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EvocativeVerse2
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since 2003-09-10

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0 posted 2003-10-09 02:29 PM

Tay-Sachs Disease

I do not have a golden tongue,
My words drip not honey and cream,
Mayhap fate's left my songs unsung,
And there is no melodic theme.
Yet sadder still then all of these,
Is the child, who had not a voice!
The tot taken by Sachs Disease,
While men shouted, "Rejoice, rejoice!"
I weep tonight for the blind child,
Who was deaf and could not swallow,
I cry for he, who never smiled,
And yet my tears seem but hollow.
At five I'd never heard of death,
At five he drew his last gasped breath.

Remember, if you're not part of the future, you're history!

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2003-10-09 02:31 PM

You have willed your pen
to spill a quiet tear...

thank you.

EvocativeVerse2
Senior Member

since 2003-09-10

Posts 1279

2 posted 2003-10-09 02:33 PM

Thanks Sunshine...his story seemed so sad. I never knew him...but I had to write about it.

Remember, if you're not part of the future, you're history!

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

3 posted 2003-10-09 02:34 PM

Kevin, this is such a tender and compassionate
poem. It really touched my heart.
Hugs
Ethel

SharaRose
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since 2003-07-19

Posts 2501
Somewhere out there~

4 posted 2003-10-09 02:38 PM

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

5 posted 2003-10-09 04:00 PM

Kevin~
A very touching piece of penning~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram
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pandonov
Member

since 2003-10-03

Posts 478
b/w conscience and insolence

6 posted 2003-10-09 04:07 PM

i regret reading this poem, quite painful.

froggy
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since 2003-06-23

Posts 1893
Michigan

7 posted 2003-10-09 04:16 PM

Somebody I know has been busy. :-)

Another fine write and read.

Love it
:-)

Sunnyone
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since 2000-07-06

Posts 5334
Staffordshire, England

8 posted 2003-10-09 04:51 PM

I'm deeply touched by this poem, and the suffering that we try not to think about, but need to. It is exceptionally well written, and has reminded me to be more open to those in need, and I thank you...~S~

Accept these small gifts from my gypsy heart ~S~

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