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Don'T Tell Me 'Time Will Heal'

I slowly open up the door
Though now alone forevermore

I pause and call his name out loud
Look skywards as I search the clouds

We had 41 years together
We thought it would last forever

I try to recall the sound of his voice
As tears flow fast - my skin is moist

No reason now for me to go on
When all I loved and lived for has gone

How dare this world keep going
When my grief is overflowing

The people – don’t they even know
I lost the man that I loved so

Don’t tell me ‘time will heal’
You have no idea just how I feel

I want to curl up in a ball
There’s nothing left for me at all

With people all around me
Why do I feel so lonely...

Now all those years are in the past
My tears still flow, though not so fast

My memories have returned so clear
As I recall life with my dear

I did survive to smile again
To live a life despite the pain

But oh I yearn to hear his voice
Just one more time, how I’d rejoice

To share with him another day
To tell him things I did not say

But one day I am sure we’ll be
Together forever in eternity

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Line Gauthier Date: 3/4/2021 10:34:00 AM Beautiful, Ann. A tear jerker ~ I certainly know that feeling. Hugs xx Login to Reply Ann Gilmour Date: 3/12/2021 1:49:00 PM Bless you dear friend. With hugs from Ann xx

Shirley Rebstock Date: 10/10/2018 9:25:00 PM You expressed your grief so well. I have not had to deal with that at this point in my life. I recently wrote a poem after a man in a Bible study group I was in, said his house was so silent now after losing his wife. Just as your beautiful poem of sadness touched my heart, his simple words touched mine, too. So I had to write his sadness in my poem, The Silence of an Empty House. Your poem is beautiful tribute showing your love for your loved one. Login to Reply Ann Gilmour Date: 10/11/2018 2:29:00 AM Thank you Shirley for your kind comments. I had to go to your poem, which I found so emotional and sad, but beautiful too, expressing these emotions so well. These feelings are so strong within someone who is now alone and to bring them out and be able to express them is kind of therapeutic. Nice to meet you Shirley, Ann x

DM Babbit Date: 9/28/2018 9:27:00 AM Beautifully done. Time doesn't heal, it just eases the pain a little bit. Login to Reply Ann Gilmour Date: 9/28/2018 9:49:00 AM Thank you so much for your comment DM I really appreciate it. My poem comes from the heart and that is where my love lives on forever. Ann x

Caren Krutsinger Date: 9/27/2018 7:34:00 PM When death hits, I always feel resentment and unkindness toward the others who are not affected, going about their day as if MY world has not been shattered. "How dare this world keep going When my grief is overflowing" explains my feelings about it exactly, Ann. Login to Reply Ann Gilmour Date: 9/27/2018 7:48:00 PM Thank you so much Caren, I have just written this poem as I was thinking about my darling Frank - 10 years in December since he passed, and it still feels like yesterday. I love that you truly understand my emotions Caren. night, night - it is nearly 2.00 am here - Ann x