Farewell Wedding Poems

Let us talk like strangers,
And clear out the air.
Whatever has happened between us,
Let us forget and not point a chair.

Let us not pinpoint
The mischievous brain...

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Longing

Little mermaid on the rock, 
Wishing and wondering, 
What it would be like, 
just to walk?

Little girl in a chair, 
riding around on wheels of...

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I always dreamt to walk in this aisle,
With you at the end, can't help but to smile
It is finally happening; this aisle seems so wide
My...

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Laughter echoed as 
they danced like no tomorrow
their eyes full of love.
It could have been me tonight
if I just said I loved him.




The One that...

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Death
by Rabindranath Tagore
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
 
You who are the final fulfillment of life,
Death, my Death, come and whisper to me!
Day after day...

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The Red Letters

They stand out in the bible, 
because they are the very word of God.
Pay attention. 
Don’t miss anything more.
You may need to know...

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Daily Lives

Quietly I walk into the room. 
You have been asleep for hours. 
You got home late, 
not for the first time,
not the last. 
Days...

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A New Hip?

The other day...
I was going to work, 
and passed a man in the walk. 
The light was green,
and he was moving. 
What I...

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Goodbye

I waved as you left the drive. 
I heard your sweet voice… 
ever cheerful.

Hours passed. 
I did the dishes. 
I cleaned up. 
I got ready...

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Use to Be

My best friend... 
I would bring things to you. 
You needed or wanted. 
I would talk to you for hours, 
about whatever you...

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Haaaaa   

(A sound made when you exhale from very deep…
Purposefully, completely, and intentionally.)
The best friend began, 
the husband continued, 
and souls… parted.


You spoke...

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NEW BORN
Tears of joy 
My beautiful boy

NEW BOY
Tears of pain
Grazed knees again

NEW GRADUATE
Tears of pride
Graduation has arrived

NEW WEDDING
Tears of love
Betrothal blessed above

NEW ILLNESS
Tears of hate
Cancer’s...

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The spiral staircase made her high heels sing
Descending in slow motion, a lovely sight to see
Graceful, ever so slightly lifting her flowing gown
Bare shoulders and...

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Please My Love...haunt me down,
                    ...

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Amidst, this verse of love and bliss
It brings to mind a fragile kiss
As emotional eyes, exchanged the words
His whisper of undying love, unheard
Tears flowed like...

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