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9/10/2024 for Letters Or Photographs Poetry Contest sponsored by Ink Empress

Carlos, Hanna, my dear friends,
you met such early ends,
and I'm empty inside.
I ushered at your wedding.
Warm love you'd soon be spreading - 
the happy groom and bride.

I'll love you both forever - 
forget your friendship - never.   
Carlos and his spouse.
You treated me as your kin -
meals, holidays, way back when,
inside your cozy house.

Marriage, family and friends - 
you never said, "it depends".
You always honored them.
Your lives served as a guide.
To me you did provide
life's lesson - such a gem.

Carlos, all those years of pain,
despite cancer, you'd maintain
goodness through and through.
Hanna, what a shock to hear
you too were taken that year.
The world has lost you two.

So, this letter is to say, 
'twas too soon to go away,
if I could let you know.
Just sixty and sixty-three,
you meant so much to me, 
and I miss you so.

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Ink Empress

Date: 10/6/2024 1:40:00 AM

Dear David, im so sorry for your loss first of all, and its so very thoughtful of you to remember them through your poetry and youv expressed very well! As i read this, i truly felt the emotions flowing throughout. And those last lines, made me tear up. Iv lost my bestfriend , very young and i still think of her. Thank you for sharing a piece of your heart. Congratulations on your win

David Crandall
Date: 10/6/2024 2:38:00 PM

Thank you so much, Ink Empress, and I'm sorry, too, for your loss. I would say they were rare people, not in any kind of accomplishment, but in the way they conducted their lives.