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Tennessee Angel
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since 2000-06-03
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Tennessee

0 posted 2002-04-04 11:48 PM



Days go swiftly by.
I wonder where they went.
Many minutes wasted
and idle hours spent.

If I had only known...
how quickly the years would fly.

~~~~~~

Old photographs,
now faded from the years,
bring back memories
of laughter and of tears.

If I had only known...
I would have paused for one more laugh.

~~~~~~

Loved ones of mine
call to say 'Hello'.
It seems, all too soon,
they always have to go.

If I had only known...
I would have said 'I love you' one more time.

~~~~~~

If I had only known
how quickly the end would come,
how swiftly the bell would toll,
how short a race I would run.

If I had only known...
what a different legacy I would bestow.

~~~~~~



© Copyright 2002 Stacy - All Rights Reserved
JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16
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1 posted 2002-04-04 11:59 PM


Yes time does really seem to fly after a certain point in ones life...and still we can only live for the moment...James
passing shadows
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displaced
2 posted 2002-04-05 04:44 AM


hindsight is 20/20 indeed
Moonlight Romeo
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The heart of you
3 posted 2002-04-05 01:45 PM


We can only know what we know, and no more.

Thank you.

What light through yon window breaks?  It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

Sven
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4 posted 2002-04-05 03:19 PM


we remember what we would do. . . not what what we have done. . . why is that my friend???

good to see you again. . . this is wonderful. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

Pilgrimage
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since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945
Texas, USA
5 posted 2002-04-05 05:39 PM


This is not only beautiful, but it makes me sigh. I so agree. If I had known...

Nan

Mistletoe Angel
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6 posted 2002-04-05 07:30 PM




(big hugggssssss) This is so very heartwrenchingly beautiful, sweet friend, my heart goes out to your tears and I hope now that you have been able to exspress all that your heart desires and now you live each day with smiles that are timeless in joy! (kiss on cheek) This is wonderful, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Stacy, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Bill Charles
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since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now
7 posted 2002-04-05 08:53 PM


Tennessee Angel - time flies too darn quickly. It's too bad that we don't seem to stop and smell the roses...

BC

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