I Will Not Wake You

I will not wake you with tears I cry,
To warm the bed where you lie;
The silence of your nights alone,
Never hear the winds that moan.

Never to touch my lips or eyes,
With your lips or tender sighs;
Your weary clay has turned to dust,
My lonely way has lost it's trust.

I bring a flower for your stone,
To grace a memory I bear alone;
Times spent in our happy years,
Are joined with joys and silent tears.

Make place for me ere I weep,
And wake you from your rest and sleep;
Make room for me to cry with you,
Hold me for I would die with you.
Let's capture all we used to be,
And find it all in eternity.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011



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Date: 2/11/2013 7:16:00 AM
Oh Elizabeth, i am so glad i found this of yours,, this is so lovely yet sad, the way you capture a moment, a memory so inspires me.. i just love your work...
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Date: 11/13/2012 5:03:00 PM
wow, I am glad I was searching for poems of yours I had not yet seen and happened to fall on this one. It's one of your best, in my opinion. FAVE
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Date: 6/15/2012 8:03:00 AM
Poignant and heartwrenching... a brilliant composition with your signature couplet rhyming and flow. '...make room for me to cry with you, hold me for I would die with you,' this brought a tear to my eye... God bless, Keith
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Date: 8/17/2011 1:38:00 AM
Very well written. I dont know why I like sad poems more then happy ones im weird lol!
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Date: 7/25/2011 3:34:00 PM
so beautiful, but sad real poetry, love it
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Date: 7/10/2011 6:37:00 PM
wow. I'm speechless.
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Date: 7/3/2011 8:06:00 PM
this is beatuiful. wake me and kiss me with wanting lips. hehe Cool love it
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Date: 7/2/2011 1:05:00 AM
heartfelt.I really enjoyed this.
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Date: 6/27/2011 9:19:00 AM
enjoyed reading your heartfelt work today.
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Date: 6/27/2011 8:37:00 AM
Beautiful eulogy, Elizabeth. Good to hear from you. LOve, daver
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Date: 6/27/2011 8:02:00 AM
Very touching and passionate write. Pleasure to read it.Thanks for your inspiring words at my pages.
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Date: 6/27/2011 4:49:00 AM
oh my stars, elizabeth... you drew me in from beginning to end; just mesmerized by the languid fow of this piece.. beautiful! if for a contest, a sure winner for me!:) huggs, nette
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Date: 6/26/2011 6:16:00 PM
Very moving and lovely poem. Mike
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Date: 6/26/2011 5:20:00 PM
very touching sensitive piece elizabeth.. a sorrowful tone of elegant romance .. very emotional piece ..luv..
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Date: 6/26/2011 4:47:00 PM
so thought provoking, sad but there is more emotion behind it. good writing <3 XXX
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Date: 6/26/2011 1:47:00 PM
Soft and gentle is the flow in your write. You're good. Hugs, Licia. xxx
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Date: 6/26/2011 1:31:00 PM
What a truly beautiful and touching piece. Absolutely amazing.
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Date: 6/26/2011 1:29:00 PM
What a truly beautiful and touching piece. Absolutely amazing.
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Date: 6/26/2011 12:33:00 PM
Dear Elizabeth, poems like these make me wonder how someone can even find the strength to finish them. It's a heart ripper. But then we all have to reconcile with the eternal one. Very hopeful in the end. Take care.
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Date: 6/26/2011 11:20:00 AM
Heartfelt poetry Elizabeth, and an absolute joy to read this Sunday evening. Thank you so much for your always kind words :)
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Date: 6/26/2011 9:42:00 AM
I see the whole picture and I know it feels so bad to be separated from love ones. Very nice write, Elizabeth.
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Date: 6/26/2011 9:22:00 AM
Liz this is absolutely beautiful, I have felt these words in my own life, thank you, Rich
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