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There Will Come a Time...... |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA 
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There will come a time, not far away, I'll bid this earth adieu As we all must when our time comes To tell us our turn's through. I'll have a lavish funeral My family will be sad. They'll stand around and talk about The happy times we had. And, at the club, my golfing pals Will tell jokes and recall The silly way I swung a club Or how I hit the ball. My kids will often think of me - Some funny anecdote About some foolish thing I did Or simple poem I wrote. Fifty years pass. All friends are gone Most everyone I'd known. My kids will be grandparents now With grandkids of their own. Yet, still, though quite infrequently, An opportunity May come around to give someone A cause to think of me. Another hundred years go by. Now no one has survived Who walked this earth when I did At the time I was alive. All stories are forgotten. Every Thing about myself. My life has been reduced to but A picture on a shelf. Another hundred years. By now All photos are gone, too And every house that I lived in Plus every place I knew. I will not have existed And I know this well because I had a great-great-grandpa once But don't know who he was. I don't know what he liked to do, What kind of job he had. No way to know what made him tick, What made him smile or sad. So that's the way it is, my friends. It happens to us all Who don't do something glorious That history may recall. And so I sit, with pen in hand, Creating verse because It's not to show you what I am But to show the world I was. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Bows to the master poet....most excellent Balladeer...most excellent! ------------------ "Nobody has measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold" ~Zelda Fitzgerald |
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Poet deVine
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since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
...and you was GOOD! Look at all the lives you've touched with your poetry! Someday, someone will come across a poem, printed out from the Passions Forum and wonder who you were..they'll read your words and they will know you...and remember.....  |
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Delores Hall Member
since 1999-07-16
Posts 342USA |
This is wonderful.I also had grandparents I never even knew.And because of that they are not in my thoughts. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
No children and no great works to leave, I suspect I'll be forgotten quickly. But for as long as I am here, I'll remember this poem by Balladeer. |
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Genea Member
since 1999-06-15
Posts 321USA |
For some reason, this one really strikes me...love it! |
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ac Member
since 1999-06-17
Posts 129Cayey, PR - USA |
What a wonderful way to unravel... that tangle of life and death... to which we are all susceptible...it's just something we must accept...but i'll tell you this though Balladeer, long after you are gone... you'll still be the most called upon in this poetry forum....  |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
and I will certainly remember all you kind and wonderful people. |
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Sally S. Senior Member
since 1999-06-07
Posts 847Ohio |
You certainly have impacted many lives with your talent. At least, I'm one of them...you would never be forgotten though, I'd really rather not think about that prospect..you have far too many stories to tell. I intend on hearing everyone of them...so, buckle up, it's going to be a long ride. |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Seat belt fastened, mind in overdrive, and full of gas! Oops! |
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Crystal Member
since 1999-07-24
Posts 62Hazel Park Mi U.S.A. |
Wow, I have always had a fear of what is going to happen after I am gone. If I'll be remembered. I can't imagine all the stuff that shall happen in the future that I won't be around to see. That bugs me sometimes when I start thinking about it. I also like to believe there is a place where we go where we will always be able to look down on our loved ones and everything that is going on, on the Earth. |
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Princess Lily Member
since 1999-07-13
Posts 149USA |
As you have said dear Balladeer we all must go sometime...But have you not thought of this...Earth and I shall combine as I pass away...So you see me today...Maybe not tomorrow,but think always that you are walking on something we've all created.If it were not for our dear loved ones that we never knew...We would not exsist right now...not me my dear and not you...But I'll let you in on a little secret...Balladeer,my great fellow poet...You cannot ever be forgotten for you have got to be one of the absolute greatest ------------------ We see only what we want to see~unless perhaps~we believe *A rose is a rose it withers and dies...so long as you keep it the memories stay alive* |
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Seaangel Member
since 1999-07-27
Posts 167Auckland, New Zealand |
Your poem made me think of the preciousness of every second we have... but no matter what we write to be remembered, what matters more is how we live now. |
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angel girl Member
since 1999-07-23
Posts 322within a whisper... |
grea job balladeer. you put into words what many of us fear and feel. i don't know how you do it, but somehow you manage. ------------------ The world is in your hands; it is what you make of it. keep on chuggin' |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
I had the opportunity recently to visit the village (New Sweden, Maine) that was founded by my ancestors - and to wander about the cemetaries where my family name (Carlson) abounds... I had an overwhelming feeling of loss at not having known these intrepid folks - and a bit of SadNess in the fact that I was just now meeting a multitude of relatives whom I should have known all my life.... This is a great poem, M&M.. Thanks.. |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
I don't know about you but I'm coming back to do it all again. And when I do I'll shout your name loud and clear. Balladeer... Balladeer... Balladeer... What was that? What did you say? Humanities evolved without any ears! By the way. I really enjoyed this one and its a subject that I've thought about off and on. I guess its one of the reasons I've started writing as well. As always, thanks for sharing. |
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redwriter1 Member
since 1999-07-22
Posts 480Franklin, TN |
Ok.. I'm trying... to write a response. but.. my screen is blurred.. nice work.. thank you for sharing it with everyone.. it's quite obvious you will not be forgotten because when someone reads your words they take them with them when they go. even to heaven. very very nice.. |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
What else can I say? It is most well done! And a point to ponder in the thoughts of us all. |
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Fred Hobbs Member
since 1999-06-08
Posts 329Tallahassee, Florida, US |
Balladeer, GREAT one! The term "best" doesn't fit the occasion because each one of your poems seems to be better than the last. But this one has special appeal to me because I've lost quite a few old friends lately and I know that your words are true. sandman |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion |
'Deer You've caught the very essence of why I write. OK...OK...OK... I also read what I write, too. But I want to touch others and let them know that at some point in their life, they mattered to somebody. Maybe then I'll know that I mattered, too. |
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tori Senior Member
since 1999-06-18
Posts 520Mechanicsville, Maryland, USA |
I read.. and I am speachless.... I am so lucky to have found your work here in cyber space.. taken to heart and rememberd alway's Thank you Sir Balladeer.... for sharing your craft ... such talent.!! *As my eyes turn a darker shade of green.* Alway's thinking..... __________________________________________________________________________________________ If with pen in hand I've made you think I've not wasted one drop of ink vlh. |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
I just told Liz the library is closed today, but this one isn't and I needed something to hold onto. THanks for this one. Kathleen--(Kay) |
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RosePetal
since 2001-08-26
Posts 2985South Florida |
hey balladeer! I came into Open 1 to read some of your old poetry! Boy is it awesome as ever! I'm enjoying your older poems |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Thanks, RosePetals....glad you're enjoying! |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
you were relaly serious back when... I like it |
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Ems Junior Member
since 2002-09-22
Posts 13England |
You write so beautifully about such a sad fact of life. |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Ems, thank you for digging me out of the archives and your kind words. |
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timothysangel1973
since 2001-12-03
Posts 1725Never close enough |
Out here browsing the Archives...this is great! I loved it |
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Mick Hawkes Member
since 2000-10-26
Posts 90Tees-side , England |
its finding gems like this that make browsing all the more worthwhile Never take life too seriously - None of us gets out alive! |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Hey...I've seen this...just not in Open 1...  |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
a keeper, for sure |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Shadows, you passing through the archives again?  Thank you, Dixie  |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
This is why I stroll the archives! best, marty |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
As our hair turns to gray, we all begin to feel this way. Great write. thank you,best marty |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Thank you, Marty  |
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saved_by_grace Member
since 2005-01-08
Posts 332In the arms of God... |
VERY nice, Deer!! Looks like I am gonna have to go back through the archives and read all your words!! I am sure that there are MANY more for the library. Thanks for sharing this....Hugs...Becka |
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