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No Grave

I am currently working on setting up this poem to music. I wrote this earlier this month at the piano. ---------- Taken from me in the night Beaten by cruel souls I was not there to hold you As Death came to console Now I hold you lifeless My heart sinks to the ground Misery still on your face Alone and never found No grave to rot in... No grave to rest in... Gone in moments, Gone in moments... and Missed forever... No more time to show you How much I really love you They tore you from my life The spirit from you flew I hold you in sobs Cradling memories of us together And your body disappears While I am blinded by my tears No grave to rot in... No grave to rest in... Gone in moments, Gone in moments... and Missed forever... No more goodbyes or hellos again... See these tears and rest now in them... As they fall into the misty oceans, Rest now in them... Rest now in them.... Rest now, my friend....

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Funom Makama

Date: 7/2/2015 11:01:00 AM

Great poem with a lovely message. Thanks for the Grade 7 share.

Duke Beaufort

Date: 6/28/2015 11:07:00 AM

When I was younger (early 20's) my grandmother (who was really the only person who ever treated me kindly up to that point) was placed in a nursing home because she will ill and needed care my family was unable and/or unwilling to give. I have always regretted not coming and taking care of her personally. I think I should have dropped everything and done it. I can only try to honor her now by the way I live, but I will always have an abyss in my heart over this. Your song takes me there.

Duke Beaufort

Date: 6/28/2015 10:59:00 AM

I haven't heard a song like this on the radio or on a streaming service. But this is tender and meaningful to me. You are always able to reach into my heart and remind me of things I have felt. It is a very sad thing when we cannot show the love we felt to those who deserved to know. As always, I am thankful to you for a reminder.

Justin Bordner

Date: 6/20/2015 8:32:00 PM

Graves are for the dead, in your tears love lives Laura...there is no sunken heart to rust, no earth heavy enough to bury the need...the way you contrast Time, moments and forever is very smart, telling the emotional, and spiritual impact. This lyric unfurls a sadness that is so intense it is silent in the heat of the heart and thunderous in the eyes Laura...J.A.B.

Ali Adhab

Date: 6/19/2015 8:59:00 AM

No grave to hold your body no more No land is solid enough, to your soul's endure... Quite spectacular, would you check out "the mourning of a long living fellow" by me? It may give you more ideas. Regards, Ali