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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

Copyright © L Milton Hankins | Year Posted 2021

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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. Login to Reply 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 Login to Reply 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. Login to Reply 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! Login to Reply 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 Login to Reply 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.