Angie (in memory of my daughter)

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brianbeaudry
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since 2001-07-20

Posts 410
Northern Ontario Canada

0 posted 2002-01-29 07:07 PM

Angie

There are no words that can explain
Or will ever take away the pain
Of losing one you love so dear
Nor wipe away the silent tear
That lingers in your heart so long
And makes you feel that you did wrong
To be punished in so cruel a way
My baby’s life, taken away
Lost at such a tender age
No time to fill in life’s first page
Or kiss her face as she first woke
Nor listen to the first word spoke
There are no words that come to mind
Or reason that I could ever find
To take a soul so pure this day
And tear my heart in such a way
But Lord you chose to take this soul
And leave me with this empty hole
Now gift me the strength to understand
And please give me your guiding hand
I know she’s safe in your embrace
In a very special and loving place
Where never will she feel this pain
That showers me like molten rain
At least in this I find some hope
And makes it a little easier to cope
My Lord you have set her spirit free
And made of her an angel just for me

(in memory of Angie, in her short three days she taught us much about love and loss)

Brian Beaudry

Larry C

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since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

1 posted 2002-01-29 07:10 PM

Brian,
What an incredible tribute! Such well expressed agony. I'm so sorry for your loss and can't begin to understand...

[This message has been edited by Larry C (01-30-2002 12:10 AM).]

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

2 posted 2002-01-29 07:13 PM

(tears fall down my cheeks) Oh Brian, this is soooooooo sad but beautiful, my heart cries out to your loss! (big hugggssssss) I know how hard it must feel to lose someone just like that but I also know deep down her love will always be with her and her love will always guide you, for her love is forever! (wipes tears) God Bless You, sweet friend, all our hearts are with you always, this is sooooooo compassionately touching! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Brian, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

strbbux
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since 2001-12-19

Posts 3859

3 posted 2002-01-29 07:24 PM

Oh Brian, My heart goes out to you. Like I always say, three days or thirty years, it makes no difference. Losing a child, you explained it so well,A deep empty hole is inside you. I can't tell you how this moved me, and drew tears. You wrote this with your soul. floria

Floria

"Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them"
(Oliver Wendell Holmes)

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2002-01-29 07:30 PM

Very moving tribute to the loss of your newborn. So sad, and so full of a father's love and grief. Well done Brian.
~Hugs, Nancy~

~Time has cast a spell on you,
So you won't ever forget me~

Startime
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since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

5 posted 2002-01-29 08:24 PM

*sigh* oh dear, Brian...you know my heart was touched to tears by this poem....You write from deep within the loving heart of a father who knows truly what it is to suffer the pain of losing someone he loves so dearly....**big big hugs** dearest man.

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

6 posted 2002-01-29 09:20 PM

I too lost a daughter, she would have been 24 now, my heart goes out to you.

Kathleen--(Kay)
"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

Suetang
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since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

7 posted 2002-01-29 09:21 PM

Hello Brian

How very proud must your special angel be at the beauty and love felt through your heartfelt words. I could almost feel your pain and heartache, especially in these lines :

"I know she's safe in your embrace
In a very special and loving place
Where never will she feel this pain
That showers me like molten rain"

These words moved me to tears Brian.

How very much I value our special friendship and how fortunate was I to meet someone with such a warm and caring heart.

Here is a little something for you :

My friend is like
a bark rounding a tree
He warms like sun
on a winter day
He cools like water
in the hot noon
His voice is ready
as a spring bird
He is my friend
and I am his

Take care my friend......Sue

Suetang

Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

8 posted 2002-01-29 11:38 PM

I can feel your tears in each word of this beautiful heartfelt poem, Brian.
You are definitely right about there being no words to describe the emptiness.
Losing a child is the most painful thing in the world...and as Floria said...it doesn't matter whether they are 3 days or 30 years old...they are still your child...your baby.
Take care...

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

9 posted 2002-01-29 11:44 PM

Brian these are soft beautiful words you have written in memory of your daughter Angie...James

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

10 posted 2002-01-29 11:45 PM

This one really touches close to home for me Brian. We have had two crib deaths in our family, one just last Valentine's Day. And both took a terrible toll on the emotions of the family. Thank you for sharing this, it is comforting, somehow.

doreen peri
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since 1999-05-25

Posts 3812
Virginia