A Broken Heart

A BROKEN HEART    
 
How many people die a day, and
And how many loved ones mourn,
How many lives change in a day,
And how many hearts are torn!
My heart was torn,
My life turned inside out,
I watched the man I loved,
Fight,
His cancer,
With all his might,
But he died and I cried!
A tall, proud, handsome man,
Brought to rest,
At his best!
I miss you dad ,
And I feel sad,
But one day we will meet,
In the hallways of the sky,
Then we’ll no longer need
To cry,
For in these many passages high
Above in the sky,
With an over whelming joy,
We will also see Alan your
Grandson, and my baby boy!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018



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Date: 5/15/2020 7:33:00 PM
Jennifer, I love the way you have converted you pain and grief into a shareable commodity that can be appreciated with kindred spirits who have undergone their own tragedies. It is so powerful to connect at this soulful level.
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Date: 5/16/2020 11:56:00 AM
Hi Line, Live is a risk and living is akin to a war zone, especially on the highway and then being somewhere when suddenly a person goes crazy and shoots everyone in sight in a mall or school, restaurant or concert. Tragedies happen to people everyday - look at what we are going through now. It was hard losing my fist-born and it was hard losing both parents at home as they stayed with us. Blessings, Jennifer. Jennifer.
Date: 3/28/2019 5:30:00 PM
I can feel your heart in this. So sad Jennifer
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Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 3/29/2019 6:04:00 AM
Allen you are so right my father and I were very close and it broke my heart when he died ! Thank you for a very heart felt comment. Poetry hugs, Jennifer.
Date: 3/15/2019 1:37:00 PM
Oh, honey - how I relate to the feel that slow leaps to ache my own Daddy spot. Talking about our poems that are bio's, please read my "My Father, My Dad" which like you, I wrote when he made his transition. This is touching, this a little girl and Daddy, no matter our age or his, no matter living and dead. I'm teary eyed. check soupmail Love ... CayCay
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Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 3/16/2019 1:19:00 AM
Hi CayCay missed you a lot , I think I should check my soup mail more often. I'm about to read your poem on My Father, My Dad. We can only experience the pain of others when we have gone through the same loss. Chat to later on soupmail. Love and hugs, Jenny
Date: 10/27/2018 2:54:00 PM
Yet again I am very pleased to have found such deep, beautiful verses expressing love of a beloved dad now departed. An inspiration set to remind us, live is a brief span on this blue marble, so we had best make the most of it.. A fav my friend,
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Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 10/28/2018 12:10:00 PM
Hi Robert, Again your words are so profound. My dad died of cancer at 64 and with immense pain. My love for my father although always there, was so intense when he was dying. He died in my arms whilst I sobbed my heart out! Thank you Robert, Best wishes, Jennifer
Date: 10/22/2018 6:34:00 PM
Sad but beautiful, a broken heart is not easy to mend. But we go on, knowing those we love are always with us.
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Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 10/23/2018 2:16:00 PM
Hi Sandra, Pleased to meet you. I feel that my father is my guardian angel and is always there in any time of need. Thank-you for your comment. xoxo, Jennifer
Date: 9/25/2018 6:51:00 AM
Beautiful words but very sad, I'm sure he watches over you everyday...Kim
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Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 9/25/2018 7:16:00 AM
I often feel his presence Kim, in times of any form of distress. Thank you for your comment - I was very close to my Father. xoxo Jenny.
Date: 9/10/2018 9:07:00 AM
Such a beautiful penned piece Jennifer, lovely imagery and nice rhyme. I feel with you having prostate cancer myself for past 18 months though winning it but not out of woods yet. May you know peace in these days, Gordon
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Date: 9/10/2018 1:29:00 PM
Hi Gordon, our thoughts and prayers are with you. Thank you for commenting and appreciating my poem. My Husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer 6 years ago, but has beaten it and is out of the woods. We hope the same for you. kind regards, Jennifer (P)
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