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Martie

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0 posted 2001-01-16 11:11 PM

A Part of You in Me

You have been my friend
for thirty years,
and now you say it’s time
to go across time’s eternity,
lost except to memory
and withered sweet decay.

For a moment take me with you
to that place of grace,
part the curtain and let me see
your angel wings in motion glazed
with the laughter you have made.

The sound you breathe
is filled with finality
yet holds such tenderness
that I feel tears tremble.

I will keep your laugh
and hold it safe
in black mantilla lace
in a drawer that love opens.

Then your dark frailty
will not find weeping
as time’s precious minutes
in daring tick you out,
but will find a part of you
forever in the lasting of me.

Wilfred Yeats
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1 posted 2001-01-16 11:18 PM

Some of your poems fill me
With tender feelings to keep
Some with childish laughter
And some like this -
Cause my heart to weep
such that I feel I'll weep ever after

SEA

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with you

2 posted 2001-01-16 11:20 PM

Martie~ I liked these lines best.......

"but will find a part of you
forever in the lasting of me."

heartfelt........

-SEA

LoveBug

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3 posted 2001-01-16 11:21 PM

This is such a sad and touching piece. You have written a beautiful tribute to your friend, and the best way to honor her is to take a part of her with you, as you have. Thanks for sharing.

"Where there is great love there are always miracles" -Cather
"Love heals everything, and love is all there is"- Zukav

Mistletoe Angel

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4 posted 2001-01-16 11:21 PM

(sigh) This was a little sad, but filled with sweetness and sincerity also! There will always be a piece of a past love in your heart, and the memories will always be with you. May true love flourish again for you! Thank you for sharing, my friend!

may love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Janet Marie
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5 posted 2001-01-17 12:55 PM

For a moment take me with you
to that place of grace,
part the curtain and let me see
your angel wings in motion glazed
with the laughter you have made.

=================
I will keep your laugh
and hold it safe
in black mantilla lace
in a drawer that love opens.

Then your dark frailty
will not find weeping
as time’s precious minutes
in daring tick you out,
but will find a part of you
forever in the lasting of me.
================

nothing I will say will touch the level of
emotion expressed so amazingly here.
your in my thoughts sweet poet

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought,
I summon up remembrance of things past ...
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought.
~Shakespeare~

CocoBaci
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6 posted 2001-01-17 02:09 AM

MARTIE, you held me captive in this poem as the tears trickled down my cheeks when I finished the read...
My goodness PoetFriend what an exceptional write you have shared...
Thank you
*~coco~*

Mark Bohannan
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7 posted 2001-01-17 02:53 AM

We all live to find a friend that would be able to hold a part of us after we leave this world and your friend and you both are blessed indeed to have found that. You already know that you shall have my prayers my friend and a shoulder should you ever need it. Beautiful tribute from your pen and it just goes to show the depth of heart.

tracie66
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8 posted 2001-01-17 02:58 AM

Martie~
What an incredible write....sad yet soo beautiful ~HUG~
Tracie~

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe

Martie

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9 posted 2001-01-17 02:04 PM

My friend Pat has lung cancer and has been given about two weeks to live...she has been there for me for so long, our children grew up together, she was my matron of honor...Thank you for understanding the pain I feel...yet, she still makes me laugh...she is that way.

Sunshine

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10 posted 2001-01-17 02:06 PM

Martie...after this week...I will weep tears with you my friend...

warm hugs...

Martie

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11 posted 2001-01-17 05:17 PM

Karilea--hugs back to you sweet sunshine.

Elizabeth Santos
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12 posted 2001-01-17 05:53 PM

You have touched me so with your words, and I wish I could touch you in the same way. All I can do is send a warm embace and my best wishes to both of you.
This is so sad and beautiful at the same time
Liz

Marge Tindal

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

13 posted 2001-01-17 10:32 PM

Martie~
Pat does not walk-the-fire alone -
for in you she will leave her spirit to live on.

I know you cherish the laughter she shares.
You will hear her laughter on the movement
of the four winds for many a moon.

*Hugs*, my friend - prayers for Pat and for you.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Martie

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14 posted 2001-01-17 11:23 PM

Liz...you have and you do!

Marge--Thank you for your words of sweet comfort.

dgvarner
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15 posted 2001-01-17 11:34 PM

martie..this is very beautiful for your friend..she's lucky to have you

hugs, g

"oh baby baby, its a wild world..its hard to get by just upon a smile..." cat stevens

suthern

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16 posted 2001-01-18 04:01 PM

This one touched me deeply... I don't know how anyone could have better described a lifelong friendship... or the ache of one life ending entirely too soon. My thoughts are with you both.

Martie

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17 posted 2001-01-18 04:29 PM

dgvarner--I am lucky to have her...thanks.

suthern--thanks hon, for your thoughts and for being touched by this friendship.

CocoBaci
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18 posted 2001-01-22 02:37 AM

Marti, I just had to re-read this poem as I scrolled back in pages I remember reading this and decided to pop in again and I gotta tell ya sweet PoetFriend this poem continues to warm my heart...
*~coco~*

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