28

Posts 3410
Australia, Victoria

17 posted 2009-07-29 12:59 PM

A very poignant poem this one Yoinn,

a pleasure to read my friend, well done.

Lindsay

Yoinn
Senior Member

since 2007-08-16

Posts 649
Michigan

18 posted 2009-07-31 04:19 PM

thank you Lindsay
glad you gave it a read

Yoin

Yoinn
Senior Member

since 2007-08-16

Posts 649
Michigan

19 posted 2009-07-31 04:24 PM

Alison, thanks for sharing your thoughts about your father. Fathers are often misunderstood by their children when they are young sometimes it takes the wisdom of age before we see the love they have always had for us.

Yoin

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