21. Live Our Dreams
Staring at the little dots in the sky
Wondering which one is you
Asking the same question, why?
Only answer I know is that you knew.
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Featured Shared Story
I lost my husband of 50 years and 11 months on December 29, 2015, to a very aggressive cancer. It only took 26 days from him feeling bad to God taking him. I met him at a gas station in 1964....
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22. Nevermore
Nevermore
will I see your smiling face,
will I feel your strong firm embrace.
will I wish upon the starry skies,Featured Shared StoryI lost my husband 23 years ago after 20 years of marriage and 2 sons. The night after he passed I was outside crying. I looked up to see a full moon. I vowed that I would remember him every...
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23. The Loss Of A Child's Father
Your loss came so unexpectedly.
I thought many more years we would have to share.
But God had another plan
and at times the loss and grief are things I just can't bear.Featured Shared StoryI had to respond and thank you for your posting and story. I too lost my partner, husband, and best friend in May of 2010 when our son was only 14 months old. Had it not been for that...
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24. I Am Not That Strong
My Dearest Darling,
I am not as strong as I thought I was.
Since you have been gone,Featured Shared StoryI was engaged in my early 20s. It was a deep love that just couldn't be. Life happened, and I married a different wonderful man, who just happened to have been childhood friends with my ex....
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25. Love Forever Lost
Like a ghost, I flitter through the night,
keeping to the shadows and abhorring the light.
The night camouflages and no one can seeFeatured Shared StoryHi Elisa - My apologies as I see this was 6 years ago. This is so similar to the disaster my wife was given when diagnosed in June with stage 4 lung/brain cancer that took her from me only 2...
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26. Baby Steps
I tell myself I need
to take baby steps
beginning with his shoes.
Plastic bag in hand I enter the closetFeatured Shared StoryLuann:
First of all I'm so sorry for the loss of your life partner. I can only imagine how difficult that would be! I do have to tell you that very few poems have transported me to a scene... -
27. Suicide
Suicide the headline screams
And everyone turns their head
Too frightened, too shocked, too ignorant
To acknowledge that he is deadFeatured Shared StoryHi Audrey,
Thank you for responding and sharing your story with me. My husband also suffered from bi-polar, so I understand your fear and your pain. What got me through the many years was to... -
28. A Love That's Forever
I love you.
I love you too, until the casket closes.
But when your casket closes,
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29. I Wanted To Go With You
I was a lonely wanderer, searching for a place to belong.
You came into my life and gave me love, a place to call home.
Home is where the heart is; it doesn't always have four walls.Featured Shared StoryThe man I have loved for more than half my life is dying from a blood disorder. Every day he and I are realizing that living for the moment is the most important thing in our lives. We...
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30. Beside Your Grave
I left a simple rose today.
I laid it down upon your grave.
Then memories came rushing - from the past,
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31. My Other Half
Together for over fifty years,
times of laughter and of tears.
I fell in love with all his charms,
could dance forever in his arms.Featured Shared StoryHi Alan
Yes, we have very similar stories. I too had been married for 58 years. Like you, I have also done a creative writing course since retirement. I very much look forward to... -
32. The Clocks Have All Stopped
(He used to wind them
once a week.)
A dark oak clockFeatured Shared StoryThank you, James. As you know, all comments are welcome and mean a great deal. All the best, Ann.
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33. The Widow-Maker
Famous Poem
A loose limb hangs upon a pine three log-lengths from the ground,
A norway tumbles with a whine and shakes the woods around.
The loose limb plunges from its place and zigzags down below;
And Jack is lying on his face—there's red upon the snow.
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