In A Cocoon
...The days keep going by,
and I am still left wondering why
you are no longer on this earth.
I remember the day I gave birth—
a tiny miracle captured my heart;
gazing at you, I never thought we wo...
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Categories:
left too soon, birthday, daughter, devotion, heart,
Form: Rhyme
As The Seasons Pass 2
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Looking back to what has come and passed
taking what was to forge this moment, You Are The Sun Alas
and Blazing Beyond the perils of time
to Rise like the Phoenix from Ashes to Light,
and ...
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Categories:
left too soon, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Farewell
...FAREWELL
To my dear friend Peter
You left too soon, a life cut short,
Leaving me to navigate a new sort,
In my heart, you'll always remain,
A cherished memory that will sustain
You were ...
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Categories:
left too soon, eulogy, forgiveness, friendship, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
The Maiden and the Nightingale
...As soft moonlight shone upon the maiden,
She pulled her dark hair away from her face.
With fresh flowers, her garden was laden,
And around her a nightingale did trace.
The bird then quick...
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Categories:
left too soon, bird, friendship, garden, love,
Form: Romanticism
Wrong Exit
...I took the off ramp too soon
I should have driven on to the next exit
but I left too soon.
Now in a strange landscape
I slow down looking for road signs
waymarks, names, and places known to me...
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Categories:
left too soon, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Just Consider This a Reading Challenge
...I say things like "never let some a**hole ruin your day",
But regardless of the facade, people get to me.
I have emotions bottled up inside me decades old,
I spent too long walking around sayin...
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Categories:
left too soon, cancer, feelings, growing up,
Form: Free verse
My Little Fella
...My little fella
I held you softly against me
For only a few minutes
Staring into the horrified eyes of a nurse
Who saw death
Where I saw love in an ocean of bitter sadness
My little fella
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Categories:
left too soon, baby, blessing, boy, death,
Form: Free verse
Nevermore
...Here lay the broken shards
Of a glass called bones,
With it are weeping hearts
As cold as a stone.
You know you left too soon
Pending is our journey,
Awaiting is gloom.
You set fire to our...
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Categories:
left too soon, absence, anger, cry, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Grace
...Huh, I am filled
Full of Gods love and blessing in my life
I found you Lord at the most uncertain time
When pain was still filled with wonder
And wonder was of amazement
Amazement turned to Grac...
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Categories:
left too soon, faith, health,
Form: Free verse
What Can I Give
...What can I give when I am broke
To he whose words inspired?
For the little ember that he stoked
I’d give him all my fire
What can I give when I am poor
To he who set me free?
For each and ...
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Categories:
left too soon, emotions, encouraging, love,
Form: Rhyme
The Ghost In the Computer
...I know to stay away.
It happens every time.
The hurt, the pain, the memories.
Its like a magnet it draws me closer and closer.
So is it Deja vu or past lives?
Or just ghosts of the past?
They s...
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Categories:
left too soon, blessing, courage, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Time To Allow, a Flower To Bloom
...I got lost in the sorrows of your time 2x
I've misplaced all your petals , in the garden of our love 2x
When the sun said goodbye and the stars left too soon, 2x
I got lost in your sadness, bu...
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Categories:
left too soon, love hurts,
Form: Lyric
Dad Is My Hero
...He was such a beautiful soul
That left too soon for me
His laughter always came through
He reminded me of Santa because
He always jiggles when he laughs
And he would give you his last dollar
He...
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Categories:
left too soon, family,
Form: Free verse
Fathers Day
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father died so young
son and daughter left too soon
loved on fathers day
Written for my dear son and his children 19th June 2022
Contest A BRIAN STRAND PREMIERE CHOICE
Sponsor ...
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Categories:
left too soon, daughter, father, i love
Form: Haiku
Desiring - Bite Size
...The mist rolls in
I want to sin
Oh crescent moon
You left too soon
My heart is sore
Yet yearns for more...
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Categories:
left too soon, longing,
Form: Rhyme
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