These Humble Words Of Rhyme

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Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

0 posted 2004-10-15 01:00 AM

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All I have are my words
So genuine and sincere
'tho I feel you in my heart
How I wish that you were here

Time may be the greatest healer
But it cannot mend my heart
As I express my deep emotions
Through these words I now impart

I never said how much I loved you
In the end, so little time
Now I attempt to show my feelings
Through these humble words of rhyme

Dad, I hope that you can read them
And that my love travels far
As I look high up in the heavens
For I'm sure that's where you are

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-21

Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song

1 posted 2004-10-15 01:09 AM

Now that is one sweet message of love. I have no doubt that he has read this and also felt it in your heart. A very moving write and a treat to have peeked in on.

Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

2 posted 2004-10-15 01:12 AM

Mark

Your comments was so heartfelt, thank you.

Take care.......Sue

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

3 posted 2004-10-15 01:18 AM

Campers Leaving: Summer 1981

Just now two chartered buses from Boston
pulled majestically onto Route 4.  Dust
settled along the back road... the dog
stopped barking, turned three circles,
and lay back down.

Faces in every tinted window
turned back for one last look
at Ragged Mountain.
The sun had cleared the peak...
it was so bright they had to turn away.  Soon
the noisy reconstruction of every family....

Yesterday the phone rang at noon.
Father, calling from the hospital, had
something on his irradiated mind—just what,
he couldn’t say, not that he didn’t try.
He wept, and gave the phone to mother
to say good-bye.

All summer I watched the campers from the far
shore.  They learned to swim and sail,
and how to cling to a tipped canoe.  Some
struggled the entire time but failed.
On the last day I heard a voice
say simply, I need the pole.
Sometimes when the wind is right it seems
that every word has been spoken to me.

Jane Kenyon

HopeS
Member Elite

since 2000-12-22

Posts 4596
Perth Western Australia

4 posted 2004-10-15 01:35 AM

beautifully expressed Sue ... yes I am sure he knows , just look upon the brightest star that glows

Hope

NewEnglandlazurlu
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-01-04

Posts 7470
A Mountain Paradise

5 posted 2004-10-15 03:45 PM

Hi Sue ... a wonderful write, but then the ones you write about your Dad always are.

Missing you my friend ... hugs, Marti

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
–St. Francis of Assisi

Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

6 posted 2004-10-15 08:26 PM

Huan Yi
That's quite a comment, thank you.

Hope
Thank you for your kindness.

Marti
It's always nice to see you and I hope you are well. It's nice to be missed, thank you.

Take care.........Sue

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

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