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I Will Always Love You

I will love you for the rest of my life, Feel your hair against my cheek, cascading Over my shoulder, the brush of your lips The warmth of your breath, whispering Tender words I needed to hear, my wife. In white coats and somber countenances They brought the worst of my nightmares “Ten months,” they said, “with treatments Less without...perhaps five” our experiences. You accepted your fate; I never saw you cry Two years now since you quietly slipped away And I miss you more with each passing day. SECOND PLACE WINNER Revised April 22, 2021 For "Grief" Contest Sponsored by Line Gautier

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Sam Kauffman

Date: 4/30/2021 10:08:00 AM

Your grief touches a deep place in the heart LM as do your words! So well done with such tenderness. Congratulations on your win! Sending you blessings of consolation and prayers.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 4/30/2021 10:47:00 AM

Thank you, Sam, for your kind words and condolences. I am beginning to heal and move on, but it has been a difficult two years.

Sotto Poet

Date: 4/28/2021 3:56:00 PM

Congratulations on your win for this beautifully penned sadness, well deserved, best regards dear friend

L Milton Hankins
Date: 4/28/2021 4:32:00 PM

Thank you so much, Lasaad. Thanks for the read and the kind comment.

Barbara Barry-Nishanian

Date: 2/9/2021 1:30:00 AM

Hankins, so sorry for your loss. Having left organized religion. Don't you still believe you'll see her again? Job. 14:14,15? is" "If a man dies can he live again?" I love his answer "You will call, and I will answer you. You will long for the works of your own hands".Hope this gives you comfort.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 4/28/2021 4:34:00 PM

Hi Barbara, I have not stopped seeing her, actually. Thanks for your thoughtful comment.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 2/9/2021 9:13:00 AM

Thanks, Barbara. I do strongly believe in a spiritual life after death...but I'm not really sure what form that life will take.

John Hamilton

Date: 2/3/2021 4:56:00 PM

So beautiful in it's sadness, losing a soulmate wow I feel for you!

L Milton Hankins
Date: 2/3/2021 8:04:00 PM

Thank you for your kind remarks, John. I appreciate it.

Nicola Davidson

Date: 2/3/2021 11:31:00 AM

Beautiful

L Milton Hankins
Date: 2/3/2021 12:38:00 PM

Thanks, Nicola. Just a true expression of what happened and my feelings. I have other poems on the same theme because you just never get over your one true love.