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So Many Days Ago

The days are piling up
Like oak leaves in the fall
So many days ago
Since I felt your touch

Your pictures beckon me
So I reach for you through them
Our grasp is so fleeting
Just a moment and it’s gone

I yearn for your presence again
But only feel whispery tendrils
Of your memory fading
And my strength ebbing away

New memories are forging
But they are weak and fragile
They stay for such a short time
For there is no love to hold them together

I yell out to the emptiness
Which will never again be filled
With the happiness of being
A father to a son

Copyright © Wade Greenlee | Year Posted 2015

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Jeanie Bennett Date: 2/22/2017 8:08:00 PM Such a beautiful tribute Wade !! You will be together someday--xoxo ~~ Jeanie ~~ Login to Reply Wade Greenlee Date: 2/22/2017 9:06:00 PM Yes, I cling to that every day, Jeanie. Even though I have misplaced my faith, there is enough for me to hold onto the hope of that amazing reunion. Thank you for your thoughts.

Lynn Marie Date: 2/20/2017 7:13:00 PM This is heartbreaking. Your words so deeply sorrowful, the pain very expressive of the loss of a loved one. Incredibly well written, so very sad to read. blessings, lynnxx I just went through some of your poems and I am so very sorry for your loss. May writing give you some semblance of solace and comfort. You have beautiful memories, thank you for sharing them.:-) Congratulations on the feature placement. Login to Reply Wade Greenlee Date: 2/22/2017 9:03:00 PM Thank you, Lynn. This road sure is a long one, but I keep putting one foot in front of the other, and know that my son would be proud of me. He would laugh at me writing these poems, as he was the wordsmith. I do have such beautiful memories. We were truly a pair right from the start, as we shared the same birth date.

Kim Merryman Date: 11/12/2015 10:48:00 PM This is such a pain-filled, sorrowful write, Wade. My heart goes out to you. I hope putting your feelings into poetry will be a help to you. Love, Kim Login to Reply Wade Greenlee Date: 2/22/2017 8:56:00 PM My son would be proud of my poems. He was always the lyricist with his music. Yes, writing is certainly cathartic. It is a way to try and reach through the veil from this world to his. Thank you, Kim, for thinking of me.