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MY DAD IS DEAD
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MY DAD IS DEAD |
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Elias Nevermore Member
since 2007-11-03
Posts 152 |
As seconds pass to minutes... pass to hours... pass to days. All I can remember is the smile on your face. There he is, my dad is dead. my dad is dead. MY DAD IS DEAD. And for the first time ever I lose all feeling. I remember the things I did, the things I said, the things I left unsaid. Now emotion devours me in my weak state of being. Could I have saved him, have saved my father, HAVE SAVED MY DAD. The anger burns fiercely within me once again. So I look back to the past, back to my time with him, back to what I did. All i want to do is tell my father I'm sorry. Thus it ends. His life has ended. My guilt has reached its end. And his memories shall never end. I lay the things unsaid to rest, and let them not haunt my future, but remain as remnants of the past. (I wrote this poem for a friend of mine who recently lost her father and was regretting that she had neglected him before his death) "Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, |
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Jeffrey Carter
since 2000-04-08
Posts 2367State of constant confusion! |
Take it from someone who knows the pain of losing a father (and a mother) there is always that feeling of wishing you would have done more, but at least I, personally, can sleep well at night knowing that the last words my father said to me were "I love you!" This is a very poignant read as I look back at that day 5 years ago. Thank you for this! |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Very poignant, dear Elias. Yes, to this feeling so many of us can relate. Beautifully written. Love, Margherita |
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Elias Nevermore Member
since 2007-11-03
Posts 152 |
thank you jeffery and margherita for your wonderful comments. Though I have yet to experience the pain of losing a parent, after having witnessed the emotional roller coaster my good friend when through after the passing of her dad, it made me realize how the experience can truly be a disheartening one. So I wrote this for her, so that I could somehow capture what she was going through, so that others may understand the minds of people who lose loved ones. |
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Toccatta Junior Member
since 2009-07-08
Posts 26 |
Nevermore, Your friend is lucky to have you. You write with such feeling. Tocc |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Nice writing...James |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
You did a good job on relating your friend's feeling...a true sign on a poet who can emphasis and emulate. Well done! |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
Sorry she went through this, this may bring light to her feelings and help someone else going through this too |
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