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I'Ll Hold Your Hand

I'm growing old My body is weary I don't want to leave you I still see you quite clearly Please hold my hand Are you still there My time is drawing near My vision is blurry I can barley hear Please hold my hand I can no longer see you The lights have all gone out Oh, my darling I love you But my time has run out Please hold my hand I see you quite clearly Bent over my bed Tears run down your cheeks That you have shed I know your heart is breaking Please dry your eyes and see I haven't gone far, reach up to me And I'll hold your hand

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Butterfly Mantra

Date: 3/11/2015 7:41:00 PM

Bravo!

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 3/9/2015 4:19:00 PM

Timothy, Congratulations, on your win. Stop by my latest blog "BEGINNINGS" if you'd like. Hope you are having a Wonderful Day, thank you for supporting my contest -Always & Forever- LINDA

Paul Schneiter

Date: 1/28/2015 10:48:00 PM

Timothy, This is absolutely, positively beautiful, from the construction to the flow, to the rhyme, to the message. It's first rate in every way. Thank you for creating it.

Eileen Manassian

Date: 1/19/2015 3:43:00 AM

OH OH OH...how beautiful is this! It has touched my heart. Death was never meant to be...but one day, Death will die. That's why I love the poem by John Donne...Death be Not Proud. Lovely poem here. Thanks for your visit to my work.

Shadow Hamilton

Date: 1/6/2015 2:56:00 PM

so sad heart wrenching Tim yet powerfully displayed superb pen hugs 7 oh typo in 2nd verse last line barley should be barely

Timothy Emmons
Date: 1/7/2015 3:41:00 PM

Thanks Shadow.

Kelly Deschler

Date: 1/3/2015 10:51:00 PM

We may feel like we are losing our loved ones when they pass away, but they are closer than we realize... This poem is truly beautiful, Timothy. I was very touched by it... Welcome to Poetry Soup! I am looking forward to reading more of your work.

Timothy Emmons
Date: 1/5/2015 11:46:00 AM

Thanks Kelly, I wrote this poem while thinking of my wife's grandparents. They were married for ever, and when Grandpa passed Grandma had alshimers. It was truly heat breaking, they were everything to each other.

John Fleming

Date: 1/1/2015 1:50:00 AM

Beautiful heartfelt poem...lovely! :) john.