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Laura Warthen-Swafford Poem
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.
Copyright © Laura Warthen-Swafford | Year Posted 2008
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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
Copyright © Laura Warthen-Swafford | Year Posted 2007
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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!
Copyright © Laura Warthen-Swafford | Year Posted 2008
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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.
Copyright © Laura Warthen-Swafford | Year Posted 2008
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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.
Copyright © Laura Warthen-Swafford | Year Posted 2008
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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.
Copyright © Laura Warthen-Swafford | Year Posted 2008
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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
Copyright © Laura Warthen-Swafford | Year Posted 2008
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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.
Copyright © Laura Warthen-Swafford | Year Posted 2008
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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
Copyright © Laura Warthen-Swafford | Year Posted 2010
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The wind softly whispers,
Summers sweet end.
Crisp and clear,
Fall air decends.
A blanket of color,
Covers the way.
Harvest season again,
Shorter are the days.
Life goes so quickly,
It's out of our grasp.
Celebration of time,
A tear for the past.
Sun setting low,
We can no longer pretend.
Distant echoes of fall,
Soon winter will begin.
Copyright © Laura Warthen-Swafford | Year Posted 2008
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