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Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

0 posted 2005-01-14 03:30 PM

Picture by Alan Ayers

* * *

"The best way to meet the loss
of someone we love is by knowing
that when we truly love, it is
never lost. It is only after
death that the depth of the bond
is truly felt, and our loved one
becomes more a part of us than
was possible in life"

* * *

Part of me went missing
On the day you passed away
And it never has returned
To this very day

I didn't want you to be lonely
So I gave you part of me
You are here with me in spirit
And through your eyes I now see

My days are sometimes cloudy
But your image is always clear
As I write my words of love
I feel certain that you're here

My grief is sometimes overwhelming
As my emotions flow so free
I imagine you're here beside me
The place I wish you could be

I'm often lost within my thoughts
Inside myself is where I go
As I reveal my inner feelings
And put my heart on show

'tho you're never coming back
Through my words I help you live
From the love you gave to me
I feel I have so much to ive

So I'll continue to pen my feelings
For they help to get me through
As my words relay to others
How very fond I was of you

* * *

"Love is the lifeline I cling to
when grief threatens to
pull me down into eternal darkness"
(Sue Tancheff)

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

[This message has been edited by Suetang (01-15-2005 03:49 PM).]

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

1 posted 2005-01-14 03:35 PM

"So I'll continue to pen my feelings
For they help to get me through
As my words relay to others
How very fond I was of you"

.

Beautiful write.

JL

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

2 posted 2005-01-14 03:55 PM

Dear Sue, this is profoundly beautiful and touching. Love IS and it is not subject to death. So, the presence of our loved ones is very real and you feel this truth intensely.

I just looked at the moon this evening and it is like it appears in your picture, but while here it is decrescent, in the sky tonight it is crescent. Lovely picture, expressing the longing!

Love and hugs.
Margherita

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2005-01-14 04:32 PM

Sue, this fits so beautiful
with any kind of parting...

Thank you so much for this tender,
lovely, poem.

*Alli4000*

Member Elite

since 2004-03-21

Posts 3188
The World of Poetry

4 posted 2005-01-14 07:12 PM

This is beautiful...

~Alli~

Happy 2005!

SEA

Moderator

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since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

5 posted 2005-01-14 07:16 PM

"Part of me went missing
On the day you passed away
And it never has returned
To this very day

I didn't want you to be lonely
So I gave you part of me
You are here with me in spirit
And through your eyes I now see

My days are sometimes cloudy
But your image is always clear
As I write my words of love
I feel certain that you're here

My grief is sometimes overwhelming
As my emotions flow so free"

this is such a tender heartfelt write! Most definately one of your very best.

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

6 posted 2005-01-14 08:36 PM

Beautiful Sue...
Love is eternal...neverending.
Hope you are well.
Hugs~Nancy

In the midst of winter,
I found there lives within me..
an invincible summer.

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

7 posted 2005-01-15 12:39 PM

Sue, this is so tender and lovingly penned. Thank you for sharing your love with us.

......jo

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

8 posted 2005-01-15 01:06 AM

Sue, you are so full of love and life

this is a touching, beautiful piece

MGROVES

Member Elite

since 2004-02-01

Posts 3802
california

9 posted 2005-01-15 08:52 AM

beautiful as the heart it came from

Broken_Winged_Angel
Senior Member

since 2000-04-06

Posts 994
Small Town, Somewhere

10 posted 2005-01-15 09:04 AM

Beautiful, heart felt, and it's made me cry.

*reaches for a tissue* Very nicely done.

scorpio
Member Ascendant

since 2002-10-02

Posts 5178
right...there

11 posted 2005-01-15 09:09 AM

A most heartfelt write Sue. And very moving.

believe in what your heart feels...

saved_by_grace
Member

since 2005-01-08

Posts 332
In the arms of God...

12 posted 2005-01-15 01:06 PM

My grief is sometimes overwhelming
As my emotions flow so free
I imagine you're here beside me
The place I wish you could be

Very beautiful...and very much needed today! Thank you for posting this and sharing your heart! -- Becka

Ericc
Member Elite

since 2003-01-31

Posts 4178

13 posted 2005-01-15 02:49 PM

Rumi says that our longing is the return message.

You capture this beautifuly.

Eric

Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

14 posted 2005-01-15 03:30 PM

I am so overwhelmed by all of your wonderful comments for which I thank you so very much.

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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