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shira
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since 2000-12-12
Posts 88
Hamburg, PA

0 posted 2000-12-14 03:52 PM


This poem I wrote yesterday, for a dear, dear friend of mine.. a friend who without the miracles of modern medicine and of heaven above, may not be with me forever. We recently found out his condition has been downgraded, and his time is short, but we are praying for that miracle, and I am trying to be confident that it will come. But the pain of the thought of losing him lingers in my mind all the same. This is for Rowan. I wont show it to him, it's too sad, but I hope that the rest of you enjoy it.


Words

Cutting deeply like a knife
Drawn across the flesh of life.
Words threaten to bring change
A world of heartbreak and of pain.

For in those words are held my friend
My love, my life, until the end.
I need you more than I need air
You rescued me from my despair.

But now those words tell how it is
I won’t believe, I can't, not this.
I hold you tight, wont let you go
And so my love, my tears now flow.

Your bravery through thick and thin
It gives me hope to smile within.
And to believe that you’ll be here
To share with me the coming years.

For I’ve never had a friend like you
Your heart and soul to me ring true.
Just know this day the way I feel
My thoughts, my love, my feelings real.

Words, they threaten to take you away
But in my heart, I know you’ll stay.
You won’t give up without a fight
As day slowly passes into night.

And should I find myself alone
Without you, forced to linger on.
You will forever be with me
Inside my heart I’ll carry thee.


© Copyright 2000 Lynn Malpass - All Rights Reserved
Suzanne Arlene
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since 2000-10-09
Posts 377
Ontario, Canada
1 posted 2000-12-14 04:07 PM


My heart goes out to you.It is a wonderful poem God Bless   Suzanne
brian madden
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since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374
ireland
2 posted 2000-12-14 04:53 PM


I am sorry to here about your friend, hopefully god will answer your prayers and help Rowan. A beautifully written tribute.

"an afixiation a fix on anything the line of life the limb of a tree
the hands of he and the promise that s/he is blessed among women".
Patti Smith

Moon Dust
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since 1999-06-11
Posts 2177
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3 posted 2000-12-14 06:56 PM


This is sad but beauiful. Hope he survives.

Life has got to chnage,
Nothing stays the same,
Soon it will be time,
For me to move on.


ellie LeJeune
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since 2000-01-10
Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA
4 posted 2000-12-14 07:08 PM


Shira: My heart breaks for you. How blessed he is to have such a friend love him so. ellie

Belief is a truth held in the mind; faith is a fire in the heart.

Joseph Fort Newton



Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263

5 posted 2000-12-14 08:26 PM


God bless your friend, and you for writing such a caring tribute!

"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day,
so I never have to live without you."

Winnie the Pooh



shira
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since 2000-12-12
Posts 88
Hamburg, PA
6 posted 2000-12-15 09:39 PM


Thanks to everybody for the nice comments on the poem. I'm glad that you all like it - it felt good to express myself writing it, and I'm glad that others can appreciate it as well as I can. Thanks!
pegasus111
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since 2000-07-27
Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa
7 posted 2000-12-16 05:30 PM


This brought tears to my eyes..your friend, Rowan, will be in my prayers..and so will you..peace...

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost


Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095

8 posted 2000-12-16 05:39 PM


My heart goes out to you both. *Hugs*

a beautifully sad poem Shira, Well done!

Maree

"If my words could blanket the skies
and fill every corner and crevice of
this earth, still this wouldn't be enough"
"Maree Russo"


shira
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since 2000-12-12
Posts 88
Hamburg, PA
9 posted 2000-12-17 07:48 AM


Pegasus, Dark Angel, thanks for the great words. I appreciate your comments.
bb4thunder
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since 2000-12-17
Posts 12
Berkeley, CA, U.S.A
10 posted 2000-12-17 10:40 AM


Really great read, I like your style very much, good concept and well written. keep it up
Thunder

White Wolf
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since 1999-09-18
Posts 371
Somewhere in the vast wasteland
11 posted 2000-12-17 06:36 PM


Shira,
     Beautiful poem.  It has touched me in the only way that a person that knows can express.  Again beautifully done.  Straight to, or should I say through, the heart.

The White Wolf

shira
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since 2000-12-12
Posts 88
Hamburg, PA
12 posted 2000-12-19 11:04 AM


Thanks Thunder, and I will look for your work to comment on as well.

White Wolf.. Aaah yes, and now you know exactly "where" inside me this comes from too... Thanks for the comments.

bestgirl911
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since 2000-10-04
Posts 551
Clio, MI , United We Stand
13 posted 2000-12-29 01:55 PM


Shira...

How beautiful and heartbreaking....love and prayers to you and your dear friend.

Best

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