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Inside These Walls

Dear Poets, my last post to you guys I shared the tragic death of my wife Shanity Rain, many of you knew her. Her real name was Yvette Suzanne Kelley. We were losing our home to forclosure with two kids in the house etc. I was a Mortgage Broker for 18 years and had lost my business in 2008 . I committed two felonies to get money to pay the bank back and buy Shanity a new car. I went to prison for 15 months and
a month prior to my release Shanity Died unexpectedly. The Poem below decsribes how I was feeling 10 months into my sentence.



Yvette, I am your Romeo and my heart hurts that I cant hold you in my arms, putting my hands on your soft beautiful face drawing you near as your lips meet mind ever so softly and I completely lose my self in your soul that yearns for mine, yet it's only a dream. A beautiful dream but just a dream because when I wake up you are not in my arms, but Darlin, your in my heart and there is no wall tall enough or strong enough to come between our love for each other. I promise you though that day will come and until then let my words sink deeply into the ocean of your heart and know that I love you , I have always loved you in this life and there after. Your Soul mate , Mark

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Doug Vinson

Date: 1/6/2017 1:32:00 PM

Mark, on the not writing - I imagine it feels like you got hit in the head by a big hammer - I'm guessing but I picture it as a huge, sad, dull empty feeling, ever-gripping. It's a lot to "get over," if we can even really say that. I think of my own wife dying, and it just takes the words away. It takes time to get over it, at the least, even to get to the point of writing. No hurry - be well as you can be.

Doug Vinson

Date: 1/4/2017 8:15:00 PM

Cheers, Mark. : ) Glad to see another from you. Best, Doug.

Doug Vinson
Date: 1/6/2017 1:28:00 PM

Mark, there's no way around it. It just plain sucks; it really hurts. Time does make a great difference in the end, but I feel silly saying that - can't set a timetable, can't promise "when." Yet it really does get better.

Mark Kelley
Date: 1/4/2017 9:21:00 PM

Thanks Doug,I'm really having a hard time lately bro. I've been to the VA, I still hurt , I hope it gets better friend.