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Time
Time is so fleeting when
we don't watch.
IT dances in merrily with
childish giggles and
dancing feet.
But we didn't watch closely enough
and so TIME slammed out
in a huff.
Pouting and tossing and frowns.
Could we but go back
and capture TIME
Hold it tighter to the breast.
Would TI stay longer,
content we watched?
5/28/02
Mom
HOW COULD WE KNOW
Little feet and fingers
tiny lips pursed.
An infant sent to borrow and love.
How could we know?
Years go by, first cuts
and first crushes. Bikes, skates
and kites.
Swimming and football
Staying up all night, just because.
How could we know?
Time lost to work, to tired, not now.
Maybe tomorrow, let me think, be alone.
How could we know?
Tomorrow is here, but you don't see.
Tomorrow will never happen again.
How could we know?
5/28/02
Mom
Did you Feel Me?
I carried you safely
tucked under my heart.
As one we laughed and slept
never apart.
Did you feel me touch you
through the cushioning warmth?
Did you feel?
I cared for you through
time, childhood illnesse,
bad dreams and sorrow.
Did you feel me wrap my arms
my heart around you?
Wipe your tears, calm your fears.
Did you feel?
Once again I carry you,
but in my soul and heart.
We beat as one though
life times apart.
Did you feel me
one last kiss goodnight?
Did you feel?
5/30/02
Mom
Just for Today
I can't promise you tomorrow
I won't cry a million tears
but just today
I'll try real hard
to smile the tears away.
I can't promise you a week
from now
I won't shout in bitter anger.
but just today
I'll bite my tongue
and won't let those feelings linger.
I can't promise you a year
from now
the pain will have lessened.
But just today
I'll say my thanks to have had
you for my blessing.
I can't promise you
in my lifetime
I will ever stop saying "why me"
But just today
I'll say thank God
for having you come to be.
Mom
11/7/02
Okay
I smile ,they think I'm happy
"How ya doing?" I say "OK"
I just don't want to burden them,
for fear they'll run away.
I smile, they think I must be strong,
"How ya doing?" I say "OK"
for if I don't I know they'll run,
if fear of what to say.
I smile, they think I'm healing well.
"How ya doing?" I say "OK"
I cry inside to tell the truth,
but it just can't be that way.
I smile, they think I've forgotten,
"How Ya doing?" I say "OK"
yet all I can do is remember,
the details of that day.
Yet I smile, and keep on smiling,
"How Ya doing?" What can I say?
The loss has become a part of me.
It will never go away.
Yet I smile, and keep on smiling.
"How ya doing?" Just let me say
Inside I'm not doing so well,
but for you I'll say "OK".
By Paula J.
They say memories are golden
Well maybe that is true.
I never wanted memories,
I only wanted you.
A million times I needed you,
A million times I cried.
If love alone could have saved you
You never would have died.
In life I loved you dearly.
In death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a place
no one could ever fill.
If tears could build a stairway
and heartache make a lane,
I'd walk the path to heaven
and bring you home again.
Our family chain is broken,
and nothing seems the same.
but as God calls us one by one
the chain will link again.
Author Unknown
Foot Prints
One night a man had a dream...
He was walking along the beach with the Lord, and
across the sky flashed scenes from his life.
In each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand;
one made by him, and the other made by the Lord.
When the last scene of his life flashed before him,
he looked at the footprints in the sand,
and noticed that many times along the path of his life
there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed
that it happened at the worst times of his life.
This bothered him, so he asked the Lord about it.
"Lord, You said that once I decided to follow You,
you'd walk with me all the way.
But I've noticed that during times of trouble
there is only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why You left me when I needed you most."
The Lord replied, "My precious child, I love you and
would never leave you...during your times of trouble
where you only see one set of footprints,
I was carrying you."
When tomorrow starts without me,
and I'm not there to see;
If the sun should rise and find your eyes,
all filled with tears for me;
I wish so much you wouldn't cry,
the way you did today,
while thinking of the many things,
we didn't get to say.
I know how much you love me,
as much as I love you,
and each time that you think of me,
I know you'll miss me too;
But when tomorrow starts without me,
please try to understand,
that an angel came and called my name,
and took me by the hand,
and said my place was ready,
in Heaven far above,
and that I'd have to leave behind,
all those I dearly love.
But as I turned to walk away,
a tear fell from my eye,
for all life, I'd always thought,
I didn't want to die.
I had so much to live for,
so much yet to do,
it seemed almost impossible,
that I was leaving you.
I thought of all the yesterdays,
the good ones and the bad,
I thought of all the love we shared,
and all the fun we had.
If I could relive yesterday,
just even for awhile,
I'd say goodbye and kiss you
and maybe see you smile.
But then I fully realized,
that this could never be,
for emptiness and memories,
would take the place of me.
And when I thought of worldly things,
I might miss come tomorrow,
I thought of you, and when I did,
my heart was filled with sorrow.
But when I walked through heaven's gates,
I felt so much at home.
When God looked down and smiled at me,
from His great golden throne,
He said,
"This is Eternity, all I've promised you".
Today life on Earth is past,
but here it starts anew.
I promise no tomorrow,
but today will always last,
and since each day's the same day,
there's no longing for the past.
But you have been so faithful,
so trusting and so true.
Though there were times you did some
things, you knew you shouldn't do.
But you have been forgiven
and now at last you're free.
So won't you take my hand
and share my life with me?
So when tomorrow starts without me,
don't think we're far apart,
for every time you think of me,
I'm right here,
in your heart.
Author: David Romano
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