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If I Could |
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Aimster Member Elite
since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297Charlotte, NC 
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You lost your forever love I see the sadness in your eyes Though you shrugged it off We both know it's only lies An angel now Watching from high above How do you let one go After twenty-three years of love? They say that time heals all I'm not so sure that's true Because I've seen what loss can do to someone I've seen what it's done to you There's no way to go back We must just get through the day I wish that somehow The pain could be swept away We both know that it can't Come to the realization that she is no longer here As you recall the memories I stop counting the tears It's the memories that will carry you That will help you see tomorrow The memories of her are so good I would bring her back to you... If only I could ------------------------------------------- For my Dad I lost my Mom/He lost his wife of 23 years She passed away 12 years ago and yet the pain is still as fresh as the day it happened... For Him! My Daddy! "When life gives you sorrow, may you experience the spirit of laughter" |
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skyshine 
since 2002-02-07
Posts 3058Beneath the northern stars |
Your dad is so lucky to hve you and your sisters, Amy, and to have the wonderful memories of your mother.  Oh, I just replied to another poem about your mom today, in the Archives, somewhere. Hugs.  ~sky I hope someday you get the chance to live like you were dying.... |
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Bodger Senior Member
since 2005-06-12
Posts 1260Tolerance for a short time |
I relate to this but also I relate to my own family who wanted to control freak her last years of life, and I wasn't around. When I was they changed the next of kin so I didn't exist as the daughters played the game of living from her and then taking everything. Like vultures on a corpse the caretaker said to me, when I spoke to him years later. I haven't changed my thoughts on them, but my mother always knew what was going to happen, and we spent a night together in which we talked. Yes I can relate to this, but more, I can relate to the unsaid. Dave |
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Aimster Member Elite
since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297Charlotte, NC |
Thank you both for your replies... Dave, I am sorry one for your loss but two that things ended up like that  Often times people control others and don't even think about what that person might have wanted. I was fortunate (I guess) that my Mom passed quickly. She had a heart attack. One moment she was alive and helping me with high school homework, planning for prom etc and the next she was gone... It hurts like hell and like you said there is SO MUCH that is unsaid... "When life gives you sorrow, may you experience the spirit of laughter" |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
Beautiful write! I know this story except in the opposite. My mom is living and my dad passed away seven years ago after 56 years of marriage. Through WWII and the Korean War. They had a lot of hard times together and that bond is still there. My mom talks about him all the time. It’s almost spooky how she can remember so much detail about their lives. JL |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
Amy this touches deep my mom passed 26 years ago and I really don't think my dad even thinks of her anymore thank God for the ones that hang on to the memories |
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