grieving,loss contest

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~You died at the age of nine~

Couple days after Christmas
everyone on their holiday break
Your cousin and you decide to go
on the frozen lake
which you thought was safe

Few minutes go by and the ice breaks in
you and your cousin both fall in.
Random people jump into help,
others call truckers to call for help

People watching oh so helpless
Praying, praying you both would
be OK and praying you guys would
make it though the night.

A man with a ladder finally gets your cousin out. Cold and blue but he made it through.
20 minutes later you get pulled out.
Cold and blue and unable to move.

Thinking you might be OK I turned off the news
If I would have known any better
I wouldn't have I would have watched you.
Watched what you went through

You died that night in a hospital bed,
with your mom and dad right by the foot of your bed. They were shedding their tears
wishing you would come back.

When I found out I cried too.
Wishing I could have warned you.
But now I am so blue without you.

At the age of 9 you died
I guess it was your time
To go up to heaven where the
angels are taking good care of you

~R.I.P Tommy

Memories Slip

Memories drift around and round
And I mourn for you without a sound
I'm clinging desperately to
The fading images of you

No longer determined that my mind
Believes the sights that it does find
Was it this way? I'm not sure
I'm scared to lose what is no more

It's odd the way you can forget
Little parts of memoirs set
And all that's left of them is blurred
Faces crooked and words are slurred

Time moves on and leaves behind
Those crystal pictures in my mind
There's now a dulled, rose-tinted view
Of everything I had with you

This is not goodbye
by Tabby

Crying by his bedside my tears flow endlessly
I held his hand so tightly never wanting to let go
Trying to not think about what is about to be
I look up at him trying to not let my sadness show

His eyes are closed his breathing is slow and heavy
I run my hands through his thick, dark, brown hair
His handsome face is so pale with the color gray
That I begin to cry even harder thinking it isn't fair

Sickness is taking my true love away from me
Draining away his energy happiness and light
But not stealing our love away from each other
That is the one thing that he was able to fight

His eyes slowly open and he turns toward me
He smiles a weak smile and touches my cheek
I feel myself breakdown and burst into sobs
trying to say don't die but I could no longer speak

he grabs my hand and pulls me to him
reaching for my face he brings me into a kiss
then he hugs me with such a weak embrace
I hug him so tight never wanting to end this

Suddenly he lets go I pull myself slowly up
He looks at me with such sadness in his eyes
"I love you sweetheart"he says to me
"I love you but there will be no goodbyes"

"I love you to" I sob into his shoulder
I lay on his chest hearing his heart as I cry
I feel his breathing slowly fade away
As i sob to myself I say "its ok this is not goodbye".....

MY INTERNAL GRIEF...

In this dark whole world I find myself alone,
all have departed me and everyone is gone.

I wonder if one could wipe my tears,
and my silent scream anyone can hear.

Eyes have gone wet and lips have gone dried,
neither anyone understands me nor anyone tried.

I m crawling in the darkness looking for a beam of light,
but I realized my life has no day and it has become an endless night.

I am living the countable moments
just because god has granted those,
otherwise I have no urge to live
without someone loving and close.

Now a piece of hard heart resides in me full of grief and pain,
instead of blood, my tears are running through my vein.

I have end up my journey called life,
as I have no reason to live and no reason to smile.

I bid goodbye to all who are far from me as no one is near,
they don't love me now, so don't wish to be remembered when I am not here....

BY BHARTI

will end after 10 poems are submitted.

Sea of blood and tears
by Latasha

No one knew it was your time,
Everyone thought we'd see you graduate,
But everything happened all so quickly.
Your body fell from the sky,
Only to leave you lifeless on the payment.
Your body drowned in a sea of blood,
As people gathered 'round.
Everyone wanted to hold you close,
And tell you they loved you.
Your face is now just a distant memory,
And your voice has went faint.
Tears pour down everyones face,
As they think back to how you were supposed to be here.
You were supposed to get you diploma today,
And drink a few beers tonight,
But now your in a better place,
Looking down on us,
And smiling as we do what you thought you'd do someday.

**RIP Derek Propp... I wasn't in his graduation class but I know many ppl that where...**

Silver Tears are forever falling
Down the face of a forgotten child
What's the point of even trying?

She can withstand the monster's might
Even though she's never smiled
Silver tears are forever falling

Touching everything in sight
Everyone has become beguiled
What's the point of even trying?

Alone in the middle of the night
Her life will always be defiled
Silver tears are forever falling

Wandering down like a kite
The feelings that she feels aren't mild
What's the point of even trying?

She's going to give up without a fight
She'll never do a thing that's wild
What's the point of even trying?
Silver tears are forever falling

dark to me now

No more do the stars brightly glimmer
Happiness in my life I will no more allow
No more do streams under moonlight glitter
No more to me does the wide sea shimmer
To me the sun itself is dimmer
For all is dark to me now

Since the day the life flew out of thee
Only weeks after we had made our vow
All thoughts of life deserted me
Life itself lost all meaning to me
The joys in this world I no longer can see
For all is dark to me now

Each day as I sorrowfully waken
Wishing I was with you somehow
For by God you have been taken
I am left desolate, alone and forsaken
My faith has been so surely shaken
For all is dark to me now

Now my body lies broken
Forever is it dark for me now
For my heart it has been broken
For my soul it has been broken
So desperate steps I have taken
With you forever I will be now

I know your there but I can't see you
But it feels like you are beside me in everything that I do

I know your there but I can not hear your voice
I'd be right there with you if given the choice

I know your there but I can not hold you
I would have spent every second with you , if I had only knew

I know your there but I can not feel your touch
I would love to hold you and let you know that I miss you so much

I know you are there because the thought of you is always in my head
In my heart you will never be dead

I know you are there but for now we have to be apart
Someday we will be together again,But until then I will love you forever in my heart

Copyright ©2005 Tisha

* Sometimes in our lives when the people we love leaves us,we can still feel them here with us,And someday we will all be together again*

My Final Plea!

This night skies are full of shooting stars that pass by
each shooting star is a memory for me to cry

how do I smile when I remember our goodbye moment
when fate separated us though we were really meant

I remember when we used to sit and together watch the twilight
But today I watched it all alone, without you, my glittering light

I remember hearing your sweet voice singing me our song
whispering in my ears " Babe Only to you I know I belong"

I remember how I used to hold your hand and snuggle
now I tend only one second touch to end all my struggles

I miss your soft touch, and the gentleness of your smile
without you, I feel like a stranger living in an exile

till when do I have to stand the idea of our separate
or I should just forget that we'll ever be soul mates

oh how I wish you'd come back and warm me up when I'm cold
but if fate separated us forever, Know our love I'll always hold

right now I'm waiting for you to kill the nothingness inside me
And I guess this is the last line..So I guess this is my final plea

Intervention Divine

Walking; clicking;
Stones drifting between the ocean waves.
Splashing the shore with water yet drowning my sorrows.

Speaking; knees weakening;

Remembering our final kiss.
Touch of your lips; heat of your breath on my delicate cheek.

Haunting; smiling;
Image frozen in my mind.
Screaming; calling; Your voice dying in my dreams.

Seagulls talking in their native tongue; mocking me.
Ocean swallowing the spirit you captured.
Lost before your time.

Shining; glistening;
Golden ring sitting in the center of my hand.
Bitter metal reflecting the coldness piercing this torn heart.

River; ocean;
I'll cry until these tears flood
the water systems of the world.
Grand canyon would not be deep enough to hold my hurt.

Missing; listening;
Replaying that tape of memories stored. My thoughts.
Hoping; Needing; desperately praying the gates of Heaven are open.

Breathing; Sleeping;
Yet even still he steals
the curved angel wings from your back.
Ignore him, though, for he will never take your place.

My love rests with you...

but commands me to allow a
new blossom of joy to fill my
waking hours.

And to accept this new angel in my life.

Thank you for your opinion."I know" I could have used my imagination more Bob,but thats how it came to me.Glad you took time to read my poem.
Tisha~

1st Bob shank

2nd tisha

3rd pure heart

all poems were really good,was a really hard choice.

thank u so much Sarah! it means a lot to me. all wer great....... especially Bob was fabulous. nice job Bob! and Tisha u too did a nice job.
congrats to all!

Don't worry I already do that, I always rate and comment on
all new poem especially the one's that have no votes or comments on them yet.

Awwww, Thank you so much !!! I just went through some of your poems Sarah and you are a awesome writer. Congradulations to you Bob and Pure Heart.I can see where it would be hard to choose which one is the best when there is so many great writers on this site.Thanks Again!
Tisha~