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Paul Wilson
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0 posted 2006-04-19 11:02 AM


Garden Of Memories
By Paul Wilson

I’ve come here many times before
for your birthday and other holidays
The smile on your face when you see me
coming…warms my heart always

We sit together and I play memories
for you… on the phonograph in your mind
Where has everyone gone you ask
friends we’ve known forever I can’t find

You try not to cry but tears find escape
from your eyes and fall like rain drops
I take your hand and embrace your cheek
until the river of tears from your eyes stops

They are in that special place where flowers
bloom all year and friends congregate
It’s called the Garden Of Memories
and soon you will walk thru it’s gate

When will this happen… will you take me there
you ask with a smile that makes my heart cry
No I’m sorry you will have to go alone
on this journey…today I’ve come to say goodbye

We’ve taken many trips down memory lane
together hand in hand side by side
Today as I walked away from you I realized
our time spent together will end soon and I cried

I turned back for one last glimpse of you
hoping you understand why I had to go
This will be my last visit with you my love
soon I’ll be with all the friends we know

I’ll be waiting for you beside the gate
that leads to that special place
I’ll be waiting in the Garden Of Memories
for you with tears streaming down my face




~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

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Seymour Tabin
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1 posted 2006-04-19 11:18 AM


Paul,
A touching write. I've often thought of those that are gone and I still can't accept the totality of it.

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