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nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines

0 posted 2011-10-02 09:45 AM

Another Day of Missing

I ride in her memories
as the days close in,
realizing she was the only one
who really understood me.

The one who was there
11 years ago, suffering
in her own knowing
that time was not on her side.

If she only knew the thoughts
that rise on my daily trips
or the moments, like now,
when I wish her here...

I will never let her go,
nor the gift I have of her.
Time will always be on my side
as long as I have her in mine.

M

"Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more, it is willing to see less."
(Will Moss)

Nicole
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since 1999-06-23

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Florida

1 posted 2011-10-02 09:49 AM

It is a weight to bear; sometimes comforting, sometimes bittersweet, sometimes with just outright agony. This is so poignant - thank you for sharing it.

flash
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since 2010-11-28

Posts 213
miami beach, florida

2 posted 2011-10-02 10:01 AM

Evocative (albeit bittersweet) poem.
Memorable moment nicely captured and rendered.

Al

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2011-10-02 10:11 AM

Couldn't have been written any better. You conveyed your heart.

~~ Those who are silent are the first to be shot. ~~

Richy
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since 2003-05-03

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4 posted 2011-10-02 12:12 PM

Another day of missing and another day of
musing.

"I ride in her memories
as the days close in,
realizing she was the only one
who really understood me."

That is so lovely Maureen.

"Time will always be on my side
as long as I have her in mine."

Bless you sweet friend and your loving memories.

ebonygirl
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since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

5 posted 2011-10-02 02:17 PM

It's never hearing the missing one's voice that is difficult.
Thank you for your poem, ms. e

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

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So. El Monte, California

6 posted 2011-10-02 03:51 PM

This hit home, Maureen, I know what it is like to miss someone this way.
Ida

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

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By the Seaside

7 posted 2011-10-02 07:10 PM

Your last verse is especially meaningful and as it should be.

Lovely poem, M~

Angel4aKing
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since 2006-09-27

Posts 1372
USA

8 posted 2011-10-03 12:25 PM

Keeping someone in our thoughts keeps them alive,,,oen should never let that go!!!

~~~kingsangel~~~

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21

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Florida

9 posted 2011-10-03 12:29 PM

Understanding.Very nice post.jo

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

10 posted 2011-10-03 02:47 PM

I will never let her go,
nor the gift I have of her.

So very poignant and touching... You've written your missing, but so many of us see our own in your words!!

threadbear
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since 2008-07-10

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Indy

11 posted 2011-10-03 02:58 PM

True love will never fade
These days it's hard to make the grade.
Like a present, you shared
the 'meant to be's'.

And there, upon a shoulder,
where burdens often lie,
is a lasting impression of a warm hand,
for true love will never die.

Your words are amazing, Maur.
I'm wondering if your poem was about your sis. Eyes have many tears for many people.
Jeff

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

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Between the Lines

12 posted 2011-10-03 04:29 PM

Yes, Jeff, it is about my sister.  When things were tough for me she was there any time I needed her despite her  first needing a liver transplant then finding out she had lung cancer.

After her husband died  five years after with again, lung cancer, my nephews let me buy her car from them...which I use to drive to and from teaching. So she is always with me.

Her birthday and her husband's are both this week.

Thanks to everyone who responded and for  Jeff, who remembered

M

JL
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since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

13 posted 2011-10-04 08:34 PM

This is very sad and yet uplifting. My older sister closest to me passed on after a five year battle with cancer. She is missed every day. I can relate, somewhat.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

14 posted 2011-10-09 10:29 PM

Very nice...James

Larry C

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since 2001-09-10

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United States

15 posted 2011-11-30 10:22 PM

Dearest M,
Aw, the memories. I am sorry for the loss of your sis. Thank you for sharing a part of her. Hugs.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane,
I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

Kethry D
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since 2010-04-12

Posts 64
Australia

16 posted 2011-12-01 01:31 PM

When sisters are also friends the memories of them last forever. Sorry for your loss. Thank you for your poem.

Keth

A poet must leave traces of his passing not proof.

Rene Char

Paul Wilson

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Posts 4711
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17 posted 2011-12-01 09:11 PM

Maureen...Tender memories of your heart shared with us tells us of a love and devoation you had for each other.
Reminds me of a poem I wrote long ago that is somewhere in Ron's vault entitled Sisters if you care to search for it and their love for each other.Take care Sweet Lady...Paul

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

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

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South Louisiana

18 posted 2011-12-01 10:42 PM

The poem tells the reader that there is a way to deal with the departure of a loved one. We all deal with this fact of life and deah in our own ways, and some are better than others. It all depends upon the one doing the grieving I suppose. Love your ending, as long and she is with you, time is on your side. Great insight.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines

19 posted 2011-12-02 06:28 AM

Thank you again for all the very kind replies. As one ages, the missing sometimes becomes greater, but the memories make it tolerable.

M

secondhanddreampoet
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20 posted 2011-12-02 10:59 PM

v. emotive and well written tribute ...

jwesley
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since 2000-04-30

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Spring, Texas

21 posted 2011-12-03 09:23 AM

Wonderful, heartful write here, my friend. Beautifully spoken. And, your comment, "As one ages, the missing sometimes becomes greater, but the memories make it tolerable.", was as true as truth can be.

I turned 68 today, and the first thought, when I awoke, was . . . in two years I'll be 70. First time I ever felt like I was actually starting to age - and as I lay there, the memories flooded in . . .and when I got up, I was younger again.

j.

passing shadows
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22 posted 2011-12-03 01:54 PM

this is a touching piece M

glad i stopped in today to read a bit

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