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And Life Goes On (Repost...9/11 remembered)
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And Life Goes On (Repost...9/11 remembered) |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA 
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And Life Goes On (For the babies of 9/11) The world, in shock, could not believe While I, in silence, softly grieved He and the child he’d helped conceive For life went on He just buried in the tomb I held his child, safe in my womb Though feared the future’s unknown gloom But life went on In the winter’s discontent While bitter memories left me spent Unnoticed, the days came and went And life went on Within my nest you, sheltered, grew My grief and joy shared by so few And I both loved and hated you As life went on You kicked; you made your presence known Part of us both, but yet your own Planted in love, in sorrow grown And life went on Till slowly my grief was replaced With dreams of how your tiny face Would look like his and mine both laced As life went on Then one day in springs warm morn Wailing, kicking, you were born Out of the past, the future torn And life goes on ...Let us never forget |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Thank you, Ruth. I knew you'd come across with a tender memory and you never let me down...and you didn't, now. Every generation has something, doesn't it? But I've had enough now...thank you. |
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Tara Simms Hall Member
since 2001-11-07
Posts 87South Carolina |
Ruth, I do miss reading your stuff. There are so many families out there, struggling to move on still. Great write. |
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James_A_Fraser Senior Member
since 2003-09-03
Posts 972Out Making Anticlines |
Goes on, continues, but never the same as it was or would have been. It is the shame of the world and of the human race that there are such people in it. |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (big hugggssssss) Oh Ruth, life indeed goes on, and it saddens me to think how some people can be so cold and hurtful like that, and at the same time others just find clumsy excuses and ricochet the harm back! (sad sigh) As much as I hate to see people terrorizing one another and harm many innocent people, I also hate to see violence being the answer in response, so it deeply saddens me that somehow many learned nothing from 9/11! (wipes tears) I keep praying that as life goes on, so will sanity, God Bless You, America, and the world, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Ruth, thank you for sharing! May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton I don't need no proof when it comes to God and truth |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
How very sad Ruth...but yes, life does go on. Very powerful...very! ~Soft smiles & Hugs, Nancy~ ~ Summer can't be over... |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
Ruth...no words to do this justice. Thank you for sharing this...  If you judge people, you have no time to love them. |
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ShannonMarie Member
since 2003-09-09
Posts 55in a state of being |
beautiful, wonderful and so much more |
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angelblueyes Member Elite
since 2003-07-19
Posts 2148Oklahoma |
This is beautiful.  Crystal |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Thank you all for your kind replies. Let us hope we never have to write about something like this again. |
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