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No Goodbye



Tears fall, gone the smile so warm, the light of our day.
Where are those deep gentle brown eyes? Doe’s eyes!
Why you, so small, so innocent. Why did you have to go away?

Where do I find an answer? Why were you the one to pay?
I must know! Wrath consumes my heart! No goodbyes!
Tears fall, gone the smile so warm, the light of our day.

You said I love you daddy, on that bright morning in May,
You kissed my cheek. Never more! Where was God my heart decries?
Why you, so small, so innocent, why did you have to go away?

Oh my god I rage! Have you abandoned the people of today? 
Is it by the sacrifice of innocent children that you now baptise?
Tears fall, gone the smile so warm, the light of our day.

Does pain ever find solace? When shall we rise above our naivety?
Dreams ended! Futures stolen! Their honeyed words I despise!
Why you, so small, so innocent, why did you have to go away?

These hollow people have my undying ire! A gun is made to slay!
They talk of rights, but in the cold earth my daughter now lies!
Tears fall, gone the smile so warm, the light of our day.
Why you, so small, so innocent, why did you have to go away?


written 03/03/2015

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Charmaine Chircop

Date: 3/9/2015 2:57:00 AM

Its all about power,money and greed,yet children keep dying innocently.We dont even give them a choice.God made the world so beautiful and We made a mess out of it.A powerful poem,Shane.

Shane Cooper
Date: 3/9/2015 3:52:00 AM

Thanks Charmaine, I totally agree. It is always someone else that has to pay the price for for the arrogance of some few who clutch onto power with disregard to all others. Stay safe my friend. Love Shane xxx

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 3/8/2015 1:25:00 PM

Thank you for the sweet reply...LINDA

Shane Cooper
Date: 3/9/2015 3:34:00 AM

Hi Linda, Thanks for stopping in again, love Shane xxx

Emile Pinet

Date: 3/7/2015 10:48:00 AM

Wonderful work with great thought given to the subject mater as it is gently unfolded before the reader. You've managed to capture a sate of being and wrestle it to the paper with your tears before is vanishes from our sphere of recognition. Emile. #7

Shane Cooper
Date: 3/9/2015 3:05:00 AM

thank you Emile, I become very emotional over this issue of wanton violence. It is flat out evil that is enabled by a group of people with little concience. No child should be taken like this. love Shane

William Gray

Date: 3/6/2015 4:10:00 AM

Hi Shane, a great write!. Enjoyed this piece very much. Regards my friend!.

Shane Cooper
Date: 3/6/2015 6:20:00 PM

Hi William, I am glad you dropped in and enjoyed my poem. It was a hard piece to write but a topic that I feel very strongly about Love Shane

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 3/6/2015 2:55:00 AM

Shane, Congratulations on your wonderful win. Always ~LINDA~

Shane Cooper
Date: 3/6/2015 3:15:00 AM

Thank you Linda, I did enjoy the challenge of writing in this form. love Shane xxx

Kp Nunez

Date: 3/5/2015 6:03:00 PM

Congratulations, Shane. Well deserved win! :D Kim

Shane Cooper
Date: 3/5/2015 11:18:00 PM

THanks Kim, It is an interesting form to write in. love Shane xxx

Jan Allison

Date: 3/5/2015 7:34:00 AM

Dropping back with my congrats Shane - glad you made it in time to post:-) Hugs jan xx

Shane Cooper
Date: 3/5/2015 8:00:00 AM

Thanks for the congratulations, it was a good form to write in. Your first was well deserved a great write. Love Shane xxx

Shadow Hamilton

Date: 3/5/2015 7:03:00 AM

very good Shane great flow congrats on 3rd place hugs

Shane Cooper
Date: 3/5/2015 7:56:00 AM

Thank you Shadow, I thought I had missed entering when I first posted the poem until Kim told me it was still open. It was a great to write in a form that I had not tried before. Thanks again for hosting the comp. Love Shane xxx

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 3/4/2015 11:32:00 AM

- A deeply moving and sad poem, dear Shane - A terribly sad thought .... no goodbye - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Shane Cooper
Date: 3/4/2015 7:11:00 PM

It is sad but it is also all to true. To loose a child through needless violence must be a shattering experiance for any parent. Then to see the promotion of guns everywhere in the media is a double whammy to the heart. love Shane xxx

Eileen Manassian

Date: 3/4/2015 9:14:00 AM

I'm glad that in your case this is fiction, my dear. How sad...the innocent always seem to pay. This is a very moving write...those repeated words at the end...bring the feeling of loss home so well. Hugs, my dear

Shane Cooper
Date: 3/4/2015 7:00:00 PM

Thank you my Enchantress for stopping in and your comments. It is a sad world from where i swim round and round in my little bowl looking out at the chaos. love always Shane xxx

Kp Nunez

Date: 3/4/2015 4:06:00 AM

Hi Shane, I checked again, but Shadow Hamilton's deadline for the contest is on 30 March, 2015. I like your villanelle on RAGE. Good luck! Kim

Shane Cooper
Date: 3/4/2015 4:44:00 AM

And please accept my deep bow of gratitude. Love Shane xxx

Shane Cooper
Date: 3/4/2015 4:30:00 AM

We'll paint me pink and call me Mary, I thought that all the positions had been taken. You are a ray of sunlight in my grey world, thank you so much for visiting this wee little blue fish. I shall enter the poem asap. Love Shane xxx

Jan Allison

Date: 3/4/2015 1:32:00 AM

Deep sad write Shane - I've missed several contest deadlines too - life issues get in the way - but still post the poem:-) Hugs Jan xx

Shane Cooper
Date: 3/4/2015 4:40:00 AM

It seems the close was not missed, I thought all the places had been taken but it appears I am a very large goose and that was not the case. Love Shane xx

Shane Cooper
Date: 3/4/2015 1:55:00 AM

Thank you Jan for stopping in. I tried to finish last night but ran out of time. I will be thinking of you and your family today, take care. love Shane xxx