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O weep o willow poem of mine I am glad they find you sublime And take it as a spiritual sign You discovered the poet's clime For out of great grief I bore you A child of tribute to my mother So I pray in honor they adore you While memory still its griefs gather O poem just to see you, tell me Of my impotency ... that I studied much And can do no better tribute, see No other alternative to death, no crutch Better than words to restore again The woman I want to live forever The love that brought me into pain O poem, you were all, all I got to give her.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 12/8/2009 7:02:00 PM
Wow another amazing write you have penned....it is wonderful to love ...and with that comes hurt...and sorrow. Thanks so much for sharing and for your kind comments~Mary
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Date: 12/8/2009 7:11:00 AM
Wonderful poem of love to share with that special person.. grief is all encompassing when a loved one is touched by it.. I lost my MOM too and life has never been the same for me... I moved on but still feel empty without her.. this is a special poem from your pen.. treasure it... blessings... luv.. Linda-Marie, P.E.P.S. "Sweetheart"
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Date: 12/7/2009 4:26:00 PM
hypnotic!..... and Deb's continuation!
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Date: 12/7/2009 12:09:00 PM
Words are the balm of age/ the gift of sage/ when all flees and even the white of eye reddens with rheum/ words fair words dispell the gloom/when hands are mapped with age and knarled still they transform the page/ the eye/ the cage/Words flow and mind goes to pristine smiles and the smooth curves which once were thy/ thy cheek/ thy neck/ thy hip/Deny me anything but the word for its magic will soon be all that remains of fresh and new.
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