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On The Day Of Lovers
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On The Day Of Lovers |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass 
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On the Day Of Lovers It was the day of lovers when we got the call: Come home -- fly home -- now. It was morning, our time, but mid-day there, the silly cards exchanged and all the flowers given when her voice thinned for a moment, stopped mid-sentence, and she fell at the guests’ feet. It didn’t take long. The surgeon did all he could do and tried all the things he couldn’t, veins bypassed to other veins, the showers of drugs, and at the last the shocks, and shocks, and shocks, but she was gone before our airplane left the ground. A lovers’ holiday, and she was love. It’s still her day but never do we smile then, never celebrate with lacy cards and candy kisses, happy visits; and the flowers...oh yes, there are the flowers, the flowers that do not cheer and fond embraces lingering, never long enough to warm the stone. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
I'm sorry, Ed....  |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
It is even more difficult when our loved ones pass on special days of the year ~ Christmas, Easter ~ and Valentine's Day. I lost my 18 year old nephew on St. Patrick's Day and I have never celebrated that day the same way since... You wrote this poem with such love and soulful remembrance. Sending you an extra warm Valentine's Day hug, Linda |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
And of all things to take her on Valentine's Day ~~ a heart attack...... ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
 damn |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
 Valentine's Day is not a happy day for many. I hope the memories of her love make it easier. ....jo |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
How touching, Ed. I understand... Valentine's Day will soon be over and a new day will come. misc'e |
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choshi Senior Member
since 2004-01-01
Posts 1184New York |
Poignant and bittersweet...a day of honoring love, a day of loss. ~P |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
oh my  |
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garysgirl 
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Ed, I'm so sorry.  |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
What a beautiful, touching tribute... that last verse makes me hurt for you... and for all who knew and loved her. I am so sorry for your loss... |
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Justbleu Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329Oregon, Originally From Alaska :) |
I'm sorry for your loss sweetie..... I lost my Dad on New Years Day!!!! Loving write!!!! Bridgette "Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." A. Brink |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
Good God, Ed - I just told this to James in another post - that I have seen more death than life and this is truth and that death is nothing in which I fear for myself because it is much more difficult for the living. The spirit travels to sweet release and we must go on living. That, to me, is courage. |
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