Sometime Between 10:47 Am and 11:02 Am

Sweet heart 
Sweet baby

I promised I would take you to the Ocean
Your Soul does not belong in a little box 
Your Spirit is too big to be confined
I know that you are already gone but I cannot let go of you just yet 

Sweet heart 
Sweet baby 

I promise I will, one day, take you down to the water so that you can see 
the whole world and all of the oceans

I cannot do that today

Sweet heart 
Sweet baby

I need your beautiful box close to me when I go to sleep, when I wake up
I want to keep you a little longer
I have so many more lives to live before I get to the place where you are now 
I know you led a beautiful sweet life
I know that your journey leads you to a more beautiful place
I need to keep you here with me 

Thank you for letting me keep you here with me

I love you 
Sweet heart
Sweet baby
 
You came to visit me in the sunshine and in the wind 
Most of the time you're gone 

You took a little piece of my heart and soul with you on your journey
You let me keep a little piece of your heart and soul here with me in return
 
It was the best exchange I ever made
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015


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Date: 3/19/2015 3:47:00 PM
Congrats on your winning work..Sara
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Date: 3/19/2015 12:37:00 PM
Thanks for the lovely encouragement. Poetry has been a great medium through a sad time.
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Date: 3/19/2015 11:27:00 AM
Robyn, Congratulations on your awesome gathering Dust win..... Luv ~LINDA~
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Date: 3/16/2015 4:11:00 PM
Wonderfully penned, very sad and heartfelt. Mementos are so hard to just let go. I try never to get rid of my loved ones things as they have grown up. Blessings and congratulations on your wonderful win 7
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Date: 3/15/2015 8:02:00 PM
Ashes to ashes- dust to dust aye? Congrad's on your win. Light & Love
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Date: 3/15/2015 3:34:00 PM
Robyn, CONGRATULATIONS, on your Win ~SKAT~
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Date: 3/15/2015 2:15:00 PM
Congrats to you.. This is different and I read it several times ....Well done. BG
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Date: 3/15/2015 12:06:00 PM
Robyn, the title of this poem is an apt invitation to its mystery and sadness. Well done and very unique take on the theme. Thanks for entering the contest.
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Date: 3/15/2015 11:37:00 AM
Beautifully penned - such sad imagery - I have a favourite spot where my ashes are to be scattered I can see it in the distance from my house:-) Many congrats on your win. Hugs jan xx
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