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Best Poems Written by Laura Warthen-Swafford

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I Don'T Want To Be Sad Anymore

I don't want to be sad anymore
I want to laugh and play
with my kids
on a beautiful summer's day.

But just so you know,

I still miss your call at 8:10.
I still miss coffee with my friend.
I even buy you a milky way
Every now and then.

And when I do
or say something wrong.
I still hear your voice
loud and strong.

The tears are few now
My memories clear
It's been a while
Sometimes, I even smile.

I think you would understand
I don't want to be sad anymore
DAD
You taught me that.

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Dreams of the Past

Softly I hear,
whispers in the night.
Sleep escapes,
waiting dawns light.
Again you appear,
Dreams of the past.
A tear descends,
your out of my grasp.
I close my eyes,
It's your face I see.
This is my life,
I can only blame me.
I long for a time,
when I can be free.
From the name,
that haunts my memory

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Depression

I'm lonely,
I hear her say,
She sleeps in the floor,
weeps all day.

Darkness is her friend 
She struggles with dread
The sadness lingers,
As she hangs her head.

She grasp to take control
never knowing how, 
then.....
always letting go.

I know her,
I long to help,
But what can you say or do,
When she ...is......You!

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Dad

It slowly slips,
From my eye
A lonley teardrop
I softly cry.

The days are endless
The night so blue
Then I whisper
I miss you.

I close my eyes
I see your face 
I'm so lonely
In this emply place.

A sun beam escapes
From the sky
I look to heaven
And ask God Why?

His answer is clear
A whisper in the trees
He needed another angel
To paint the fall leaves.

I force a smile
My pain still real
Someday I see you
In heaven, my dear.

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Remembrance

Sounds of silence
  Fill my ears.
As I shed 
  My sorrowed tears.

People pass
  Hug me and say
"We are sorry 
  It ended this way.

My mind then travels
  To when you were here.
To a time when
  Our love was so dear.

Places we visited
  Words that were said,   
All seem to drift
  Thru my head.

No more will I see
  Your eyes of blue,
No more will you whisper
  "I love you."

Why it happened
  I do not know.
It's going to be hard
  To let you go.

The memories we made
  Will remain in my heart.
Even though
  We had to part.

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The Only One She Ever Loved

She hangs her head
   Hands clasped together
As the music plays.

A back row seat
    All alone
She bows her head to pray.

She closes her eyes
   His image appears
That old familar grin.

How many years
   She tried to recall
Had it really been?

When their eyes met
   Her heart fell
What if he had known?

Time passed bye
   She never told
How her love had grown.

All those letters
   That she wrote
He will never read.

How she wished
   She would wake
And this was just a dream

Sitting here now
   As her tears rolled
The reality sets in

The only one
   She ever loved
She'll never see again.

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Shadows

Hear the laughter
See the smiles

Happy children
Running wild

Not a burden
In their mind

Not a tear drop
Will you find

Free is their life
Til they grow old

When shadows come
And fill their souls.

Do what is right
Be a success

And try real hard
To do your best

Never take time
Just to relax

Always working
To pay the Tax

Want to escapse
Just want to be leave

Like the days ago
When they ran free

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My Daughter, My Friend

How I miss
  Those day's of old.
When you were small,
  And your hair was gold.

Fragile were your hands,
  When they held mine.
A smile so sweet,
  It could stop the hands of time.

I knew this day would come
  A woman you would be.
How my heart breaks,
  Each time you have to leave.

A friend to me now,
  What a joy you see
No matter how far away,
  My baby, you will always be.

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I Have Tried So Hard To Loose You

I have tried so hard to loose you
And the memories we made

I burried every thought of you
So they would never escape

You moved so far away
Your face I never see

You made it easy to forget
What we use to be

Only on the rare occasion
Your name enters my ears

My mind reminds my heart
That we no longer care

I closed all the doors
I threw away the keys

Hoping that the pain
Would never find me

Like everything in life
There is a price to pay

No matter how far I ran
There would come the day

When I have to answer too
The truth I feel inside

I have always loved you
This I can no longer deny

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Summer's End

The sun softly kisses,
  The morning sweet dew.
The sky seems to be
  An endless blue.

The wind gently whisper,
The ocean softly cries,
How great it is
To be alive.

The warmth on my face,
  The sand between my toes,
A peace in my heart
    Like I have never known

Moment s in time
Summer comes to an end
Wonderful memories
Relived over and over....  again