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How many times have you heard the words "It's time you got over it"? How dare somebody presume to know when your grieving period should end? I have a friend who lost her son almost 60 years ago and still grieves. Should she grieve less than us? Time has helped dull the initial fierce pain of my grief but it can never eradicate it.
I know you feel your wounds won't heal and your pain won't fade away
That you'll cry yourself to sleep each night until your dying day
Your desire to be with your child will fill your waking hours
You'll feel your faith is wavering and you'll question higher powers
I too felt pain too great to bear and shed some bitter tears
I asked those powers to justify my baby's stolen years
I begged for just a word, a sign, a reason I should live
But my grief had left me blind and deaf to any sign they gave
Today. my heart is filled with peace
There was no blinding light
but time, faith, strength and love
Gave me the insight
To understand our allotted time however short or long
Is preordained with reason
and bitterness is wrong
I miss my child, I always will
I love him more each day
As you will love and miss the one you are grieving for today
But you'll come to know as I did
Your capacity for love
Will encompass countless others with the lessening of grief
So take your time and cry your tears
As you must surely do
The tears will dry I promise , when the time is right for you
And on that day you'll come to know that you were surely blessed
With the time you were allotted
And you'll lay your grief to rest.
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TO GARY WITH LOVE
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My newborn babe, so soft, so warm
My being is filled with joy
I'll protect you from all harm I vow
My precious baby boy
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You're walking now
How smart you are
More clever than the rest
You'll be a doctor, no a King
Whatever, you'll be best
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At school you're so popular
As I always knew you'd be
But a dreadful feeling fills my heart
Dear God! Don't let it be
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My life is ashes, I can't go on
I must find the strength within
There is no God, I know that now
As the pain filled years begin
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I'm filled with hate
You're filled with love
As your body wastes each day
I can't accept life's cruelty
But you, you've found a way
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You laugh, you sing, your contented hear
Belies your crippled frame
You walk through meadows in your mind
You join in every game
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I need your strength, Please take my hand
And lead me down the road
Our role's reversed, now I'm the child
And you have the heavy load
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It's over now. You taught me well
I'm stronger in every way
I'll always miss you darling son
But we'll meet again some day
Your contended heart
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