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Story of regret
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Story of regret |
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Rick Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 2903Victoria, Australia 
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He sat within the corner, among the scattered crowd With music soft and lovely but voices turned up loud Drowning in his sorrow of tears that he had shed As down he put a paper with which these words were said It said; to you my darling, I know that you will grieve As many, many times I too have done But love has come a calling to me on this fine day And finally again I’ve found the sun Our years have been existed by habit and by hope By dowry small which God with faith had given But now I find it’s time to stretch and use my freedom wings Believing in my heart, there’s more to liven I’ve given all I thought I could with every passing year But felt that everyday I came up short If not for guilt, which held me back, I’d long ago have gone But what’s a life when all around there’s naught? But today I woke contented with a prophets words of hope Which told me that the day had come for change And though I felt quite frightened to fall from habits hold I’ve gone to find my placement in a world that’s all so strange So now I’m wandering somewhere in search of better way Where future brings me more than sorrows pain I’m sorry for the little note but all its words are true I’ve gone to try and start my life again Be it God or will that guides me, or love that holds me near The many years of love I’m glad we had Intentions they were honest as true as ocean blue But the fruit we both called love turned slowly bad Goodbye my once true darling, farewell and easy go Seek joy and love which somewhere well does wait Cry not for wasted pains of time when something seemed to change Seek your place of need before too late ---------- He felt the pain in every word, as tears they still did flow Blamed her and he for letting true love die Heard not the words she’d spoken when things just got too much Until this day, until this note had said the last goodbye With regret he stopped his sobbing excepting what was true His wife of many years was up and gone A prayer he said with sorry and heart much filled with pain Just asking for forgiveness of a marriage that went wrong |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
A story of regret, and a sad song, indeed.... |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
I have to agree with Sunshine....a very sad story and definitely a story of regret. |
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Titia Geertman Member Ascendant
since 2001-05-07
Posts 5182Netherlands |
Yep, regrets are allways coming too late. Nice write though. Titia A rose is a rose is a rose...I guess... |
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Lady In White
since 2001-02-12
Posts 2799USA |
You know, Rick, since you asked for forgiveness, that was all it took. For now, you are... a good read, a hard write. |
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