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more than love

My body aches,
My heart trembles,
My spirit torn,
My life destroyed
the minute she was born.
My tears fall to the ground
as I hold my child in my arms.
I watch as she takes her first
glance into this world, movements, and cry.
My first memory or what destroyed my future,
my body, my spirit, and my heart
as I already see her life fall apart

I watch her grow older every day
She took her first step,
To me its not that
But her starting to walk away

Her father smiles as he holds her.
Shes almost three now;
Time seems like forever!
She laughs and plays all day,
Oh and is she just clever!

We moved to California
where she started first grade.
She creates so much,
and gives me what she makes.

Shes going into middle school now
and going out with friends more.
Hopefully not being with too many boys
but recently I'm just not so sure.

She just turned fifteen today
and started going out with a very nice boy.
He seems very calm and sweet,
and I know he wouldn't think of her as just a toy.
His name is Jonathon he has dark brown hair
He is muscular, funny, and very smart.
To me these things are very rare.

Today she graduates high school.
I look upon my past...
Everything that I felt
In the past now seems cruel
I thought my daughter would leave me,
Maybe hate me till I die.
Yet she hugged me today and told me she loved me.
I almost fell to the floor to cry.

My daughter has lived such a joyful life
something I always wanted for her.
seems like I am getting so old,
Her birth is now all a blur.

I am fifty-two now
My little girl is twenty-seven,
The doctors say that there is something wrong
But now quite sure what it is;
Now they give me a week to live.

My little one never leaves my side.
Every time she cries I wipe her tears away.
I tell her to be strong and don't cry.
She slowly grabs my hand and kisses it softly.
I squeeze her hand gently and look into her eyes.
Her gorgeous blue eyes and flowing blond hair
She looks at me with eyes full of sadness
and she says its not fair.

The next night she lied beside me
And held me every second.
But as she fell asleep
My spirit slowly drifted away.
She awoke to find her mother gone physically
But inside she felt nothing more than love.

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Just a poem from the heart...

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  • kiwigirljacks gold member
    January 20, 2008

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    Aww what a sad but beautiful story! We cause our parents pain at times... but as long as we make sure they know we love them... love trumps all!

    Thanks for entering!!


  • Morrigan Trinity
    August 15, 2007
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    Sweet. I love it. Thank you for entering. Best of luck!


  • buggirl
    June 18, 2007
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    this is a wonderful and beautiful story. thank you so much for entering my contest.


  • Pollycheck
    April 24, 2007

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    Thank you for subjecting yourself to my review. This poenm was obviously written with a lot of emotion. Than emotion comes across to the reader as they read this poem. I did notice what I think are typos in your poem.

    My first memory or what destroyed my future

    I think you may have meant to write:

    My first memory of what destroyed my future

    Shes almost three now

    Could be:

    She's almost three now

    and I cant wait til her birthday in May

    Could be:

    and I can't wait til her birthday in May


  • Viyanna Rosemarie silver member
    April 23, 2007

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    i would like to thank you for your entry into this contest for ashley. she will be reading all of the poems and i know she will appreciate this. good luck in this contest. viyanna rosemarie


  • RhiannonMari
    April 13, 2007

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    awww... so very sweet. and so very sad. it's hard.... being a mother is damn near torturous! the most wonderful experiences... the greatest pains! worried constantly! striving to do what's best! but they'll always surprise you... nonetheless. little wordy in some areas i think, but otherwise very good. thanks for sharing!

  • nickeljean
    March 29, 2007
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    this is beautiful poem

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