holding on to him
We never hugged much,a decent hello and goodbye---sometimes one when we were laughingat everything, or nothingit wasn't forbidden,just not commonplace.Now I can feel spine, and ribsso much of his...
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Beautifully written, Lisa, sad and poignant. I have never had to watch someone I really loved as they died. I imagine it would be very much like this ...
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Watching someone we love die takes not only enormous strength, but also compassion and understanding. You've shown that beautifully here. This is very touching, Lisa. Beautifully done.What if the...
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Thank you.Craig is my best friend.Our friendship spans 25 years...hard to take that in, really. I just know he was always there when I needed him. He never asked for anything back...and we were thick...
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A friendship better than love.You have chronicled this predicament with sensitivity and dynamic description.So sad to have one so close in this nature in such a situation.Gaer
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There are relationships that are simply never tactile...strange how that can change when we finally realise that the sands of our lives run at different speeds, and we don't have all the time in the...
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Thank you Paul.It's all about waiting now...and thank you for reading between my lines as well.
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Gala, I've been sipping on some Coke and Mount Gay all night, and have been waiting till I officially felt drunk to respond to your poem. Why? Because since I created my first account (2001 I think?)...
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Lisa, nothing can take the pain away though all of us wish we could. Just know we are here and know you are never alone sweet friend. (HUGS) you're awesome
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Thank you gentlemen...It feels a bit awkward...when you have a poem based in grief---or grieving...it seems to belong to the person who inspired it, not you. So, I feel like I need to thank you, for...
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Dear Lisa,You've been able to put into words the feelings he needs to know and will comfort him greatly. The shell each of us wears now needs to come off and you can devote all your emotions in...
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Dang woman!... You sure can emote! I feel for you while watching your friend slip from this life to the next. And I feel for the one you speak of as he moves on. (hugs)dan
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A very moving write Lisa. I've walked that road and you've taken me back there. A powerful reminder of how fragile and unpredictable life can be, and to say our "I love you's" before it is too...
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*hugs* This one touched me deeply. I had a friend like that once who passed oh..... about 7 years now. It was in part his death that I began to write again. So every poem I write he is there in the...
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Thank you.I still see him...once or twice a week. Whatever he can stand. I let him pick the times, because if he says "not today, maybe tommorow," it means he can still imagine a tommorow. The...
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