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Agony of Parting - A good bye message to a friend.
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Agony of Parting - A good bye message to a friend. |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium 
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Agony of parting… Part I ------ People come and go, That’s a tough part of life, Amazing is the fact That their memories are left behind, Like time stamps in a database log, Like footprints in the sand! A few of those prints, a wave and they disappear. For a lucky few, all the waves from the sea can do is colour the marks, making them even so rare. Your footprints They maybe new, I do hope you are from the lucky few. Part II ------- Someone said - "To meet and then part is but a way of life, Which is better than never to met at all." I add - "This way of life promises of further meetings too, And those promises are what will pull this life along." I remnisice - "People come from places and people go to places, It is memories of them that forever remain in place." < !signature--> Take each day as it comes, Consider each day as a flight, Try hard to succeed and fly, Surely then you will reach some height. But if by some chance you don’t, Remember that tomorrow will always come. Learn this well and learn this hard That today’s efforts will pay for tomorrow’s fun. A Crazy Monster, a.k.a Ski [This message has been edited by Sudhir Iyer (edited 05-03-2000).] |
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netswan Senior Member
since 2000-03-28
Posts 1369Washington |
Don't know why this poem slipped by. They do, though - sigh So many poems to comment on and read. this is powerful ------and so true. netswan |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
This is an amazing blend of truth and concept, Sudhir - Wonderful work, here. Michael |
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Tuck Junior Member
since 2000-04-29
Posts 27 |
Parting is such sweet sorrow- until the next meeting, that is...wonderful poem. |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Netswan, Michael, Tuck, Your words inspire me each moment... Regards, Sudhir |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I would not want to but live, whereby I would not e'er meet a life and its tender being, his treasures I would greet. I would not want to let slip by, a solitary soulmate on the path, would I were to comfort him, feed his soul, lend a staff. Nor would I keep this being from his life-long journey's trail, only hope that he would recount to me all the good, and all of his travails. Journey on, kind soul, keep the flame of life well for our meeting, in my heart, will your memory dwell. Well done, Sudhir! [This message has been edited by Sunshine (edited 05-05-2000).] |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
"liked timestamps in a data base log...like footprints in the sand..a few of these prints..a wave and they disappear." Very interesting style and message you have written. James |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
'It is memories of them that forever remain in place.' Yes! I love this!!  Denise |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Sudhir, This is excellent writing!!! You are so right......memories last forever.....even the bad ones. All we can do is hope to learn from the pain. I love this one!! Friends are friend forever if the Lord's the Lord of them and a friend will not say never cause the welcome will not end. --Michael W. Smith |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Sunshine, This patch in my life is beautifully enlightened by your words... thanks James, I am very glad that you liked the style. Thanks for your encouraging words... Denise, Your words mean so much to me. Thanks. Lone Wolf, I am extremely happy that you read this one and enjoyed reading it. Thanks In any moment of decision, The best thing you can do is the right thing, The next-best thing is the wrong thing, And the worst thing you can do is nothing. - Theodore Roosevelt |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
bringing this up for Shilpi's eyes to have a look.... |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
People come from places and people go to places, It is memories of them that forever remain in place I can certainly relate to this...I have a treasure chest of memories of one of my closest friends, she is closer now than she ever was even though she is now in Australia. A wonderful poem, much enjoyed. ------------------------ "I've been too honest with myself I should have lied like everybody else"-Richey Edwards "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time". Baltimore Grotto "Libraries gave us power Then work came and made us free What price now for a shallow piece of dignity" Nicky Wire, A design for Life. manic street preachers "Outside open mouthed crowds Pass each other as if they're drugged Down pale corridors of routine Where life falls unatoned " "To be nobody-but-yourself-in a world which is doing its best night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." E.E Cummings. |
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Alle'cram Senior Member
since 2000-02-28
Posts 1816Texas |
Sudhir, Absolutely beautiful!! I loved it. marcy |
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shilpi Member
since 2000-05-24
Posts 73 |
Sudhir, thankyou very much for posting this again.....it would have been a terrible loss not to have read it.... You have portrayed the agony vividly, and so true it is... Thanks once again, regards, shilpi [This message has been edited by shilpi (edited 06-11-2000).] |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Brian, Marcy and Shilpi, Thank you for reading this one... I had first written a part of this on a card that I had prepared myself dor a colleague and friend who was leaving...The good part is that we are still in contact through e-mail... Thanks again for reading. I am very glad that you all enjoyed this...< !signature--> My heart is pounding, my stomach's inside out I'm feeling kind-a-shaky, my mind is full of doubt All I ever think about, is fearing fear itself, Wish I could unscrew my head and put it on the shelf Everything is twisted, everything is oh so tight, Don't know what I'm looking at, the lights are all too bright My brain's about to crumble, spill out on the floor Sweep 'em up. Throw 'em away, don't want 'em anymore Clouds race across the sky, day turns into night, Still there are the questions, no answers in sight Everything is twisted, everything is oh so tight, Starin' out the window, everything is just too bright Brain's about to crumble, spill out on the floor, Wish I could unscrew my head, and kick it out the door... You know I'm feeling kind-a....Strange You know I'm feeling kind-a....Strange ~ Strange ~ Joe Satriani (Flying in a Blue Dream) [This message has been edited by Sudhir Iyer (edited 06-12-2000).] |
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Gemini Senior Member
since 1999-12-15
Posts 1203Wisconsin, USA |
Sudhir-There are definately people who touch our lives in very special ways, if only briefly, I like the way you captured that. |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Thank you, Gemini, for your kind words... |
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