For Diane
For Diane
You are young and so alive
and I am old but with the fire still alive
We come from places far apart
and still we connected at the heart
I have fought the fight you face
it happens in a very frightening place
Your troubles lie within your past
and time moves ever so fast
Slow down time - remember who you really are
you're not the person they say you are
Not the one who's lost control
or the one who'll never be whole
you are a very special person with a loving soul
Life is a gift most take for granted
and it's true your past life can't be recanted
It happened as you remember it
With all the pain and all the ****, but you can stop living in it
You can go on by learning to forgive yourself
and live a life not free of trouble, strife or yearning
but ever still a rewarding life of love and learning
I will help if you ask and I'll get right to it
But for now I love you and pray for your recovery
knowing full well that you can do it
As I have fought and so far have won
you can do so as well
to free yourself from your personal hell
Long after I have passed and left this place
please know I left remembering your beautiful face
It is the joy of my life to know when I am dead and gone
that you will go on - doing for someone new
what I have tried to do for you
Your special smile tells me we have won
Although a temporary victory it shall always be
As you will learn and I truly believe
"one day at a time" is the key.
I love you and I know you love me.
Copyright © Mel Doherty | Year Posted 2013
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