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To my First Love
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To my First Love |
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Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia 
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Another piece dedicated to my first love ... many years ago now, but still he is with me in spirit. TO MY FIRST LOVE...... I thought of you yesterday, and my mind fled back to all those years ago, when we were young and I was oh so much in love with you. I smiled when I remembered the fun things we would do - chasing each other and playing those silly games - clapping hands so hard together, we wound up laughing till tears came in our eyes. I remembered also the picnics our families would go on, and when we would all go swimming in the river -you so bold as to whistle at me in my costume! How great life was then ...... I remembered the kids on our block would yell out that we loved each other - over and over again. How I hoped that would be...... But my life changed so drastically that fatal April morning, when my Dad woke me with the news that you had been killed in your car. How ugly life was then..... I remembered the tears and the pain of losing you - How much I wished it wasn't so. But life and love went on for me, and though it's taken many years for me to put my thoughts of you to words, I have - and am oh so glad I did. Roniece Dawson-Bruce [This message has been edited by Roniece Dawson-Bruce (edited 04-27-2000).] |
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Elizabeth
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Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
How very painful...I am so sorry to hear this. Elizabeth "He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!" -The Crucible |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
Wonderfully expressed. |
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EagleOne Member Elite
since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829Between a laugh and a tear... |
It sadens me to think that you have lost a love such as this. Keep smiling and remembering the good things, a love such as this is definately worth remembering. |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
This is amazing I can't believe I almost missed this!!! My heart goes out to you...what a tragic loss. **angel wing hugs**  |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Writing it down does help, doesn't it, Roniece. Such a tragic thing to go through. My thoughts go out to you. |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Roniece How sad a loss and yet now you remember the joy, but we never forget our first love. This is so well written Liz |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
My heart goes out to you. It is a sad thing to lose a friend that way. This is a very touching tribute to him though. and as long as you remember, he will live on through you and your precious memories. 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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Danny Holloway Member Elite
since 2000-01-15
Posts 2034Tulsa, OK |
This piece sure touched a nerve with me. Lost my best friend in a car accident when I was 19. Somehow, they never leave the deep recesses of our minds, where we store those memories that touch us beyond words. Thought you did a wonderful job writing this piece. A life isn't significant except for its impact on other lives. |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
I, too, have experienced a loss such as this - The memories remain in a corner of our hearts forever, don't they? I guess I wouldn't have it any other way. The one we've lost shouldn't ever be forgotten... This is a wonderful tribute, Roniece.. |
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Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
Thank you to all of you for your lovely comments - a special thank you to Nan for moving this to Open Poetry#7 for me so that I could thank you all. My first love does live on in my heart and will continue to do so. Thank you again Roniece |
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galaxy84 Junior Member
since 2000-04-24
Posts 18Pa, USA |
your poem is wonderful. i wrote a poem about my first love but he didn't die. he just hurt me with pain i never knew was possible to feel. deep in the recesses of my heart i still love him and i know i will always love him. but i have learned that life does go on. im glad you have went on loving. your poem was beautiful. with luv, galaxy84 "Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life." -Milton |
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Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
Thank you Glaxay84 for your kind words - I'm sorry to hear that you have gone through such pain also ~Angel Wing Hugs to you~ Roniece |
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netswan Senior Member
since 2000-03-28
Posts 1369Washington |
Roneice ----oh sigh, oh how sad. I am glad you are getting it on paper now to share with us. And, glad you found a new love in life -- Life can be so cruel sometimes. First loves are always so touching -- no matter how they end. This is just tragic and so sad. Thanks for sharing, netswan |
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Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
Thank you NetSwan for taking time to read my poem - I do appreciate it  Roniece |
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Rosemary J. Gwaltney Senior Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 997northern mountains, Idaho |
Oh, I am so terribly sorry! I'm so glad you're writing of it, though - it is a treasure to keep forever. ~ ~ ~ The spiritual wind that holds survivors aloft, plants the seeds from which bloom new hope ... R.J.G. |
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Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
Rosemary - thank you for your comments - yes, I agree, getting it down on paper does help and the memories will live in my heart forever - he was very special to me Roniece |
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Jeffrey Carter
since 2000-04-08
Posts 2367State of constant confusion! |
Very well said. I know I will always remember my first love. All my love, Jeffrey I lie awake in a world filled with dreams, but dreams can be so real when you don't know you're asleep |
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ghirgag Junior Member
since 2000-04-26
Posts 11 |
Dear Roniece Dead is not stronger than love. Love never dies. Your first love is near you even if you cannot see him. He is living a different, perhaps, better life. He never forgot you! Actually, we do not know who we are and what we are doing on the earth but we feel that love, intense love, is a divine thing and always survives! Have a fine memory of your first love as dead never happened! |
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