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I Wear Your Coat

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

0 posted 2002-01-31 04:09 PM

I wore your coat of down today,
the one I haven't given away.
It kept me warm for my short trek
out to retrieve the mail and back.

It's the first snowfall of the year
and here to stay, it would appear.
Without your arms to keep me warm
I used your coat to face the storm.

You always did the winter chores
that today have taken me outdoors.
I'm careful that I do not fall,
there is no one to hear my call.

I miss you any time of year
and often brush away a tear,
but when winter was shared by two,
it mattered not if the wind blew.

Nor ice nor snow could harm us then.
I'd like to have those days again.

By Joyce 01/31/02

pegasus111
Member Elite

since 2000-07-27

Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa

1 posted 2002-01-31 05:33 PM

a wistful song of the loss of a special love. You are blessed for even having had it for a little while.

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

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

2 posted 2002-01-31 06:59 PM

Joyce: A poignant write! I'm sure the coat is a comfort to you!

Denise

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

3 posted 2002-01-31 09:04 PM

Very touching, Joyce. Those little things like coats and hats and little keepsakes are so precious, aren't they?

leafseranade
Member

since 2001-07-06

Posts 118
Wisconsin, USA

4 posted 2002-01-31 11:27 PM

your longing is expressed well here. love is the warmest feeling, don't you think?

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