Teardrops

Dear Ann, I revel in your visit and kindness. Please accept my apologies for my late reply to your beautiful and touching comment. December has been an extremely busy and exhausting month. Haven't had much time here but I'm always so glad to see you, my sweet poet friend. Warmest wishes and hugs to you for a happy and healthy new year.. ~Susan

Dearest Valsa, I revel in your wonderful visit and beautiful thoughts. I relish your expressive reaction and I agree with your empathic response. Your golden heart shines like the sun! Thank you for being an uplifting poet friend. Your inspiring poetic presence is deeply appreciated. Please accept my apologies for my late reply to your touching comments. December has been an extremely busy time for me. I know you know how that goes :) Warmest wishes, to you my gifted poet friend, for a happy and healthy new year filled with poetic inspiration. Your poetry continues to dazzle me and the PS community! ~Susan

Dear Jean, it’s wonderful to see you! Your poetic presence has been gone from the PS pages for far too long. Thank you for sharing your beautiful thoughts. I’m heartened by your response to my poem. I think “they wait patiently for us to join them” too. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Dear CayCay, I'm so very happy to see you back, questions and all! :)) I wrote this poem a few years ago when my father died. Moments before he passed, he was looking up beyond the physical world around him and seemed to be reaching with an outstretched hand into the spiritual world, where I imagined my mother and other loved ones where encouraging him to let go and travel to the other side of the skies with them. The 'you' in my poem represents my mom, who passed 23 years before my dad. He honored my mother's memory every day and I like to think she led the way for my dad when he passed. I'm so glad your are feeling better, my sweet poet friend. Your were sincerely missed. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Dear Charlie, my inspiring poet friend, thank you for your kind visit and for your wonderful response to my poem. I'm so glad you noticed the x's and o's. Indeed, all is well here and I hope the same for you and yours. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Dear Kim, thank you for your lovely appreciation for both my notes and my poem. Warmest wishes, my poet friend.. ~Susan

Dear Gordon, it’s wonderful to see you! Thank you for your gracious visit and inspiring words. Your thoughts are treasured. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Thank you, Karen, for your lovely words. Your poetic presence is inspiring. Warmest wishes, dear poet.. ~Susan

Thank you, Andrea, for your beautiful comments. This poem was written a few years ago, then re-edited and posted here recently. It was not written for any contest, but I'm pleased to know that you thought the sponsor for the illusku contest would have liked it :) Warmest wishes, dear poet.. ~Susan

Dear Line, I'm heartened by your lovely visit and beautiful response to my poem. Thank you, dear poet. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Dear Zyrool, it’s a pleasure to find your treasured thoughts gracing my poem. Thank you for sharing in the shape and emotions of this poem and for your kindness. Warmest wishes to you for a wonderful day, my dear poet friend.. ~Susan

Frederic, dear friend, dear poet, the depth and beauty of your comment takes my breath away. I'm humbled by your soulful poetic spirit. Thank you truly, your words shine upon my poem increasing its heartfelt value. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Dear Sara, I revel in your wonderful visit and beautiful thoughts. Thank you for being an uplifting poet friend. Your inspiring poetic presence is deeply appreciated. Warmest wishes, my gifted poet friend. Your poetry continues to dazzle! ~Susan

Dear Paige, thank you for your beautiful response to my poem. I'm touched by your warm words and by your poetic friendship. I'm so glad to know you enjoyed "other side of the skies" :) I relish your visits always. Warmest wishes, my gifted poet friend.. ~Susan

Dear Ann, my wonderful poet friend, indeed, our loved ones wait for us on the other side. I'm so happy to receive your beautiful thoughts. Thank you for your gracious visit and for shining the light of your poetic spirit upon my poem. You brighten my day, my dear poet friend. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan