I Was There (repost for the day)

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Open Poetry #45

I Was There (repost for the day)

Ringo

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since 2003-02-20

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Saluting with misty eyes

0 posted 2009-09-11 08:11 AM

I was there, my child
When your loved one needed me
In their moment of pain
When their world was crashing down
All around them
When the panic was in their eyes
Their hearts beating with fright
I stood there beside them
Carrying them through their anguish
They were not alone on that morning
Perhaps they saw me there
Holding their hands in mine
Maybe they didn't know I was near
Feeling I had abandoned them
Just when they needed my love most
Fear not, while you weep
I did not forget them
For I held them all in my arms
Those that knew Those that wouldn't know
And I held them safe within my heart
As I carried them Home

Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting, "WHAT A RIDE

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2009-09-11 10:52 AM

This moved me to tears.

Pure Love message. Most beautiful.

Love,
Margherita

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

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Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

2 posted 2009-09-11 12:00 PM

Well done, Ringo...

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

3 posted 2009-09-11 03:27 PM

oh my goodness.. this is so beautiful!
thank you for sharing, I hadn't read it before but I am so grateful to read this now.. very moving.

Bisous du Paris
RDB

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

Ringo

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since 2003-02-20

Posts 3684
Saluting with misty eyes

4 posted 2009-09-11 07:15 PM

Thank you all.

Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting, "WHAT A RIDE

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

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Louisiana

5 posted 2009-09-14 12:33 PM

Absolutely beautiful... thank you for this!

jbstillwater
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since 2009-07-03

Posts 216
Albuquerque, New Mexico

6 posted 2009-09-14 03:17 PM

I think about that often, Ringo and wonder if they felt that omnipresence, and I know in my heart that athey did

Great writing

Jan

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