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Best Poems Written by Laura Warthen-Swafford

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I Don'T Want To Be Sad Anymore

I don't want to be sad anymore
I want to laugh and play
with my kids
on a beautiful summer's day.

But just so you know,

I still miss your call at 8:10.
I still miss coffee with my friend.
I even buy you a milky way
Every now and then.

And when I do
or say something wrong.
I still hear your voice
loud and strong.

The tears are few now
My memories clear
It's been a while
Sometimes, I even smile.

I think you would understand
I don't want to be sad anymore
DAD
You taught me that.

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My Daughter, My Friend

How I miss
  Those day's of old.
When you were small,
  And your hair was gold.

Fragile were your hands,
  When they held mine.
A smile so sweet,
  It could stop the hands of time.

I knew this day would come
  A woman you would be.
How my heart breaks,
  Each time you have to leave.

A friend to me now,
  What a joy you see
No matter how far away,
  My baby, you will always be.

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Summer's End

The sun softly kisses,
  The morning sweet dew.
The sky seems to be
  An endless blue.

The wind gently whisper,
The ocean softly cries,
How great it is
To be alive.

The warmth on my face,
  The sand between my toes,
A peace in my heart
    Like I have never known

Moment s in time
Summer comes to an end
Wonderful memories
Relived over and over....  again

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I Have Tried So Hard To Loose You

I have tried so hard to loose you
And the memories we made

I burried every thought of you
So they would never escape

You moved so far away
Your face I never see

You made it easy to forget
What we use to be

Only on the rare occasion
Your name enters my ears

My mind reminds my heart
That we no longer care

I closed all the doors
I threw away the keys

Hoping that the pain
Would never find me

Like everything in life
There is a price to pay

No matter how far I ran
There would come the day

When I have to answer too
The truth I feel inside

I have always loved you
This I can no longer deny

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Remembrance

Sounds of silence
  Fill my ears.
As I shed 
  My sorrowed tears.

People pass
  Hug me and say
"We are sorry 
  It ended this way.

My mind then travels
  To when you were here.
To a time when
  Our love was so dear.

Places we visited
  Words that were said,   
All seem to drift
  Thru my head.

No more will I see
  Your eyes of blue,
No more will you whisper
  "I love you."

Why it happened
  I do not know.
It's going to be hard
  To let you go.

The memories we made
  Will remain in my heart.
Even though
  We had to part.

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Dreams of the Past

Softly I hear,
whispers in the night.
Sleep escapes,
waiting dawns light.
Again you appear,
Dreams of the past.
A tear descends,
your out of my grasp.
I close my eyes,
It's your face I see.
This is my life,
I can only blame me.
I long for a time,
when I can be free.
From the name,
that haunts my memory

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I Love the Darkness

I love the darkness
It has always been my friend
It makes me feel 
Like a kid again.

It takes me back
To days of my past
When my room was a stage
And I was the cast.

A princess I am
Dawning a crown
My covers pulled tight
They were my gown.

My imagination ran wild
Only dreams of a child.
A vision of a prince
I've never seen since.

The security of home
I was never alone.
These images of mine
I would simply rewind.

How grand to be a girl again
And make believe is my friend.
Brought to life in my mind
One frame at a time.

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Here Again

I can't beleive
I am here again
Just when i think
Your memories gone.

Something happens
That's out of my control
Your name, a word
That brings back the past

This time it was you
IN REAL LIFE
I called your name
but you were gone.

A tear decends
I wipe away fast
I foce a smile
To hide my hurt

How long will it take
This time I wonder
How many nights
Before I sleep again?

It always the same
You control my dreams
Then, ever so slowly
I'll get my life back.

For maybe a year
or even two
Then you come back home
And I'll be here...once again!

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A Truer Friend

I use to watch,
Your work from afar.
In a beautiful sunset,
A new fallen snow,
The touch of a child.

I listened on Sunday's
To your word
How I long to have you
Truly in my heart.

It was that day
I saw you
Shining from heaven.
The day you took 
My dad away.

I always thought
I die with him
But you held my hand
You healed my broken heart.

Now I lean on you.
You carry me through
A truer Friend
I never knew.

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One More Chance

It was in a dream,
Again it was you and I.
It's been so many years,
and still it makes me cry.
If a jeannie would appear,
and grant me one wish,
if would be for,
One more chance,
One more try,
We'd go back in time 
and never say goodbye.
I'd swallow my selfish pride
and have another chance with you.

I can't pass your house.
or travel down our road.
I still dread the fall 
when all the leaves turn gold.
Holding my breathe,
in the cool fall breeze.
I softly wish for.
One more chance,
One more try,
We'd go back in time 
and never say goodbye.
I'd swallow my selfish pride
and have another chance with you.