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Poetic Form: Verse
Inspired: 2024 September 22
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I saw the river ~ inviting
The river saw me ~ anticipating
A rock of ages ~ my savior
My last breath I ~ surrender
For a life that has been long ~ gone
The river of life and i are now ~ one
For my cousin Delbert 35 ~ mental illness sufferer
79 year old Mom did know he left the house ~ river is behind
Boys fishing for Tilapias over the bridge saw him going ~ out to sea
His body was never found by Rescue Squad ~ family waited one week
after RS call ending search of his body notifying family ~ Aloha Del Boy.

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Paula Goldsmith

Date: 11/20/2024 8:42:00 AM

I just found this write from you. So Very Sorry..... I miss you writing. Hope you are OK... Have a blessed day writing away...................

Hilo Poet
Date: 1/3/2025 10:02:00 AM

Though you answered closer to my still belated response, unlike Victor, it still occasions a sadden outcome. I'm fairing along well enough to acquire the use of the wheelchair yesterday as I'm regaining my strength, Paula. Mahalo~William

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 9/26/2024 8:47:00 AM

I never contemplated suicide, so I cannot relate much. Yet, I can envisage a situation when a person loses all hope and commits suicide. Pity help is rare for such people.

Hilo Poet
Date: 1/3/2025 9:51:00 AM

Found among 200 unanswered...I agree that those who are cornered in their lifetime to contemplate that being the only option, I cannot fathom that thought as my mind would be too busy entertaining reaching out, desperate for added support to resolve the realization that I don't have all the answers. Mahalo, Victor with my apologies for my belated response. Aloha~William