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Eloise
Senior Member

since 1999-11-27

Posts 1096
Wyoming

0 posted 2000-02-08 06:04 PM

As I gaze up to the heavens above,
I think of you and then I cry.
I know that you are watching me.
As you light your candle in the sky.

Why did He take you away that night?
Why did you have to die?
Together forever you said we would be.
As you light your candle in the sky.

Where is it that I go from here?
The days and nights pass slowly by.
I've never been alone before.
As you light your candle in the sky.

I really need to talk to you.
So I raise my voice up high.
I know you're trying to tell me something.
As you light your candle in the sky.

So many years together,
Was a lifetime for you and I.
But I know you're still by my side.
As you light your candle in the sky.

Soon I know we'll meet again.
I feel your presence nearby.
Hand in hand we'll walk real soon.
Then we'll light our candles in the sky.

Mistikman
Senior Member

since 2000-01-10

Posts 682
San Jose, CA, USA

1 posted 2000-02-08 06:34 PM

This was beautiful Eloise. A great tribute to the loss of someone special.

I am not a poet, I am merely one who speaks in emotion

Meadowmuse
Member Elite

since 1999-12-27

Posts 3263

2 posted 2000-02-08 06:56 PM

Eloise, you've expressed so well the pain of the loss of a love...the confusion, the questions, the feeling of being left alone, and the repeating line ~

"As you light your candle in the sky."

serves well to convey the strength of your faith. Wonderful poem!

Claire

Eloise
Senior Member

since 1999-11-27

Posts 1096
Wyoming

3 posted 2000-02-09 12:15 PM

Mistikman and Claire, thank you both for reading and your kind comments.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2000-02-09 07:41 AM

This is a beautiful description of what you have gone thru. I hope you are alright. I liked the way you progressed to candles in the sky in the last line. An enduring hope. James

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

5 posted 2000-02-09 08:05 AM

Eloise-
Now you just KNEW I'd like this one.
You've done a wonderful job lighting the sky with candlelight.
What poignant thoughts.

Such a marvelous image comes to me as I look at a night sky filled with the flickering of the candles of loved ones.
Thank you, my friend. Thank you.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Wizzard
Member

since 2000-02-09

Posts 209

6 posted 2000-02-09 08:50 AM

I can see that the two of you have a never ending bond,and the love that you two share really show`s in your word`s here.
May your Heart`s again be as one,but not to soon because we still need you down here.
God Bless

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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

[This message has been edited by Wizzard (edited 02-09-2000).]

Eloise
Senior Member

since 1999-11-27

Posts 1096
Wyoming

7 posted 2000-02-09 01:48 PM

James, thanks for your kind words and concern but this was actually written for my friend's mother a few years ago.

Marge, I'm so glad that you liked it.  And there is comfort in knowing that there are those flickering candles burning up there.

Thank you also Wizzard for your kind words.  And welcome to Passions.

Echo Rhayne
Senior Member

since 1999-09-17

Posts 1495
Canyon Country, CA

8 posted 2000-02-10 04:48 AM

Eloise, wonderful poem that is sure to give anyone who has lost someone special a ray of hope! Beautifully said!

Did Jesus laugh?
I think He did,
'cause He was once
a little kid;
and all of us
were made with joy
both sugar-spice girl
and snake-snail boy!

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